Credo is an academic alternative to Wikipedia. It includes a topic pages with mind maps (examples: Velazquez or Spain) and specialized entries from several encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference sources (example: Representing Europe's Crisis of the Seventeenth Century in World History Encyclopedia, and Velázquez, Diego Rodríguez de Silva (1599 - 1660) in The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art & Artists).
The databases featured in this box are particularly useful for this class. You can learn more about databases on the Research Hub.
Think about keywords related to your topic to start your search in the library's WorldCat catalog. When you find a good item, try the subject links to lead to more resources on the topic.
Try some of these subject headings in WorldCat:
Painting, Spanish 17th century | Art and society | Velázquez, Diego 1599-1660 | Portrait painting, Renaissance | Philip IV, King of Spain, 1605-1665 Art patronage | Painting, Baroque | Catholic church | Museo del Prado
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