Research Guides: FYSM 1000: Saving the World, Museums and Archives Collections (Brylowe): Museum Studies

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For more information about museum studies resources, you may wish to visit the Libraries' guide to CU Art Museum Research, or the Museum Studies research guide.

The Mütter Museum
From the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the museum helps the public understand the mysteries and beauty of the human body and to appreciate the history of diagnosis and treatment of disease.
National Museum of Health and Medicine
The National Museum of Health and Medicine was established during the Civil War as the Army Medical Museum, a center for the collection of specimens and artifacts for research related to trauma and pathology.

Foundations of Museum Studies by Kiersten F. Latham; John E. Simmons
ISBN: 9781610692823
Publication Date: 2014
This broad introduction to museums benefits all educators who teach introductory museum studies, addressing the discipline from a holistic, dynamic, and document-centered perspective.

ARTbibliographies Modern (ProQuest)
Excellent source for art and photography made after 1850, especially for finding articles on contemporary art and artists.
Anthropology Plus (EBSCO)
Indexes journal articles, essays, reports, commentaries, and edited works in the fields of cultural, biological, and linguistic anthropology as well as ethnology, archaeology, folklore, and material culture from the late 19th century to the present.
JSTOR
Digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.
Project Muse
Collection of humanities and social sciences journals.
ProQuest News and Newspapers
Current and historical coverage of major U.S. newspapers.
Access World News Research Collection (NewsBank)
Online access to major national and international newspapers, as well as local and regional titles. Also includes newswires, blogs, web-only content, videos, journals, magazines, transcripts and more.