The most authoritative encyclopedia for Art is the Grove Art Online, (now available through Oxford Art Online along with The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics)
Most articles have an informative outline which can be useful in placing your topic in a larger context or to focus on specific time periods or issues.
Consider the bibliographies located at the end of most articles. The references are listed chronologically and allow you to trace the path of scholarship. Check for more recent and related articles and books, written by the author(s) of the encyclopedia entries and cited in the bibliographies.
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Booker, M. K. 2010. Encyclopedia of comic books and graphic novels. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood Press
O'Neill Library Stacks (STACK) (PN6707 .E49 2010 )
Horn, Maurice. 1999. The world encyclopedia of comics. Philadelphia: Chelsea House
O'Neill Library Reference (PN6710 .W6 1999 )
