Handling Rare Materials
- Handling Rare MaterialsA video from the Folger Library showing how to handle fragile rare books and other items.
- Handling Harvard's Special CollectionsAn excellent brief introduction to handling Rare Materials.
Willamette University Archives Policies
Art Museum Websites
Reference Books
Museums of the WorldCall Number: MOH Reference AM1 .M76Publication Date: 2013Covers more than 55,000 museums in 202 countries, listed hierarchically by country and place, and within places alphabetically by name.
The Official Museum DirectoryCall Number: MOH Reference AM10.A2 O4ISBN: 0872170527Publication Date: 2016Covers American Museums. Lists 15,400 institutions of every size and type in all 50 states.
Dictionary of ArtCall Number: Hatfield 2nd Floor Stacks N 31 .D5 1996ISBN: 1884446000The only comprehensive art reference work in the world. It covers all the visual arts from prehistory to the 1990’s in 34 volumes. This is also available online as Grove Art Online.
Encyclopedias and More
- Britannica OnlineThe electronic version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. An excellent starting point for almost any topic of research, the Britannica offers both concise descriptions, and longer, more comprehensive articles on a wide variety of topics.
- Oxford Reference Online100 well-known and trusted dictionaries and reference books combined into a single cross-searchable web database.
