Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)

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Arts &Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)Leonardo, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Winter, 1980), pp. 81-82Published by: The MIT PressStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1577958 .

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The first two chapters concern library procedures for obtain- ing information about visual artists and about works of art. Encyclopedias, periodicals and bibliographies are discussed in following chapters. The coverage seems very good. Not men- tioned, however, is the Annual International Bibliography of Art Books (Basel: Jaggi, 1972).

The second part of the book presents brief chapters citing works on Western art from prehistoric times to the present. The briefer third part concerns art forms and techniques. Here short chapters are devoted to sources on architecture, sculpture, painting, drawing, prints, photography and commercial art. A spot check of the chapter on painting reveals several conspicuous omissions: Kurt Wehlte's authoritative book Materials and Techniques of Painting (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1975), Painting Materials: A Short Encyclopedia by R. J. Gettens and G. L. Stout (New York: Dover, 1942) and Art and Technology Technical Abstracts.

The final part is devoted to art in the U.S.A., Canada, Latin America, France, Germany, England, Ireland, Italy, Holland, Belgium, Russia, Spain, Portugal, Islam, India, China, Korea, Japan, Africa and Oceania. The book ends with a Bibliography of over 1000 items and a comprehensive Index.

'This book grew out of twenty-five years of developing art library collections and providing reference guidance to students and researchers in academic, museum, and public art libraries, as well as giving bibliographic instruction to both undergraduate and graduate students.' The author has drawn on his experience not only to cite sources but also to evaluate many. In con- sideration of the vastness of the scope of the venture, it seems inevitable that some people will disagree with some of his opinions. The guide would be reinforced substantially if reference were made to the views of experts and of scholars given in book reviews published in art periodicals, such as Leonardo.

Art Education: A Guide to Information Sources. Clarence Bunch. Gale Research, Detroit, Mich., U.S.A., 1978. 331 pp. $18.00.

'This guide is an organization of the literature in the varied and diverse field of art education.' In the selection of entries the following criterion was employed: 'If a book was about art or art material, and if its author in any substantial and serious way discussed using the book's content with children and/or adults, then it qualified as an art education book.' The books listed are published principally in the U.S.A. and England.

The first three chapters present useful listings of bibliographies, indexes and directories, dictionaries and encyclopedias, periodicals and serials (Leonardo is not listed), organizations and book publishers. The following topics give an idea of the breadth of the books covered: history of art education; art schools; philosophy and methods in early childhood, in elementary schools, in middle schools and in secondary schools; higher education; continuing education; museum art education; art in general education; interdisciplinary education; international art education; research; measurement; curriculum building; creativity; exceptional and disadvantaged children; art appreciation; religion; teacher examinations; career guidance; supervision and student teaching; artists as teachers; teaching processes and materials (crafts, finger painting, mosaics, etc.); teacher resource materials (audio visual, films, free and inexpensive materials, etc.); teaching facilities; financing art education and art education text books. The book ends with a comparatively long list of children's art books, an author index, a title index and a subject index.

Many of the entries are annotated, some in considerable detail. The author remarks that 'libraries [in the U.S.A.] have curtailed buying art education books drastically' and he deplores the 'national lack of enthusiasm for art education literature'. It is hoped the guide will be helpful to teachers and researchers and will help stimulate the recognition and use of books on art education.

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Curriculum Handbook: The Disciplines, Current Movements and Instructional Methodology. Louis Rubin, ed. Allyn & Bacon, Boston, 1977. 953 pp., illus. $35.95. Reviewed by Constance E. Wagar*

'From the moment, long ago in history, when the first group of parents gathered together to plan the first school, the critical question has always been: what shall we teach the children?' This sentence begins Section 1 of the comprehensive handbook dealing with the problems of curriculum in our schools today.

The handbook, of which Rubin is also one of the authors, is divided into three sections: Section 1 outlines the perspectives, the major objectives and trends in the subject-matter disciplines; the second is devoted to a study of current tendencies in curriculum building and the third deals with teaching methods, which should be of practical value to teachers, especially to those who are beginners. (This handbook is followed by a second (not under review), which includes curriculum administration, differ- ing viewpoints on the purpose of education and other related subjects.)

