In the first book of its kind, art information expert Lois Swan Jones discusses how to locate visual and textual information on the Internet and how to evaluate and supplement that information with material from other formats--print sources, CD-ROMS, documentary videos, and microfiche sets--to produce excellent research results. The book is divided into three sections: Basic Information Formats; Types of Websites and How to Find Them; and How to Use Web Information. Jones discusses the strengths and limitations of Websites; scholarly and basic information resources are noted; and search strategies for finding pertinent Websites are included. Art Information and the Internet also discusses research methodology for studying art-historical styles, artists working in various media, individual works of art, and non-Western cultures--as well as art education, writing about art, problems of copyright, and issues concerning the buying and selling of art. This title will be periodically updated.

1: Basic Information Formats; I: Electronic Data and the Internet; II: Other Information Formats and their Publishers' Web Sites; 2: Type of Web Sites and How to Find Them; III: Web Sites of Museums; IV: Web Sites of Academic Institutions, Corporate Sponsors, and Individuals; V: Cultural, Civic, and Professional Organizations; National Trusts; and Foundations; VI: Web Presence of Libraries: Overviews, Search Strategies, and Services; 2: Web Sites of Serials and Indexes to Art and Literature; VIII: Buying and Selling Art; 3: How to Use and Supplement Web Information; IX: Basic Research Methodology: Finding and Supplementing Web Data; X: Art Historical Styles and Periods: Ancient World to Modern Era; XI: Documenting the Lives of Artists and Art Collectors; XII: Studying Works of Art; XIII: Resources for Architecture, Decorative Arts, Fashion, Graphic Arts, Photography, and Sculpture; XIV: North American (U.S.), Canadian, and Native American Studies; XV: Non-European Cultures; XVI: Additional Art Information