To find books on a particular subject, use a keyword search on the library catalogue. For example:
contemporary art
mannerism
"frida kahlo"
Keyword searching often retrieves a large number of results. You might want to limit your search by adding more words from your keyword list; for example:
contemporary art and photograph
mannerism and painting
"frida kahlo" and identity
Browse through the records retrieved and look at the hyperlinked subject descriptions that come with each catalogue record, e.g.
Art, Australian -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
Art, Modern -- 21st century.
Painters -- France -- Biography.
You can then click on a subject description to find more material with the same subject.
You can have books sent from other branch libraries to your campus for pick-up
Use the library catalogue to search for relevant books, printed versions of journals and newspapers etc.
You can also browse the shelves. Books on Visual Art are between the call numbers 700-780
700-709 The Arts
710-719 Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture
720-729 Architecture
730-739 Sculpture
740-749 Drawing, graphic and decorative arts
750-759 Painting
760-769 Printmaking
770-779 Photography
Items listed in other libraries (Australia and overseas) may be requested by University of Melbourne staff and students via Inter-Library Loan.
Can't find something, or what you need is unavailable? The following catalogues can be used to find resources in libraries around Australia and the World: