The following databases are available for use by current Georgetown students, staff, and faculty as well as any patrons in Joseph Mark Lauinger Library. When accessing the databases from off-campus, log in with NetID and password. http://www.library.georgetown.edu/off-campus-access
The following databases are available for use by current Georgetown students, staff, and faculty as well as any patrons in Joseph Mark Lauinger Library. When accessing the databases from off-campus, log in with NetID and password. http://www.library.georgetown.edu/off-campus-access
If you are having trouble finding what you are looking for above, broaden your search in one of these databases.
Below are definitions of types of resources you may encounter in databases like HoyaSearch, BHA, and ARTbibliographies Modern, including reasons why you might consider using them.
Auction (or sales) catalog
Consult an auction catalog when:
Monograph
A monograph is a book on a single subject. For the history of art, you will find monographs about artists, individual artworks, movements, time periods, and themes. In databases like BHA, you may encounter citations for particular types of monographs called festschriften - a book of essays written in honor of a scholar. Essays in a festschrift usually focus on subject matter of particular interest to the honored scholar; they are excellent resources for essays on well-defined topics.
Consult an monograph when:
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