Oxford Art Search Help

Oxford Art Online (aka Grove Art) contains the full-text of The Dictionary of Art — an encyclopedia of world art from prehistory to the present in over 45,000 articles. OAO also includes The Oxford Companion to Western Art [OCWA], the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, and over 5000 color images.

From the CCA Library Homepage, select Library collections » Reference » and then Oxford Art Online.
If you are off-campus please enter your CCA username and password at the prompt for access.

To search all resources type a keyword into the search-box in the top-right corner of the page, and hit the "Search" button.
Select the links to the left of your search results to limit your results according to its source or the type of article (biography, image, etc).

Select the Advanced Search link on the homepage.
Select one of the tabs above the searchbox (e.g., Image Search) to limit your search by type
Select a resource to the left of the searchbox to limit by source (e.g., the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics)
Use the * symbol to expand your search (e.g., metro* for metropole, metropolis, metropolitan).

To search or browse OAO's image resources select the "Images" link on the homepage and type in your keywords.
For help searching these image collections Ask a Librarian!

To view the full-text for your results simply select the title link from the results list.
Print the document by selecting the Print icon and then use the File>Print command in your browser.
To email the document select the Email icon and fill out the form according to your preferences.
To save an article to your Mac select the Print icon, go to File>Print, and then select "Save as pdf" from the print dialog rather than sending the article to your printer.
To copy correctly formatted citations of the article choose the Cite icon and select the appropriate style guide

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