Identifying exhibition catalogues through Resource Library

Identifying exhibition catalogues through Resource Library

(above: Edmund Ashe, Hunter with Mule, c. 1920, oil on masonite, 24 x 20 in. Johnson Collection, Spartanburg, South Carolina. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

In many of the thousands of articles and essays concerning museum exhibitions published in Resource Library, there are references to catalogues for the exhibitions.[1] In 2013, searching solely within our domain and using the option "all these words" via Google advanced search, 2,590 Resource Library pages were retrieved for exhibition catalogue, 3,750 pages were retrieved for "this exact word or phrase" catalogue, and 650 pages were retrieved with "this exact word or phrase" exhibition catalogue.

Let's say you want to find catalogues associated with an artist. Via Google advanced search, you could enter the name of the artist in combination with exhibition and catalogue. For instance, to find out if there is a catalogue published in connection with the artist Augustus Dunbier, searching solely within our domain and using the option "all these words" with the words exhibition catalogue and for "this exact word or phrase" the words Augustus Dunbier, a search would have retrieved 30 pages referencing two catalogues.

If you want to find catalogues associated with a subject, searching solely within our domain and using the option "this exact word or phrase" for the name of the subject and using the option "all these words" for exhibition catalogue, here is an example: to find catalogues published in connection with the subject Pennsylvania, the keywords via Google advanced search would include for "all these words" exhibition catalogue and for "this exact word or phrase" Pennsylvania. In 2013, this search would have retrieved 631 pages.

For the above searches Traditional Fine Arts Organization, Inc (TFAO) chose Google advanced search.

For information on catalogues published by selected museums, please click here. Also see

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books and catalogues relating to dozens of topics

books and catalogues covering aspects of each state's art history found through the

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essays within books and catalogues written by hundreds of authors

Note:

1. Resource Library usually uses the word exhibition rather than exhibit and the word catalogue instead of catalog.

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