Art Information and the Internet

Lois Swan Jones, PhD, is a professor emeritus in the School of Visual Arts at the University of North Texas, where she was coordinator of the art history program. She has written and lectured extensively on art research methodology. Jones is the author of several books, notably, Art Information: Research Methods and Resources (third edition, 1990) and Art Libraries and Information Services (1986), and she has Jones has been listed in Whos Who in American Art since 1978, and in 1997, she received the Distinguished Service Award from the Art Libraries Society of North America for her contributions to the field of art information research. 2000 Worldwide Books Publication Award, which was presented at the 2000 Annual conference of ARLIS/NA.

• Foreword by Caroline H. Backlund Acknowledgments Introduction Basic Information Formats Electronic Data and the Internet Other Information Formats and Their Publishers' Web Sites Types of Web Sites and How to Find Them Web Sites of Museums Web Sites of Academic Institutions, Corporate Sponsors, and Individuals Cultural, Civic, and Professional Organizations; National Trusts; and Foundations Web Presence of Libraries: Overviews, Search Strategies, and Services Web Sites of Serials and Indexes to Art and Literature Buying and Selling Art How to Use and Supplement Web Information Basic Research Methodology: Finding and Supplementing Web Data Art Historical Styles and Periods: Ancient World to Modern Era Documenting the Lives of Artists and Art Collectors Studying Works of Art Resources for Architecture, Decorative Arts, Fashion, Graphic Arts, Photography, and Sculpture North Amrican (U.S.), Canadian, and Native American Studies Non-European Cultures Additional Art Information Appendixes Index

"Jones brings order to the vast, unorganized mass of art information on the World Wide Web. . . . The organization and level of detail set a standard for similar works in other disciplines." - Choice