Starting
Points: Guide to Photography |
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REFERENCE BOOKS -
Available for your use in the library, these books cannot be
checked out. |
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770 Lan |
101
Essential Tips - Photography |
Quick answers to common questions. |
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770 McD |
The
Photography Encyclopedia |
A one volume overview of
photography and its history. |
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R 770 Pho |
Photographer's Market |
Over 1,600 listings of where and
how to sell your photographs. |
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R 770.3 |
The Oxford Companion to the
Photograph |
Spans the
early photographers to the digital age. Over 1600
entries. 300 photos. |
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R 770.9 Enc |
Encyclopedia of
Twentieth-Century Photography |
Three volumes highlighting
movements, photographers, & techniques. |
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R 770.9 G |
The Origins of Photography |
The early days of photography
beginning in 1826. |
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R 770.9 Pho |
The Photo Book |
150 years of striking and
innovative photographs. |
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CIRCULATING BOOKS |
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770.9 Geo |
Photography from 1839 to Today |
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770.9
New |
A
New History of Photography |
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770.924 Adams |
Examples: The Making of 40
Photographs |
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770.924
Bourke-White |
The
Photographs of Margaret Bourke-White |
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770.924 Capa |
Robert Capa: Photographs |
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770.924 Steichen |
Steichen’s
Legacy |
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770.924 Edgerton |
Stopping Time: The Photographs
of Harold Edgerton |
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771 Fre |
Practical Photography: How to
Get the Best Picture Every Time |
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771 Jon |
The
Step-by-Step Photography Workshop |
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771.32
Ang |
Digital
Photographer’s Handbook |
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also:
Time-Life’s Photography Series
(various
770s
call numbers); & Eastman Kodak’s
Encyclopedia of Practical Photography,
14 vols - 770.3 E |
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VIDEOS |
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Video
770 Adv |
The
Adventure of Photography - 150 Years of the Photographic
Image |
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Video 770.92 Pho |
The
Photographers |
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Video 770.924
Hine |
America
& Lewis Hine |
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The
Library also carries the magazines Digital Photography,
and Popular
Photography
in Periodicals. |
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FINDING BOOKS AND OTHER LIBRARY MATERIALS/
Dewey Decimal browsing numbers:
770-771 |
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In
addition to reference books, you may want to search for other books
and materials (videos, audiobooks, etc.) on your topic. The best way
to find good sources of information is to do a subject search
in our Library catalog. You can
access the Library’s online catalog from the Library or home by
going to our Web page (www.wppl.org),
then to Search Our Catalog.
A
good
subject search for this topic is
photography..
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eBOOKS
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You may also
want to check out the collection of thousands of online books (eBooks)
the Library offers located on the Web site
www.netlibrary.com. Initially, you must open an account from Library computer terminals,
but you will then be able to use the account from home as well. See a reference librarian for more details. |
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FINDING ARTICLES
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The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing
with your topic:
·
The Readers’ Guide to
Periodical Literature - Adult Reference
R 050 R
Search for articles on a subject within any given year.
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EBSCOhost
and
InfoTrac
OneFile
- Access from the Library or at home using
your library card number at
www.wppl.org.
Search for full text articles on these online databases using your
choice of keywords. You can limit your search to a certain year
or even a certain magazine. |
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WEBSITES
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American
Museum of Photography |
Dedicated to “educating, informing, and sharing great
photographs,” this virtual museum “includes 5000
individual images,
from the earliest daguerreotype
portraits to the work of Ansel Adams.” |
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Photo.net |
Includes
Making Photographs, Post-Exposure, Background, Logistics &
Business, Technique, and Film
Resources.
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Photospot |
"Tips, tricks,
techniques, tutorials, ideas, experiments and experience
related digital photography, including digital
cameras,
image processing software and photography in general.” |
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Digicamhelp |
How to use a digital camera,
image editing techniques, digital prints and
printing and more. |
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Photography
from About.comy |
Articles & resources, how-to tips,
buyer’s guide, glossary, famous photographers and much
more. |
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Morguefile |
Go to “Classroom” for their free online photography
course on this excellent site. |
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New York Institute of Photography |
This site wants you to sign up for a course, but
offers some free instruction via
Photo eZine. |
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World Press Photo |
Dedicated to international professional press
photography. |
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