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• Artists' and Illustrators' Encyclopedia (Art Reference N33.Q5 1977)
• Artspeak: A Guide to Contemporary Ideas, Movements and Buzzwords, 1945-present (Art Reference Blue N6490.A87 1997)
• Artwords: A Glossary of Contemporary Art History (Art Reference Blue N71.P32 1997)
• A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques (Art Reference N33.M36)
• Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945 (Art Reference Blue N34.W34 1992)
• Oxford Art Online 
  • Use this source to get an overview of your topic
  • Includes four reference sources: Oxford Art Online is a gateway to
    
    • Grove Art Online
    • Oxford Companion to Western Art
    • Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
    • Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms

• Dictionary of Translated Names and Titles (Art Reference NX80.R66 1986)
  • Contains titles of artistic and literary works
• Dictionnaire des termes de l'art (Art Reference Blue N33.F35 1994)
• English-German Dictionary: Art History-Archaeology (Art Reference Blue N33.A556 1987)
• German-English Dictionary: Art History-Archaeology (Art Reference Blue N33.A63 1990)
• Multilingual Glossary for Art Librarians
  • Includes art as well as library-related terms
  • Definitions in English with terms translated into Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Swedish