Photography Subject Guide
Getting Started: Selected Books
Advanced black & white digital photography. John David.
MAIN TR267 .B435 2007
The Betterphoto guide to digital nature photography. Jim Miotke.
MAIN TR721 .M56 2006
Business and legal forms for photographers. 3rd ed. Tad Crawford.
REFERENCE KF2042 .P645 C73 2002
The complete guide to light & lighting in digital photography. Michael Freeman.
MAIN TR590 .F722 2007
Complete Photoshop CS2 for digital photographers. Colin Smith.
MAIN TR267.5 .S63 2006
Dictionary of photography and digital imaging. Tom Ang.
REFERENCE TR9 .A53 2002
Digital wedding photography: capturing beautiful memories. Glen Johnson.
MAIN TR819 .J64 2006
Legal handbook for photographers: the rights and liabilities of making images. 2nd ed. Bert P. Krages.
RESERVE KF2042 .P45 .K73 2007
The Oxford companion to the photograph. Robin Lenman, ed.
REFERENCE TR9 .O94 2005
The photographer's eye: composition and design for better digital photos. Michael Freeman.
MAIN TR267 .F74 2007
Photographer's market: where and how to sell your photographs.
REFERENCE TR12 .P515 2007
RESERVE TR12 .P45 .P515 2007
Selected Videos & DVDs
Alfred Stieglitz: the eloquent eye.
AUDIOVISUAL TR140 .S7 A44 2001
Ansel Adams: a documentary film.
AUDIOVISUAL TR140 .A55 A57 2002
Captured light: the invention of still photography.
AUDIOVISUAL TR642 .C25 2004
The photographers. National Geographic.
AUDIOVISUAL TR790 .P46 1995
Finding Books
Begin your search with MnPALS, our online catalog. MnPALS provides access to books, audiovisual materials, eBooks, and other resources available at DCTC and at other libraries in the MnPALS system. Our books and audiovisual materials are organized according to Library of Congress call numbers. Items not available from the DCTC Library can be requested online through interlibrary loan (ILL).
The best way to begin a search in MnPALS is to enter one or two keywords on your topic. To focus your search, find the most relevant records in your results and look at their subject headings. MnPALS displays subject headings as links and clicking on them will begin a search for that particular topic.
MnPALS includes the titles of our magazine and journal subscriptions but does not provide the articles themselves. To search for articles, see the Finding Articles section below.
The following subject headings are relevant to photography:
| photography photography - digital techniques photography - lighting |
photographers photography, artistic nature photography |
portrait photography wedding photography digital cameras |
Most books about photography are shelved in call numbers beginning with TR. You can browse those shelves for more ideas.
topFinding Articles
Use periodical indexes and databases to locate articles, reports, and other documents on your topic. Most of these resources provide full-text articles, which you can print, save, or e-mail. We also have print subscriptions to some magazines and journals that aren't available electronically. We keep the current year and three previous years of most magazine and journal issues. If an article you need is not available at the DCTC Library in either print or electronic format, you can request the article from another library through interlibrary loan (ILL).
Periodical Indexes & Databases
EBSCO MegaFILE (1865 - Present)
EBSCO MegaFILE indexes nearly 24,000 publications and provides full text for over 19,100 publications. EBSCO MegaFILE covers virtually all subjects and includes biographies, company profiles, primary source documents, and images. EBSCO MegaFILE combines four EBSCO indexes and databases: Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, MasterFILE Premier, and Regional Business News.
Access World News (1977 - Present)
Access World News provides full text articles from more than 2,000 newspapers, wire services, and broadcast transcripts from all over the world.
ProQuest Newspapers (1980 - Present)
ProQuest Newspapers provides full text articles from nearly 700 newspapers and wire services from all over the world.
Journals
The following magazines include good examples of fashion, travel, portrait and nature photography.
GQ (Gentleman's Quarterly)
Library holds last three years. Indexed from July 1, 1989 to present in EBSCO MegaFILE.
National Geographic.
Library holds last 10 years. Indexed from January 1, 1888, with full text from January 1, 1995 to present (with a three-month delay) in EBSCO MegaFILE.
Vogue
Library holds last three years. Indexed from February 1, 1985 to present in EBSCO MegaFILE.
Web Sites
A "photography" keyword search of Librarians' Internet Index, a listing of reliable web sites, produces around 200 results that cover all aspects of photography. Add keywords in the search box or select one of the subtopics in the left-hand column to retrieve focused results.
topReference Librarian
The DCTC Library's Reference Librarian is
Barbara Tuttle
651-423-8345
Please feel free to contact me with questions, comments, concerns, or for additional help with your research.
Last updated: January 22, 2008.