The comprehensiveness of the Handbook is indicated by the fact that it contains 111 essays; some are illustrated by figures or by tables, for example Figure 4 entitled Building Blocks of Food. Following each essay are two pages: the first, Operational Concepts, and the second, Implications-contributed by Rubin as a brief clarification of dominant themes and of their practical application. He points out that only he is responsible for these opinions and suggestions, and they are very helpful to the reader.

Each essay is followed by a detailed list of references;.there is a valuable table of contents and a voluminous index.

Three essays are of particular interest to visual artists and teachers. Rubin explains that they were included because 'the indications are that art education will take on renewed impor- tance as we move toward the third millenium'.

The first essay, Curriculum in the Visual Arts, stresses the point that students should not only make pictures and sculptures but must be introduced to examples of good works. The second one, Expanding Conceptual Understanding in the Arts, urges the use of visual rather than verbal presentations by teachers, who should 'permit the children to learn through the physical manipulation of the content'. Two distinct aspects of art education are elaborated in the third one, The Arts in General Education: Aesthetic Education, and these are the impressionis- tic and aesthetic experiences. An interesting point made is that 'the process of creativity is much more important toward aesthetic development and sensitivity than is the realization of some satisfactory product'.

This excellent book is not necessarily one to be read from cover to cover but should be approached as an encyclopaedia of curriculum areas where one searches out the pages relevant to one's personal requirements. It should form a part of each teacher's bookshelf of reference material.

Guide to Basic Information Sources in the Visual Arts. Gerd Muehsam. Jeffrey Norton Publishers/ABC-CL10, Santa Bar- bara, Calif., 1978. 266 pp. ?11.28.

'This handbook is intended to guide students and researchers to basic information sources in the visual arts. Although it is designed primarily for art students and art history majors, the wide range of material offered should also . . . prove useful to graduate art history students, to students in graduate library science curricula, and to librarians and others concerned with the visual arts.' The author's aim has been 'to advise the information-seeker of basic search strategies applicable to the visual arts; to acquaint him or her with the essential reference and research tools; and to indicate authoritative sources dealing with the principal periods in art, as well as sources on art forms and techniques and national schools of art.'

The author stresses that the guide is selective. It is limited generally to sources in English. A balance was sought between writings suitable for beginners and for researchers. Only books published before 1977 were considered.


































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attention of visual artists and students as well as of scholars. It covers more than 800 outstanding journals in literature, history, languages, religion, philosophy, drama, theater, art and architecture, music, classics, dance, film/radio/television and folklore. The following items in each journal issue are indexed: 'articles, letters, editorials, notes, meeting abstracts, discussions, cor- rections, errata; poems, short stories, excerpts from books, plays, music scores; chronologies, bibliographies, discographies, fil- mographies, etc.; and reviews of books, films, records, art exhibits, TV and radio programs, and dance, music, and theatrical performances. Only ephemeral items such as advertise- ments, news notices, and meeting agendas are omitted.'

'A&HCI is published in two softbound issues and a hardbound cumulation each year. The first interim issue covers the period January through April; the second, May through August. The annual cumulation contains material for the full year, January through December'. Publication began in 1978.

'Every issue of A&HCI is an integrated search system consist- ing of four separate, but related, indexes: the Source Index, the Citation Index, the Permuterm Subject Index, and the Corporate Index. Each covers the same material, but indexes it in a different way.'

The Source Index, an author index, 'provides a complete bibliographic description of the item'. In addition an entry indicates what the item is (article, editorial, letter, etc.) and the language in which it is written, presents additional key words when the title itself is uniformative, and gives both the author and a brief bibliographic description of each of the works cited in the item. By regularly consulting the Source Index, one can note subsequent publications of an author. The citations give information on other works on the subject. 'All art works which are the subject of articles are treated in A&HCI as cited items even when they were not formally cited in footnotes or bibliographies. Their titles therefore appear in the lists of cited references in Source Index entries.... When a photograph of a work of art is also reproduced in an article, its title appears in the list with "ILL" beside it.'

