Benezit Dictionary of Artists and Grove Art Online joint package (discounted pricing) 2012-2013

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Overview

The Benezit Dictionary of Artists is now available online for the first time via Oxford Art Online. With nearly 170,000 entries on artists from antiquity to the present day and featuring regular updates, Benezit is one of the most comprehensive and definitive resources on artists in the English language. Grove Art Online covers all aspects of the visual arts from prehistory to the present day, from art and architecture to ceramics and photography. It gives online access to the text of over 50,000 articles from the 34 volume Dictionary of Art, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, and the Oxford Companion to Western Art.

Provider:

Oxford University Press [1]

Posted:

Jul 22, 2013 6:39pm

Updated:

Aug 30, 2013 4:14pm

Source

Information has been sourced from a JISC catalog [2] entry, with additional edits by CRL.

Details

Collection Content

Subject Areas:

Arts and Humanities

Resource Types:

Dataset

Digital images

Reference books

Specifications

Full Text Linking

This resource is compliant with the OpenURL [3] standard.

Federated Searching

Grove Art Online supports federated searching using standard HTTP requests. The Z39.50 protocol is not supported.

Search Options

Simple and advanced searching is available, including full text, biographies, bibliographies, links, contributors, and work lists.

Post Search Options

Users can print and email articles.

Usage Statistics

ICOLC [4] compliant statistics are available, with COUNTER stats forthcoming.

Authentication

Authentication is via the UK Access Management Federation [5], Athens, and IP address range.

Accessibility

Grove Art Online is designed to meet level 1 of the WAI [6] accessibility standard and Section 508 [7] (1998 amendments) of the US Rehabilitation Act 1973.

Terms and Provider Details

Provider:

Oxford University Press [1]

Main Address:

Oxford University Press

198 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10016

United States

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