UCF Research Guides: Art: Find Books

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Center for Research Libraries (CRL) This link opens in a new window
An international not-for-profit consortium of colleges, universities and libraries.

Copac National, Academic, and Specialist Library Catalogue This link opens in a new window
Provides free access to the merged online catalogues of major University, Specialist, and National Libraries in the UK and Ireland, including the British Library.
Library of Congress This link opens in a new window
Library Thing This link opens in a new window
Enter what you're reading or your whole library—it's an easy, library-quality catalog. Library Thing also connects you with people who read the same things.
New York Public Library Online This link opens in a new window
Indexes articles in arts journals as well as other document types.

Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) This link opens in a new window
Search 1.8 million records, with links to 152,000 images, video and sound files from dozens of Smithsonian libraries, archives, museums, and specialized research units.

SMITHSONIAN LIBRARIES - 1.5 million printed books, manuscripts, periodicals, exhibition catalogs, and electronic versions of rare books and exhibitions.
ARCHIVES, MANUSCRIPTS & PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTIONS - 252,000 descriptions of personal papers, manuscripts, photographs, oral histories, films, and organizational records.
SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM RESEARCH DATABASES - 600,000 records of the Inventory of American Painting & Sculpture, Photograph Archives and Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index.
SPECIALIZED RESEARCH BIBLIOGRAPHIES - 15,500 citations specialized in Cephalopod, Marine Mammals and Museum Studies research.
- 10,000 records including bibliographic & legal citations, important events, images, and biographical information on the Board of Regents.
DIRECTORY OF AIRPLANES - 40,000 aircraft and manufacturer records comprise this authority listing- an online expansion of The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Directory of Airplanes, Their Designers and Manufacturers.
IMAGE GALLERY includes over 530,000 electronic images from several archival repositories and museums at the Smithsonian.
- Images by Physical Formats: photographs, postcards, postage stamps, paintings, sculptures, crafts & folk art, jewelry, aircraft, scientific specimens
- Images by Culture Groups: African Americans, Asian Culture, Latino Culture, Native Americans, Woman in History

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WorldCat (FirstSearch) This link opens in a new window
Catalog of library collections from the U.S. and around the world. The world's most comprehensive bibliography, with millions of records for books, periodicals, and other materials in 370 languages and covering information from 4,000 years of knowledge. Includes RLIN catalogs and the Union List of Periodicals.

Document Delivery & Resource Sharing

UCF Libraries' Document Delivery & Resource Sharing processes requests for books, articles, musical scores, DVD’s, and other materials from other libraries throughout the country that we may not own or have access to here at UCF.

If you have any questions, feel welcome to ask a UCF librarian for assistance.

Online Students

Students taking online courses may request physical items be mailed to a home or preferred address.

To get started, contact us at [email protected]. Our staff will review your request and follow up with next steps.