International Council of Museums (ICOM).
Location: http://icom.museum/
ICOM is the international organization of museums and museum professionals committed to the conservation, continuation and communication to society of the world's natural and cultural heritage. Includes topical bibliographies, reports, policy statements, and conference proceedings.
American Association of Museums (AAM).
Location: http://www.aam-us.org/
The major American association representing museums and museum professionals. Museum accreditation information, code of ethics and ethical guidelines, job postings, and other useful resources. Some content limited to AAM members via login.
American Association for State & Local History (AASLH).
Location: http://www.aaslh.org/
The most comprehensive national organization dedicated to state and local history, and in that regard representing hundreds of small to large museums nation-wide. Site includes information on obtaining hundreds of technical leaflets and reports, workshop information, job postings, and more.
Museology Bibliography (BMUSE).
Location: http://www.chin.gc.ca/Bmuse/bmuse.cgi
Referenced material includes over 25,000 journals, journal articles, books, and reports published from 1900 to the present. Brings together holdings from many international sources, including the UNESCO-ICOM Museum Information Centre, the Library of the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI), and the Library of the Direction des Musées de France (DMF).
Grove Dictionary of Art Online.
Location: ALADIN
The Grove Dictionary of Art Online provides Web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art (1996, 34 vols.) with ongoing additions of new material and updates to the text, plus extensive image links and all the search advantages possible with an online
reference source.
The Official Museum Directory. New York, National Register, Annual.
Location: REF AM 10 .A2 04
Institutions in the United States only.
Museums of the World. München, K.G. Saur, 1995. 5th ed.
Location: REF AM 1 .M76 1995
Museum Studies: A Guide to Internet Resources. University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
Location: http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/muse/internet.htm
Good site, organized by topic. Includes a section on employment.
Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies (SCEMS). Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
Location: http://museumstudies.si.edu/
Listings of courses, internships, fellowships, publications, and a gateway to the Smithsonian's Museum Studies Database.
Use the ALADIN Library Catalog to find books on the various aspects of museum studies. For a list of guides to the literature in museum studies, do a Subject search in the ALADIN Catalog using the search phrase ‘museums bibliography'.The following are some suggested subject headings for other aspects of museum studies:
museums administration
museums and schools
museums data processing
museums directories
museums educational aspects
museums law and legislation
museums management
museums philosophy
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museums planning
museums security measures
museums social aspects
museum techniques
historical museums
science museums
museum exhibits
museum conservation methods
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The literature about museums and museum work is dispersed among a wide range of disciplinary literature. It is often worthwhile to check subject-specific databases, depending upon your research topic. For example, you should check the Business databases for material on museum finance, Public Affairs databases for nont-for-profit ogranizations, Art databases for conservation and curatorial topics, and Law databases for legal and repatriation issues. Be sure to imagine all the possible places your materials may be hiding! The following are some suggested databases as starting points.
To access databases with a location of "ALADIN", click on the title of the database. To see a list of databases available through ALADIN, go to the ALADIN Home Page. Under "Databases by Title" on the right side of the screen, choose from the three alphabetical groupings.
ALADIN databases are available for use only by current GW students, staff, and faculty. If you are using this page from off-campus, you will be prompted to enter your GWID number or the barcode number from the back of your GWorld ID card before you can access the database.
Academic
Search Premier.
Location: ALADIN
Much full text. Good comprehensive general index.
Anthropological
Literature.
Location: ALADIN
Includes material relating to anthropology & archaeology in museums. Extensive international
coverage.
AnthroSource
Location: ALADIN
Full-text access to current issues for 11 of the Amercan Anthropological Association's most critical peer-reviewed publications and a complete electronic archive of all AAA journals through 2003.
Art and Archaeology Technical
Abstracts Online.
Location: http://aata.getty.edu/NPS
Indexes reports, journals, books, and other publications. Topics include
methods, analysis, health and safety, and general procedures. This database
is maintained and updated by the Getty Museum.
Art
Abstracts.
1984-
Location: ALADIN
Indexes over 400 leading art publications from around the world.
Art
Index Retrospective. 1929-1984
Location: ALADIN (Print version located at REF Z 6937 .A78)
This covers earlier years before Art Abstracts. Included are domestic and
foreign publications, yearbooks, museum bulletins, and major museum studies
journals.
Bibliography
of the History of Art. 1929-
Location: ALADIN
Bibliography of the History of Art covers European and American art from
late antiquity to the present. Indexes over 4,000 periodicals, books, conference
proceedings, dissertations, and exhibition and dealer's catalogs.
ERIC
(Education) 1966 - present.
Location: ALADIN
ERIC provides indexing and abstracting of articles from education journals
and other publications from the field of education including research documents,
technical reports, classroom guides, and curricular materials. Provides
full text access to most of the ERIC Documents (1996 - present). The entire
ERIC document collection is available on microfiche on the third floor of
Gelman Library.
PAIS
International. 1972-
Location: ALADIN
Index to journal articles in public policy, government, international relations,
and politics. Look here for material about art thefts, policies with regard
to the protection of cultural property, and the international movement of
art objects.
ProQuest
Research Library Plus
Location: ALADIN
Another multi-subject source with many full-text articles.
The following is a local resource that might be of use in your research. Phone ahead or study the web site to verify opening hours and other particulars.
Museum Studies and
Reference Library: Smithsonian Institution Libraries.
Location: http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/msrl
Open by appointment (202-633-1700). The library houses a collection of resources
on all aspects of museum operations.
For more information, visit the Reference and Information Desk in Gelman Library,
call the Telephone Information Center at 202-994-6048, or use the E-mail
Reference Form. This page is maintained by Randy
Hertzler
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