Fine Art

The Fine Art (Visual Art) liaison librarian is available for research consultation and can help you design research strategies, access key databases, effectively use the information resources of Queen’s University Library and beyond, and stay current in your field.  Discipline and course specific research skill instruction can be provided. We also evaluate, purchase and make available teaching and research materials to support this program including books, journals and exhibition catalogues in print and/or electronic format, and databases, multimedia and streaming resources.   

Here are key starting points for your research in Fine Art (Visual Art).    

Art Abstracts

Publication coverage: 1984 - present

Index to scholarly journal articles on art and related disciplines. Emphasis is on Western art.

Art Index Retrospective

Publication coverage: 1929 - 1984

Index to scholarly art journals and other materials published prior to 1985.

ARTbibliographies Modern

Publication coverage: 1974 - present

Indexes writing and research on all forms of modern and contemporary art.

Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)

Publication coverage: 1973 to 2007

Comprehensive index to European and American art from late antiquity to the present. Abstracts books, articles, conference proceedings, essays, dissertations, exhibition and dealers’ catalogues. Covers painting, sculpture, drawing, prints, architecture, crafts, decorative, applied, graphic, folk and popular arts. Citations with abstracts
 Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii) and Andrew Stobo Sniderman
Catriona Gibson Memorial Lecture with Douglas Sanderson and Andrew Stobo Sniderman

The Faculty of Law invites you to join authors/lawyers Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii) and Andrew Stobo Sniderman for a discussion about their book, Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation, moderated by Prof. Lindsay Borrows.

Two female students making copies
Changes to printing at the library

As of today (January 2), we have updated PrintQ, our printing application, to serve you better.   

There are some key changes to be aware of:

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