Art Conservation
Welcome! This is a selective guide of tools to help you do research in Art Conservation.
Core Research Databases
Publication coverage: 1955 - present
- A comprehensive database of 100,000 abstracts of literature related to the preservation and conservation of material cultural heritage. (formerly Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts).
Publication coverage: 1980 - present (updated weekly)
- Covers over 100 international journals, equipment manufacturers' application notes, standards and books.
Publication coverage: 1850s-
- Architectural information and citations to periodical articles and books about buildings in Toronto.
Publication coverage: 1984 - present
For 1907-1984 coverage see: Art Index Retrospective
Print holdings: Library also has older volumes in print: check QCAT for details.
- Index to scholarly journal articles on art and related disciplines (anthropology, architecture, design, video art, etc.). Emphasis is on Western art.
Publication coverage: 1929 - 1984
Access restricted to the Queen's community (1 user limit)
- Index to scholarly art journals and other materials published prior to 1985.
Publication coverage: 1974 - present
- Indexes writing and research on all forms of modern and contemporary art.
Publication coverage: 1934-present (plus selective coverage back to 1741) - updated weekly
- Comprehensive index to articles on architecture and design published in scholarly and popular-press American and international journals.
Publication coverage: 1955 - present
- Nearly 200,000 citations to technical reports, conference proceedings, journal articles, books and audiovisual and unpublished materials. The database also includes previously unavailable material from private sources, as well as new information gathered by a worldwide network of contributors.
Publication coverage: 1973 to 2007
- Comprehensive index to European and American art from late antiquity to the present. Abstracts books, articles, conference proceedings, essays, dissertations, exhibition and dealers’ catalogues. Covers painting, sculpture, drawing, prints, architecture, crafts, decorative, applied, graphic, folk and popular arts.
Publication coverage: 1954 - present
Access restricted to the Queen's community (6 user limit)
- Comprehensive index for historical studies worldwide EXCLUDING the United States and Canada.
Publication coverage: 2008-present
- IBA is the successor to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA). Includes records created by the Getty Research Institute in 2008-09, with new records created by ProQuest using the same thesaurus and authority files. Abstracts 500+ core journals, monographs, essay collections, conference proceedings and exhibition catalogues. Covers European art since late antiquity; American art since the colonial period; global art since 1945; fine art in all media; decorative arts and antiques; museum studies and conservation; archaeology and material culture; folk art; architectural history.
Publication coverage: 1843 - present
- Iter was created for the advancement of learning in the study and teaching of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700) through the development of online resources.
Publication coverage: 1966 to present (updated monthly)
Print holdings: Metals Abstracts: Vol. 1 (1966) - Vol. 31 (1998) in the Engineering and Science Library; call number: TN1 .M473.
- Materials science including metals, polymers, ceramics, plastics and composite materials, practices of materials science and engineering as they relate to these substances and technical and commercial development in material science.
Publication coverage: 1907 - present.
Print holdings: 1907 - 1999 (v. 1 - v. 131) in Stauffer Library storage.
- Search Chemical Abstracts, Medline, the Registry File, and CAS React.
Article Indexes & Databases
Publication coverage: 1955 - present
- A comprehensive database of 100,000 abstracts of literature related to the preservation and conservation of material cultural heritage. (formerly Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts).
Publication coverage: 1980 - present (updated weekly)
- Covers over 100 international journals, equipment manufacturers' application notes, standards and books.
Publication coverage: 1850s-
- Architectural information and citations to periodical articles and books about buildings in Toronto.
Publication coverage: 1984 - present
For 1907-1984 coverage see: Art Index Retrospective
Print holdings: Library also has older volumes in print: check QCAT for details.
- Index to scholarly journal articles on art and related disciplines (anthropology, architecture, design, video art, etc.). Emphasis is on Western art.
Publication coverage: 1929 - 1984
Access restricted to the Queen's community (1 user limit)
- Index to scholarly art journals and other materials published prior to 1985.
Publication coverage: 1974 - present
- Indexes writing and research on all forms of modern and contemporary art.
Publication coverage: 1934-present (plus selective coverage back to 1741) - updated weekly
- Comprehensive index to articles on architecture and design published in scholarly and popular-press American and international journals.
Publication coverage: 1955 - present
- Nearly 200,000 citations to technical reports, conference proceedings, journal articles, books and audiovisual and unpublished materials. The database also includes previously unavailable material from private sources, as well as new information gathered by a worldwide network of contributors.
Publication coverage: 1973 to 2007
- Comprehensive index to European and American art from late antiquity to the present. Abstracts books, articles, conference proceedings, essays, dissertations, exhibition and dealers’ catalogues. Covers painting, sculpture, drawing, prints, architecture, crafts, decorative, applied, graphic, folk and popular arts.
Publication coverage: 1954 - present
Access restricted to the Queen's community (6 user limit)
- Comprehensive index for historical studies worldwide EXCLUDING the United States and Canada.
