→ If you have any suggestions on how to improve this guide or on books on new media art that the Library should aquire, email the Librarian for Art, Janet Hilts: janethilts@missouri.edu.
The Digital Media and Innovation Lab (DMiL) in Ellis Library provides innovative technology and resources for your creative projects. The lab includes:
The DMiL is available to students for class or personal projects. The DMiL is complemented by the Information Commons computers and equipment checkout at the Checkout & Information Desk (in Ellis): Equipment Lending | Digital Storytelling Equipment Lending
O'Reilly is a digital library and professional learning platform from O'Reilly Media, Inc. A wide variety of eBooks and learning modules are available on topccs relating to new media arts.
Tip: you can browse the search results by books, courses, videos, audiobooks, playlists, and filter by topic, date, etc. (expand search dropdown)
Why browse? It is great for serendipitous searching and familiarizing yourself with the collections.
To browse print books on new media art in Ellis Library stacks, browse these call numbers on the 4th floor east:
There are other new media art books scattered throughout the N ranges, including
To find a book relevant to your practice and research, search by subject rather than just by keyword. Subject headings are tags that libraries assigns to all the books about a particular topic to make those books easier to find1. Tip: Use the Refine Results menu to filter results (e.g. to Books, eBooks, Ellis Library).
Art and technology -- 21st century
Arts -- Data processing
Computer art
Computer drawing
Human-computer interaction
Interactive art
New media art
Projection art
You may come across other useful subject headings during your research. Keep track of them so you can search with them in future. To search with them, paste them into the search box and select SU Subject Terms from the Select a Field tab.
Tip: try combining a subject heading with keywords. Here are some example searches (click/tap the screenshots to see the search results in Discover@MU):
1. Christine Fary, ‘Music: Find Books’, Milner Library, accessed 26 January 2024, https://guides.library.illinoisstate.edu/music/findingbooks.
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Provides access to scholarly journals in the arts and sciences. Contains a digital library of images, previously known as ARTStor, in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images.
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