MA Fine Art
Meet your Librarian – Lauren Elmore
About Lauren
Lauren Elmore is the Subject Librarian responsible for Integrated Foundation and taught postgraduate courses. She studied English at University of Leicester and has a MA in Library and Information Management from Loughborough University.
How can I help you?
You can book one to one tutorials with me to help you with your research or referencing, please contact me via email or you can drop into the library office (DS103) to have a chat!
I work Monday – Friday, 9am-5pm.
As a team, we also provide research and referencing drop-in sessions to assist you in the run-up to written work hand-ins, keep an eye on Instagram (@norwichuni_library) for times and dates.
Reading list
Here are the reading lists you can find a list of suggested reading to support your studies.
Please note this is a working document of recommended sources and may be updated throughout the year.
e-book Collections
Try these virtual shelves which link you to ready-made collections of e-books on specific subjects.
Useful online collections for MA Fine Art
Art and Mental Health
Curation (ProQuest)
Fine Art (O’Reilly)
Fine Art (ProQuest)
Print Books
Fine Art books are shelved at Dewey Decimal number 700 onwards.
With the exception of short loan books, everything can be borrowed for three weeks. You can browse the shelves for books – useful areas are listed below – or you can search on the library catalogue.
Main collection
Other useful areas
Online Resources
As well as printed materials, the Library also has a wide selection of online resources to help you with your research.
Useful online resources for MA Fine Art
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Off-campus On-campusa-n The Artists Information Company
a-n is an alternative insight into the visual arts, with fast-paced news, comment, debate.
Norwich Uni students can also sign up for an a-n student account where you will have access to an online community, career guidance, networking events, and job opportunities.
For details please visit the VLE (opens in a new window).
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Off-campus On-campusArt & Architecture Source
Search here for articles from a variety of subjects including Art and Art History; Architecture; Graphics; Interior Design; Decorative Art; Commercial Art; and Film, TV and video.
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Free OnlineEuropeana
Portal to 50 million artworks, artefacts, books, videos and sounds from several major European art and music collections.
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Off-campus On-campusJSTOR: Arts and Sciences III
JSTOR is a hosting service which archives journals from across all disciplines. We have access to the Arts and Sciences III collection in full text which contains a large number of titles relating to Art, Architecture and Art History. For all other journals you find in JSTOR you will only be able to read the abstract, but if you want the full text you can request it using the Item Request form.
A video guide on how to search JSTOR (this link opens in a new window) is available on their webpages.
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Free OnlineWellcome Images
Free low and high-res historical images from the Wellcome Library collections, including Tibetan Buddhist paintings, ancient Sanskrit manuscripts written on palm leaves, beautifully illuminated Persian books, and many detailed medical photographs inspiring in shape, colour and texture. Images free to reuse with attribution.
Publications
Publications, also known as magazines, journals or periodicals, are regularly published with up to date articles, images, and editorials. These can be available in print and online.
Useful online publications for MA Fine Art
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CurrentAesthetica
One of the leading magazines on art, design, photography, architecture, music, film and performance
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CurrentAfterall: a journal of art, context, & enquiry
In-depth considerations of the work of contemporary artists, as well as essays on art history and critical theory.
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CurrentArt monthly
One of the UK's leading contemporary art magazines
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CurrentArtforum
An international monthly magazine specialising in contemporary art
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CurrentBroken Pencil
Published four times a year, each issue of Broken Pencil features reviews of hundreds of zines and small press books, plus comics, excerpts from the best of the underground press, interviews, original fiction and commentary on all aspects of the indie arts. The Library subscribes to an online version.