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Resource Guide:
Printmaking

Digital Open Education Resources

Websites and Digital Archives

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.

  • Collographs
  • Engraving -- Technique
  • Letterpress
  • Letterpress Printing
  • Linocuts
  • Monotype (Engraving)
  • Prints -- Technique
  • Printmakers
  • Printmaking
  • Relief printing
  • Wood-engraving -- Technique

Research Databases

The following databases are specifically useful for your topic. You can search them individually on the databases page.

Online Journals

The following journals supply articles to the library’s databases. You can see if a specific journal supplies articles to our databases by searching the journal title on the library journal page.

  • American Artist
  • Art in America
  • IMPACT Printmaking Journal
  • Journal of Visual Art Practice
  • Monotypes and Tracings
  • Studies in Visual Arts and Communication

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
The Printmaking Bible: The Complete Guide to Materials and TechniquesNE 850 .D37 2008
Relief PrintmakingNE 850 .W47 2001
Prints and Printmaking: An Introduction to the History and TechniquesNE 400 .G74 1996
The Woodcut Artist's Handbook: Techniques and Tools for Relief PrintmakingNE 1225 .W35 2005
The Complete Manual of Relief Printmaking: A Practical Guide to the Tools and Techniques of Linocutting, Woodcutting, and Wood EngravingNE 1330 .C54 1988
Collagraphsy and Mixed-Media PrintmakingNE 860 .H212 2008
Letterpress Printing: A Manual for Modern Fine Press PrintersZ 244 .M32 2005
Little Book of LetterpressZ 252.5 .L48 R58 2010