'The Citation Index is an alphabetical listing by author of all the references (cited items) found in footnotes and bibliographies of articles (citing items) covered in A&HCI. Also included as cited items are works of art (novels, paintings, musical com- positions, etc.) which are the subjects of articles, even though they were not formally cited.'

The Citation Index may be used to start a literature search in an unfamiliar subject area if one is given the name of a person who has authored an article pertinent to the subject. The Citation Index is employed specifically to find articles in which the author's work and also the work of other authors are cited. It may also be used to find a photographic reproduction of a painting. For example, if one wishes to locate one of 'The Bacchante' by the Victorian painter Arthur Hill, one looks up the artist to locate an entry listing the painting and indicating the article in which a reproduction appears. The Source Index is then consulted to find a complete bibliographic description.

Some works cited in source items are produced by a group, for example by UNESCO. The name of the group is given as the 'author' and the listing is made in the separate Miscellaneous Citation Index. In addition there is an Anonymous Citation Index in which items are arranged alphabetically by title, or by journal title for cited anonymous items from journals.

'In the Permuterm Subject Index (PSI) every significant English word in the title of the source items indexed by A&HCI is paired with every other significant English word that appears with it in the title.' 'The PSI is arranged alphabetically.... Beneath each main entry or "primary term" are listed alphabetically the "co-terms" which appeared with it in titles. Opposite each co-term is the name of the author of an item whose title includes the primary and the co-term. You get complete information about the item by looking up the author's name in the Source Index.' For example, under the primary term 'color' one finds a list of co-terms, two of which are 'design' and 'psychology'. The two co-terms are associated with one author, L. Swirnoff, and are identified by a code symbol signifying a book review. The Source Index gives the reference fully: Psychology of








'In the Permuterm Subject Index (PSI) every significant English word in the title of the source items indexed by A&HCI is paired with every other significant English word that appears with it in the title.' 'The PSI is arranged alphabetically.... Beneath each main entry or "primary term" are listed alphabetically the "co-terms" which appeared with it in titles. Opposite each co-term is the name of the author of an item whose title includes the primary and the co-term. You get complete information about the item by looking up the author's name in the Source Index.' For example, under the primary term 'color' one finds a list of co-terms, two of which are 'design' and 'psychology'. The two co-terms are associated with one author, L. Swirnoff, and are identified by a code symbol signifying a book review. The Source Index gives the reference fully: Psychology of








'In the Permuterm Subject Index (PSI) every significant English word in the title of the source items indexed by A&HCI is paired with every other significant English word that appears with it in the title.' 'The PSI is arranged alphabetically.... Beneath each main entry or "primary term" are listed alphabetically the "co-terms" which appeared with it in titles. Opposite each co-term is the name of the author of an item whose title includes the primary and the co-term. You get complete information about the item by looking up the author's name in the Source Index.' For example, under the primary term 'color' one finds a list of co-terms, two of which are 'design' and 'psychology'. The two co-terms are associated with one author, L. Swirnoff, and are identified by a code symbol signifying a book review. The Source Index gives the reference fully: Psychology of Color and Design by D. T. Sharpe, a book reviewed by L. Swirnoffin Leonardo 11, 156 (1978). Using the PSI, one can start a literature search in an unfamiliar subject area. Here one needs

Color and Design by D. T. Sharpe, a book reviewed by L. Swirnoffin Leonardo 11, 156 (1978). Using the PSI, one can start a literature search in an unfamiliar subject area. Here one needs

Color and Design by D. T. Sharpe, a book reviewed by L. Swirnoffin Leonardo 11, 156 (1978). Using the PSI, one can start a literature search in an unfamiliar subject area. Here one needs

to supply key words likely to appear in the titles of relevant articles.

'The Corporate Index lists alphabetically the organizational affiliations of authors of items in the Source Index.' Included in each entry is the address of the organization, the first author's name of each item and an abbreviated bibliographical description of the item. The Source Index is consulted for the complete description. The Corporation Index is of value in pursuing the work performed at a particular organization.

