Art, Design & Visual Studies

Renoir, Auguste. By the Seashore. 1883. Oil on Canvas. 36 1/4 x 28 1/2 in. (92.1 x 72.4 cm).Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Open Access. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437430

Select the Finding Articles in Library Databases link in the left Navigation menu.

Example searches:

auguste renoir AND painting*
"auguste renoir" AND drawing*

Search Tips:

• When searching in library databases, separate keywords in your search with an "AND."
• As asterisk at the end of a word, or the end of the root of a word, will find variant endings. For example, painting* will find painting and paintings.
• Quotations can be used around phrases such as the name of an artist. For example, "august renoir." It isn't necessary to capitalize words.

Use the Journals search to search by journal title for a known citation. If you do not find the full text, you can do an interlibrary loan request for the journal article and a scanned copy of the article will be sent from another library. See the "Interlibrary Loan" box below for more information.

Currently the Albertsons Library is closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, so you will be unable to check out print books. However, you can search for ebooks which you can access online.

Ebooks about 19th Century Art
For example, if you do a search in WorldCat Discovery on the Albertsons Library's site for 19th century art, you can then narrow your search to ebooks on the left side.
Select the link below for a list of ebook results on that topic. 
19th century art - ebooks at Albertsons Library (Note: You will not be able to access ebooks at other libraries.)

Interlibrary Loan is a free service that is available to you while you are a student at Boise State University. You will have to logon with your Boise State username and password. If you haven't used the service before, you will have to fill out a New User Registration form.

Interlibrary Loan for Journal or Periodical Articles
When searching for articles in the library's databases, you will often see links to the full text article on your results list. If you do not see a link to the full text, select the "Find It" button  which may link you to the full text article in another database or on a publisher's site. If the full text article is not available, you will have the option to do an interlibrary loan request for the article. 

Interlibrary Loan for Book Chapters
One way of obtaining information from books held by other libraries is to do an interlibrary loan request for a book chapter which will be sent electronically like a journal article. 

• 19th Century A.D., Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, Metropolitan Museum of Art
  Explore this site by selecting essay, works of art, or chronologies.
• An Introduction to Nineteenth Century Art, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
  An online textbook with information about 19th century artists, links to their artwork, and additional readings.

Another place to search for articles is Google Scholar. Setting your library links will allow you to link to full text articles available through Boise State University's Albertsons Library:

1. Go to Google Scholar
2. Select the 3-bar icon in the upper left.
3. Select Settings from the menu.
4. In the left menu, select Library Links.
5. Search for: Boise State University
6. Select the two check boxes for: a) Boise State University - Find It as Boise State; and b) Open WorldCat - Library Search
7. Select the Save button.