 Welcome to the next video in the series on conducting art and architecture research. In this video, we will go over some useful reference materials. Reference works such as encyclopedias or dictionaries are a great place to start with many research topics. They provide accurate factual information and authoritative summaries of topics. An important reference source with access to several art encyclopedias and dictionaries is Oxford Art Online. You can access this resource through this research guide or via the database list found on BC Libraries homepage. In Oxford Art Online, you can search for artists and their works, individual buildings, or architectural ensembles. Here, for example, we will start by searching for Pablo Picasso. When searching in Oxford Art Online, very often there will be articles retrieved both from Grove Art Online and Benazit Dictionary of Art. Make sure to check both resources. They are authored by different scholars, often focus on different aspects of a particular topic, and the content does not 100% overlap. Once you have selected an article, you can find article content on the left. Always check bibliographies at the end of each article. They list authoritative scholarly resources on the topic. To find out how to access books or journal articles listed in bibliographies, you will have to click on the Find in the Library button. This will bring you either to the online full text of a book or article, a call number that indicates where to find the title in the library physically, or ILL, an interlibrary loan option, that allows you to request the title from other libraries in case BC does not have it. If you have any questions around your research, Nina Bogdanowski is your subject liaison librarian. Her contact information can be found on this guide. Other librarians are available to answer questions as well at the O'Neill Reference Desk, by appointment, or through 24-7 chat. Next, we will cover how to find books in your art and architecture history research.