Resource Guide:
Book Arts
Websites and Digital Archives
The following websites are librarian-evaluated to provide trustworthy information for your topic. They include digitized collections connected to your topic.
Subject Headings
Subject headings are selected terms to represent a topic. Searching subject headings in the library catalog will bring the most complete list of results. Below are some example subject headings. More subject headings can be located in the red books at the reference desk.
- Artists’ books -- Books, Artists’
- Bookcraft (Art)
- Bookmaking (Art)
- Bookworks (Art)
- Art Objects
- Book Artists
- Artists’ illustrated books
- Book Design
- Manuscript, illuminated
- Paper dying
- Paper finishing
- Paper -- Design & Construction
Research Databases
The following databases are specifically useful for your topic. You can search them individually on the databases page.
Print Materials at the Von Canon Library
Below are some selected materials in the library with their shelving locations. Browsing in the listed areas of the library will help you find more materials for your topic.
| Title | Call Number |
|---|---|
| Literacy Through the book arts | LB 1027.25 .J65 1993 |
| 1000 Artists’ Books: Exploring the Book as Art | N 7433.3 .S35 2012 |
| Masters: Book Arts | N 7433.3 .M39 2011 |
| The Book as Art: Artists’ Books from the National Museum of Women in the Arts | N 7433.35 .U6 W37 2011 |
| A Century of Artists Books | N 7433.3 .C38 1994 |
| Altered Art: Techniques for Creating Altered Books, Boxes, Cards & More | TT 857 .T39 2004 |
| The Building of A Book: A series of practical articles written by experts in the various departments of book making and distributing | Z 116 .A2 H6 |
| The Design of Books | Z 116 .A3 W53 1967 |
| Annals of Printing: A chronological encyclopedia from the earliest times to 1950 | Z 124 .B45 1966 |