Student Resources

Many of these organisations will have a wide range of resources available on their webpages, and becoming a member will give you benefits, such as subscribing to newsletters and publication journals, and discounted events, lectures and conferences. Many offer concessionary membership rates for students and early career conservators.

• ICOM International Council of Museums
• IIC International Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
• IADA International Association of Book and Paper Conservators
• AIC American Institute for Conservation
• CCI Canadian Conservation Institute
• ARA The Archives and Records Association for the UK and Ireland
• NEDCC Northeast Document Conservation Centre
• IRCI Institute of Conservators-Restorers in Ireland
• ALCTS Association for Library Collections and Technical Services
• CCAHA Conservation Centre for Arts and Historic Artifacts
• AICMM Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material

• AATA Online – Abstracts of International Conservation Literature: http://aata.getty.edu/NPS/
• BCIN – Conservation Information Network: http://www.bcin.ca/
• JSTOR – More than a thousand academic journals, with access to full text pdfs (good for Archaeology, Architecture & Architectural History, and Art & Art History): http://www.jstor.org/
• arthistoricum.net – aims to provide a comprehensive record of art history publications: http://www.arthistoricum.net/

• Cultural Heritage Search Engine (Preservation and Conservation Database) – Not really a search engine, but a database of useful resources: http://www.culturalheritage.net/
• ChemSpider – chemistry search engine indexing chemical structures and their associated information into a single searchable repository: http://www.chemspider.com/
• OpenDOAR – searchable directory of open access repositories, providing access to academic articles on a wide variety of subjects, including conservation: http://www.opendoar.org/
• Pigments Through the Ages - information on pigments, including histories, chemical formulae, methods of production and further technical detail: http://webexhibits.org/pigments/

• The Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online: http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/aat/?find=object&logi c=AND&note=&page=1
• Mineralogy database: http://webmineral.com/
• ArtLex – Art dictionary: http://www.artlex.com/
• Artcyclopedia – Online Art encyclopaedia: http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
• Roberts & Etherington – Bookbinding and the conservation of books: a dictionary of descriptive terminology: http://cool.conservation-us.org/don/don.html
•  CAMEO – Conservation and Art material Encyclopaedia Online: http://cameo.mfa.org/
• Art and Restoration Glossary: http://www.art-conservation.org/GLOSS_Paint.html

There may be funding available for specific things you may want to do. Below is a list of charitable trusts that provide funding for individuals. Some have arrangements with specific training providers, others are open to individuals. A list of further funders is available on the grants pages.

• June Baker Trust
• Anna Plowden Trust
• Clothworkers Foundation
• Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust
• York Foundation for Conservation and Craftsmen
• NADFAS
• The Patricia May Memorial Fund
• The NADFAS Zena Walker Scholarship
• Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass ▪ Zibby Garnett Travelling Fellowship
• Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
• Arts and Humanities Research Council
• David Canter Memorial Fund for Craft Awards

• ARTSTOR – a non-profit digital library for education & scholarship http://www.artstor.org/index.shtml
• VADS - Free online resource for visual arts http://www.vads.ac.uk/
• Bridgeman Art Library - http://www.bridgemanart.com

• Chantry Library Catalogue – available via SOLO (Search Oxford Libraries Online) via http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
• British Library Catalogues: http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/catblhold/all/allcat.html
• V&A National Art Library Catalogue: http://www.vam.ac.uk/nal/catalogues/index.html
• Copac – search UK University and national library catalogues: http://copac.ac.uk/
• SUNCAT - The Serials Union Catalogue for the UK research community is a free tool to help researchers and librarians locate serials held in the UK. http://www.suncat.ac.uk/
• WorldCat – search for items in libraries near you: http://www.worldcat.org/
• ICCROM library catalogue: http://www.iccrom.org/eng/02info_en/02_01library_en.shtml

• Global Conservation Forum run by AIC (American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works): Link here
• Heritage Portal: Heritage Portal aims to provide a platform for sharing news and information on European cultural heritage research, conservation, education, and training. http://www.heritageportal.eu/
• Art History Resources on the Web: http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
• Image Permanence Institute - this portal is devoted to scientific research in the preservation of visual and other forms of recorded information: https://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/
• ICOMOS Open Archive - Eprints on Cultural Heritage, a global archive specialising in the conservation and restoration of monuments, sites and landscapes. http://openarchive.icomos.org/

• The Open University
• Open Learn – Free Online Learning (see Study Skills) http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/home.php
• Open University SAFARI (Skills in Accessing, Finding and Reviewing Information): http://www.open.ac.uk/safari/
• OpenLearn key assessment unit: information literacy: http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=2962
• Accessing, finding, and retrieving information: http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3513
• Cardiff University Information Literacy Resource Bank: Search Techniques: https://ilrb.cf.ac.uk/searchtech/index.html