Publication coverage: 2008-present
- IBA is the successor to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA). Includes records created by the Getty Research Institute in 2008-09, with new records created by ProQuest using the same thesaurus and authority files. Abstracts 500+ core journals, monographs, essay collections, conference proceedings and exhibition catalogues. Covers European art since late antiquity; American art since the colonial period; global art since 1945; fine art in all media; decorative arts and antiques; museum studies and conservation; archaeology and material culture; folk art; architectural history.
Publication coverage: 1843 - present
- Iter was created for the advancement of learning in the study and teaching of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700) through the development of online resources.
Publication coverage: 1966 to present (updated monthly)
Print holdings: Metals Abstracts: Vol. 1 (1966) - Vol. 31 (1998) in the Engineering and Science Library; call number: TN1 .M473.
- Materials science including metals, polymers, ceramics, plastics and composite materials, practices of materials science and engineering as they relate to these substances and technical and commercial development in material science.
Publication coverage: 1907 - present.
Print holdings: 1907 - 1999 (v. 1 - v. 131) in Stauffer Library storage.
- Search Chemical Abstracts, Medline, the Registry File, and CAS React.
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
Resources in Stauffer Library
Art - Encyclopedias
Resources in the Engineering & Science Library
All books are located on the first
floor of the Engineering and Science Library unless otherwise
indicated.
Cameo : Conservation and art material
encyclopedia
Online
CRC Handbook of chemistry and physics
: a ready-reference book of chemical and physical data.
Cleveland : Chemical Rubber Pub. Co.
Ref QD65 .C5
Dictionary of organic
compounds. 6th ed. 1996
(London ; New York : Chapman & Hall) 11 volumes.
Ref QD246 .D5 1996t
Grove dictionary of art
Online
Hazardous chemicals desk
reference. 4th Ed. 1997
Richard J. Lewis, Sr. (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold).
Ref T55 .3 .H3 L49 1997
Hazards in the chemical
laboratory. 5th Ed. 1992
S. G. Luxon, editor (Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry)
QD51 .H35 1992t
Merck index : an encyclopedia of
chemicals, drugs, and biologicals 12th ed.
RS51 .M4 1996
Sax's dangerous properties of
industrial materials. 9th ed. 1996. Lewis, Richard J.,
Sr. (New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold)
T55 .3 .H3 S3 1996
Selected Journals
Color Research and Application
Online: 1997-
Print: Stauffer Library (Bound Journals)- QC494 .C63 v.1, 1976 - v. 24,1999
Dyes and pigments
Online
International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation
Online
Journal of the American Institute for Conservation.
Online
Radiocarbon
Online
Chemical and Engineering News
Reviews in conservation - Stauffer Library, Art Collection
N1 .R4974, no.1 2000 -
Technology & conservation - Stauffer Library (Bound Journals)
N8554 .T4, 1976-1994
All Queen's Journals
Online
Selected Websites
American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works
CAMEO: Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online
Canadian Association for Conservation 
Canadian Conservation Institute
Canadian Heritage Information Network
- Includes the Canadian Conservation Institute and the Conservation Information Network's bibliographic database BCIN
Conservation Information Network
- BCIN is the Bibliographic Database of the Conservation Information Network and is hosted by the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN)
Conservation: The Getty Conservation Institute Newsletter
CoOL - Conservation OnLine (Stanford)
Ethical Issues in Conservation
Getty Conservation Institute
- Includes the bibliographic database AATA Online
ICCROM
- International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
ICOM
- International Council of Museums
ICOMOS
- International Council on Monuments and Sites
ICON
- Institute of Conservation. Created in 2005 by convergence of the following: the Care of Collections Forum, the Institute of Paper Conservation (IPC), the Photographic Materials Conservation Group, the Scottish Society for Conservation and Restoration (SSCR) and the United Kingdom Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (UKIC).
Institute of Archaeology (University College, London)
International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (London)
Robert C. Williams American Museum of Papermaking
University of Delaware Library
- Includes Research Guide for Arts & Art History, which links to relevant websites under guides for Art Conservation, Fashion & Apparel Studies, Material Culture and Museum Studies.
Virtual Museum of Canada
- Includes the Image Gallery
WAAC
- Western Association for Art Conservation
Educational Sites for Art Conservation
Art Conservation Department at Buffalo State
Art Conservation at the University of Delaware
- See also University of Delaware Library Research Guide for Art Conservation
Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
Conservation DistList Archives
- An interdisciplinary forum for conservation scientists, curators, librarians, archivists, administrators and others involved with the preservation of cultural property
Educational opportunities in museum, library, and archives conservation/preservation (CoOL - Conservation Online at Stanford)
Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record (University of Texas School of Information)
Queen's University Engineering/Science Library Art Conservation Research Guide
- See also Chemistry Guide
Sir Sandford Fleming College Programs in Arts and Heritage
- Includes Collections Conservation and Management, and Museum Management and Curatorship
Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute
Smithsonian Office of Research Training and Services
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