Art (Subject Guides)
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Databases
Art Full Text (Full Text)
Formerly Art Index, this database indexes more than 400 art and architecture publications from English-language periodicals, yearbooks,
museum bulletins, and some European periodicals. Indexing from 1984; abstracts from 1994; select full text from 1997. Serves as a comprehensive
record of reproductions of works of art that appear anywhere in any of the indexed publications; note use of "il." to denote availability
of illustrations. Often titles of reproduced works are included in notes field.
ARTstor (Full Text)
A collection of over 300,000 images which documents artistic traditions across many times and cultures. The focus of the collection includes
architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design as well as many other forms of visual culture.
Academic Search Premier (Full Text)
The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database providing full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including full text for more
than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975.
This database is updated daily.
Infotrac Academic OneFile (Full Text) 
A source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index
Arts & Humanities Citation Index is a multidisciplinary index covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. It fully covers
1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, and it indexes individually selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major
science and social science journals. Please log out when you are finished.
Anthropological Literature
Anthropological Literature indexes articles and essays on anthropology and archaeology and includes art history, demography, economics,
psychology, and religious studies. Updated quarterly, Anthropological Literature includes articles two or more pages long in works
published in English and other European languages from the late 19th century to the present.
ITER
A bibliography of interdisciplinary journal literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Citations for articles;
bibliographies; catalogues; abstracts; and discographies are included.
Periodicals Archive Online
(formerly Periodical Contents Index) (Full Text)
Index to articles from 1802 to 1995 in the humanities and social sciences. Includes full-text to approximately 140 journals.
Dissertations & Theses: Full Text
The ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database includes over 2 million master's theses and dissertations, with over 60,000 titles added every year. It's a great resource for researchers in a wide variety of fields.
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Print and Electronic Resources
American Art Directory
REF N50 A54 2007-2008
Baroque Art: A Topical Dictionary
REF N 6415 .B3 1996
The Bulfinch Guide to Art History: A Comprehensive Survey and Dictionary of Western Art and Architecture
REF N 380 .B85 1996
The Design Encyclopedia
REF NK1370 B93 2004
The Dictionary of Art (Grove 34 volumes)
REF N31 .D5 1996
Dictionary of Artists/Benezit
REF N40 B4713 2006
Dictionary of Chinese and Japanese Art
REF N 7340 M86 1981
Dictionary of Christian Art
REF BV 150 A66 1994
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists
REF N 6536 C8 1994
Dictionary of Symbols in Western Art
REF N 7740 C29 1995
The Encyclopedia of American Folk Art
REF NK805 E6 2004
Oxford Art Online (formerly Grove Art Online)(Full Text)
Online version of the 34-volume text covering all forms of the visual arts from prehistory to the 1990s. Includes 41,000 articles and 10,000 color images. NOTE: Only one user at a time can access this database.
Contemporary Fashion (Gale Virtual Reference Library) (Full Text)
Covers individual designers and fashion houses that have been active throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Informative essays mirror the many facets of the fashion world.
International Dictionary of Film and Filmmakers (Gale Virtual Reference Library) (Full Text)
Covers individual designers and fashion houses that have been active throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Informative essays mirror the many facets of the fashion world.
International Dictionary of Art and Artists
REF N 40 I55 1990
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
REF DF 521 O93 1991
Oxford Reference Online: Art & Architecture (Full Text)
Search and access the full text of a suite of Oxford reference books including A Dictionary of Architecture, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists, and many more.
The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art and Artists
REF N 31 T4 1994
World Artists
REF N 6489 W67 1991 (1980-1990) and REF N 6489 M37 1984 (1950-1980)
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Internet Resources
19 th Century Art Worldwide
ADAM: The Art, Design, Architecture and Media Information Gateway
Searchable catalog of quality sites by a team of librarians in UK.
Art Daily
Art Diary
Art Images for College Teaching
Organized by period.
Artcyclopedia
Great Buildings Online
International historical dictionary of architecture and architects, including photographs and 3-D models.
Mother of All Art and Art History Links Pages
A site maintained by the University of Michigan listing art history departments, fine art schools, research resources, image
collections and online art, resources for visual collections, art museums, and textual and lingusitic resources.
The National Museum of Women in the Arts
Profiles of select women artists from the Renaissance to the present with bibliographies and listings of exhibition catalogs.
Timeline of Art History
Metropolitan Museum of Art. Includes over 20,000 pages, consisting of around 300
chronological narratives, 750 special topic essays, and 5000 color illustrations of
Museum works of art. A very good site.
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