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Art Therapy Books
Art Therapy books can be found on the shelves at Library West. The primary call number for Art Therapy is RC489 and you can try shelf-browsing that number in the book stacks. Or you can search for a topic or title you are looking for in Prism the library's online catalog. The following are some examples of what you will find:
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Using Art Techniques Across Cultural and Race Boundaries by Call Number: RC489.A7 M3563 2004ISBN: 9781785922343 -
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The Big Book of Even More Therapeutic Activity Ideas for Children and Teens by Call Number: RC489.A72 E975 2005ISBN: 9781849057493 -
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Article & Ebook Databases
Educational/Health Sciences databases:
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Art & Architecture Source This link opens in a new window
Formerly Art Source. Offers broad coverage of art topics, including painting, photography, sculpture advertising art, art history, film, graphic arts, industrial design, interior design archaeology, architecture, decorative arts, folk art, textiles and more. Full text access to over 630 art and design journals with coverage from 1929 to the present. -
Ebook Central Academic Complete This link opens in a new window
Over 207,000 multidisciplinary ebooks with unlimited, multi-user access, powerful research tools and DRM-free chapter downloads. -
ERIC This link opens in a new window
ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center database of the U.S. Department of Education, contains citations and abstracts from over 980 educational and education-related journals, as well as full text of more than 2,200 digests. -
Gale Academic OneFile This link opens in a new windowProvides access to over 12,000 periodicals with millions of articles available in full-text covering the arts, sciences and humanities.
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Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine This link opens in a new windowUse this database to find articles on: Mental illness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A full text scholarly database of 150 titles focused on the arts and humanities. The Arts & Sciences III collection includes articles from journals on the history and study of art and architecture, film studies, language and literature, music, folklore, performing arts, and religion. -
ProQuest Central Ejournals This link opens in a new window
ProQuest Central contains ~30,000 journals across all major subject areas, including Business, Health and Medical, Language and Literature, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, as well as core titles in the Performing and Visual Arts, History, Religion, Philosophy, plus thousands of full-text newspapers from around the world. -
PubMed This link opens in a new window
From the National Institutes of Health, PubMed® comprises more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
Art Therapy Journals
SVA Library provides access to art therapy titles both in-print at the Main Library and online in the databases listed above. Here are some examples of available titles:
Image Databases
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Artstor This link opens in a new window
Documents artistic traditions across many time periods and cultures including architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design. Digital images come from museums, archaeological teams, photo archives, slide collections, and art reference publishers. The collection is over 2+ million images and continues to grow. Users must create a personal account. -
Colourbox This link opens in a new window
Stock image source with hundreds of thousands of royalty-free photographs, vector images, and videos for use in your projects. Create an account with your SVA email address. Contact library@sva.edu for the current educational key.
Art Therapy Videos
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Expressive Media Film Library This link opens in a new windowPlease contact library@sva.edu for a code to create a free account. Contains hundreds of hours of clinical and educational footage in art therapy. An invaluable teaching resource, it contains many examples of arts therapies pioneers practicing their specialties.
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Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
Academic Video Online makes video material available with curricular relevance: documentaries, feature films, interviews, performances, news programs and more. Search for award-winning films including Academy®, Emmy®, and Peabody® winners and access content from PBS, BBC, 60 MINUTES, National Geographic, Annenberg Learner, BroadwayHD™, A+E Networks’ HISTORY® and more.
Collection Links
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Prism CatalogSearch for books, ebooks, movies, articles, magazines, images and more in the SVA Library.
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A-Z DatabasesFind millions of articles and images using our e-resources.
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Research Tools & Information LiteracyA guide to doing research, evaluating sources, writing, citing, plagiarism, and copyright.
