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Art through the ages online: an evaluative webliography of art and art history timelines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Heidi N. Abbey*
Affiliation:
Archives and Special Collections, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries, 405 Babbidge Road, Unit 1205, Storrs, CT 06269-1205, USA
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Abstract

Art and art history resources on the Web abound. Yet the process of identifying scholarly art information online is typically inefficient, leading many researchers to abandon Internet sources for traditional printed reference works. Locating websites that focus specifically on art and art history timelines can be an even greater challenge: these resources simply have not been available on the Web in any large number or degree of comprehensiveness. In recent years, however, new Web-based art timelines have been published, most notably by art educators, museums and other non-profit organizations. This evaluative webliography of selected art and art history timelines not only highlights the variety of resources that are currently available, but also illustrates that the majority of these Web resources focus upon the art of the Western world.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2002

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References

1. Abbey, Heidi N. An introduction to finding images on the World Wide Web. URL: http://www.lib.uconn.edu/~habbey/images/ [30 July 2001].Google Scholar
2. Using Google.com and other Internet search tools, frequent Web searches for art timelines and chronologies were conducted from April through September 2001. Additionally, the following resources were consulted: ARLIS/NA’s Timelines of art history: print sources and web sites, URL: http://www.arlisna.org/timelines.html; Emery’s, George AlternaTime: browse the past and some futures… a collection of timelines on the Web, URL: http://www2.canisius.edu/~emeryg/time.html; and Jones’, Lois Swan Art information and the Internet: how to find it, how to use it, Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1999.Google Scholar