Research Guides: Art Research and Finding Images: Websites

Finding Credible Web Sources

Google Advanced Search
You can use Google Advanced Search to find credible internet sources by limiting search results.
- Choose a domain, like .edu, .gov, or .org, to filter out .com information.
- Explore limiting file type to .pdf to find documents that may have been professionally edited.

SIFT & PICK Fact Checking & Source Evaluation
A printable version of the SIFT & PICK approach to evaluating sources using lateral reading (SIFT) to fact check a source and vertical reading (PICK) to decide whether it is the best source for your needs.

Finding Credible Web Sources
Our Finding Credible Web Sources guide has more tips on searching the Internet.

Recommended Websites

Mother of All Art and Art History Resources
From the University of Michigan.
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Voice of the Shuttle: Art History
From UC Santa Barbara. Exhaustive listing of Art resources. Also see its Architecture, Modern Art, and Photography pages.
Google Art Project
A collaboration between Google and 151 museums from 40 countries, which includes images of over 30,000 artworks, virtual museum tours, and tools to build your own collection of images.

Evaluating Sources

The following video describes how to evaluate sources using five criteria: authority, accuracy, currency, relevance, and objectivity (from off campus you will need to log in using your Pipeline username and password):