Dictionaries & Encyclopedias (in descending order by publication date within each category)
- Oxford Art OnlineOnline at above link
The Oxford Art Online resources include Grove Art Online, the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and the Oxford Companion to Western Art, all of which you may search for basic information on a variety of art media, including glass. 
The Pot Book by Call Number: Q.738D51pISBN: 9780714847993Publication Date: 2011-10-10Architecture & Art
An "A-to-Z guide to over 300 makers, schools and styles of ceramics from around the world." With color and black-and-white photographs, a glossary of terms and styles, and an index.- Dictionnaire des céramistes, peintres sur porcelaine, verre et émail, verriers et émailleurs, exposant dans les salons, expositions universelles, industrielles, d’art décoratif, et des manufactures nationales : 1700-1920 byCall Number: 738.03Sa551dISBN: 2913224598Publication Date: 2005Architecture & Art Reference
This 3-volume French-language dictionary offers brief entries on French artists in ceramics, porcelain, glass, and enamel whose works were exhibited in French salons, international shows, decorative arts exhibitions, and manufacturers' exhibitions from 1700 to 1920. Vol. I includes a list of salons and exhibitions from the time period. 
An Illustrated Dictionary of Ceramics by Call Number: 738.03Sa92iISBN: 0500273804Publication Date: 2000-05-01Architecture & Art Reference
Entries on over 3,000 terms related to "wares, materials, processes, styles, patterns, and shapes from antiquity to the present day." With over 600 black-and-white illustrations and an introductory list of the principal European factories and their marks.
The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques by Call Number: 738.103H17p1997ISBN: 0812234049Publication Date: 1997-06-01Architecture & Art Reference
Detailed but easy to follow definitions for a wealth of terms related to pottery making. Includes color plates, dozens of tables, a bibliography, and a "recipe appendix."- A Dictionary of British Studio Potters byCall Number: 738.092241C246dISBN: 0859678008Publication Date: 1990-04-01Architecture & Art Reference
Intended as a comprehensive guide to 20th-century British studio potters, this dictionary includes black-and-white photographs and the marks of each artist whenever possible. With lists of British galleries selling contemporary ceramics and permanent collections of modern pottery, as well as a short bibliography. - The Illustrated Dictionary of Pottery Decoration byCall Number: 738.03F827iISBN: 0671613766Publication Date: 1986-10-01Architecture & Art Reference
An alphabetically-arranged survey of "basic and important techniques--together with some minor ones" for decorating ceramics. Includes black-and-white photographs and drawings and a bibliography. 
The Dictionary of Blue and White Printed Pottery, 1780-1880 by Call Number: 738.23C839DISBN: 0907462065Publication Date: 1982-06-01Architecture & Art
This two-volume dictionary provides a brief history of late 18th- to late 19-th century blue and white printed pottery, followed by alphabetized entries on designs and patterns, makers, collectors, sites depicted on pottery, etc. Includes color plates, indexes of potters' initial makers, source books used by makers, maps, and bibliographical references. Vol. 2 contains additional entries and supplementary information.- Dictionnaire illustré multilingue de la céramique du Proche Orient ancien byCall Number: 738.20956D561Publication Date: 1981Classics and Main Stacks
A scholarly multilingual dictionary of French, German, English, Greek, and Italian terms describing ceramics of cultures of the ancient Near East. Includes illustrations, bibliographical references, and multilingual indexes. - The Dictionary of World Pottery and Porcelain byCall Number: 735.03B63dISBN: 0684100312Publication Date: 1971Oak St.
Designed for collectors, this dictionary includes short entries on potters, marks and signatures, types of ceramics, techniques and processes, places, countries, styles, and periods. With notes, illustrations, and a bibliography. - Encyclopedia of British Art Pottery, 1870-1920 byCall Number: 738.0941B453eISBN: 0712638229Publication Date: 1991Architecture & Art Reference
Detailed entries on late 19th- and early 20th-century British ceramics manufacturers, artists, styles, and movements. With an introductory essay, black-and-white and color illustrations, a bibliography, and an index. - The Encyclopedia of Pottery and Porcelain, 1800-1960 byCall Number: 738.203C145e1986ISBN: 0816012253Publication Date: 1985-10-01Architecture & Art Reference
Alphabetically-arranged entries and potters, materials, techniques, and stylistic movements from the 19th and 20th centuries. With black-and-white illustrations. - The Concise Encyclopedia of English Pottery & Porcelain byCall Number: 738M3145cPublication Date: 1957Architecture & Art Reference
Brief entries on artists, manufacturers, ceramics techniques, materials, genres, themes, tools, etc. Includes color and black-and-white photographs and a classified bibliography. - The encyclopedia of ceramics byCall Number: 738J48Publication Date: c. 1902Main Stacks; full text also available online via the University of Michigan--see URL in UIUC Online Public Access Catalog record
This older, popular dictionary includes information on countries, styles, materials, techniques, centers, and objects. With a list of the marks of major American and European factories. - An encyclopedia of antiques byCall Number: 708.051 B64EPublication Date: 1937Main Stacks and Online at above link
This encyclopedia on antique furniture, pottery and porcelain, glass, textiles, and metals includes entries about materials, styles, techniques, and more. With biographies of artisans and a bibliography.