A&HCI is but one service of the Institute for Scientific Information. Another of interest to those active in research in art is Current Contents. Arts & Humanities (CC/A & H). It is a weekly publication that displays tables of contents from appro- ximately 950 core journals and 125 books in the arts and humanities. Subscription price information for A&HCI and for

CC/A & H may be obtained from the Institute for Scientific Information, 325 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, U.S.A.

Supplement to Mallet's Index of Artists. Daniel Trowbridge Mallet. Kingsmead Press, Bath, England, 1977. 319 pp. ?6.

The Supplement presents an international biographical record of over 20,000 artists not included in the first Index of Artists (1935, 1940). 'The list covers the artists whose works are exhibited in leading galleries or inquired about by modern students. .. .' The artists considered fall into the following categories: caricaturists, cartoonists, engravers, etchers, illustrators, lithographers, minia- ture painters, mural painters, painters and sculptors. Entries give the nationality, city and year of birth and death (or active years) and city of residence. In addition codes are given leading to reference books giving further biographical information, and key numbers are given refering to over 900 museums, art galleries, libraries, universities, publishers, etc. from whom information may be obtained on request.

Many of the artists listed are from the 19th century, but most are from the present century. A necrology is given of artists listed in the 1935 edition of the Index who died in the period 1935-40. Artists listed in the 1940 edition whose death has since been reported are listed again in the Supplement.

The listing of over 900 items in the Sources of Information itself may be a useful reference tool, but in many instances only the city address is given. The book concludes with a separate listing of Early American Silversmiths.

The emphasis of the Index seems to be on the compilation of names. The documentation following a name, though under- standably brief, may be disappointingly bare. For example, for the artist Man Ray only the following is given: '(Photographer- Painter) Amer. address Paris, Fr.' and for further information one is directed to the Gallery of Fine Arts (Columbus, Ohio) and the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York). On the other hand, such sparse information on lesser-known artists may be of particular value.

Dictionary of Inventions and Discoveries. 3rd Ed. E. F. Carter, ed. Robin Clark, Stevenage, Herts, England, 1978. 208 pp. Paper, ?1.50.

The dictionary provides an alphabetical listing of 'some of the scientific, technological, and kindred inventions, discoveries and developments made since earliest times, indicating to whom each is attributable, together with the year in which they were made or introduced if known'.

An example of an entry is the following: 'Stone, Artificial 1850. Joseph Gibbs inv. first method of making. (see also Concrete, cement and re-enforced concrete.)' The collection is varied and spotty. Among the listings one finds Calendar; Chains (cable); Davy, Sir Humphry; Feynman Theory; Protein and Lithog- raphy. The dye 'Lyons blue' is included, but 'phthalocyanine blue', which is so important today, is not. The editor rightly












An example of an entry is the following: 'Stone, Artificial 1850. Joseph Gibbs inv. first method of making. (see also Concrete, cement and re-enforced concrete.)' The collection is varied and spotty. Among the listings one finds Calendar; Chains (cable); Davy, Sir Humphry; Feynman Theory; Protein and Lithog- raphy. The dye 'Lyons blue' is included, but 'phthalocyanine blue', which is so important today, is not. The editor rightly












An example of an entry is the following: 'Stone, Artificial 1850. Joseph Gibbs inv. first method of making. (see also Concrete, cement and re-enforced concrete.)' The collection is varied and spotty. Among the listings one finds Calendar; Chains (cable); Davy, Sir Humphry; Feynman Theory; Protein and Lithog- raphy. The dye 'Lyons blue' is included, but 'phthalocyanine blue', which is so important today, is not. The editor rightly explains that 'any attempt to cover entirely the vast field of human endeavour down the ages must necessarily fall short of completeness'.

explains that 'any attempt to cover entirely the vast field of human endeavour down the ages must necessarily fall short of completeness'.

explains that 'any attempt to cover entirely the vast field of human endeavour down the ages must necessarily fall short of completeness'.

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