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Art Resources


Databases


Most Important Resources

Art Index

Art Index Retrospective

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals

Museum Websites

CAMIO (RLG's Catalog of Art Museum Images Online)

  • Provides high-quality art images for use on class projects, lectures, presentations, etc.

Journal Articles

America: History and Life Arts and Humanities Search
  • A citation index to 1,300 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, used to trace references as cited by later authors.
  • Covers 1980 to the present
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ERIC
  • Indexes over 750 journals in the field of education, including art education.
  • Covers 1966 to present.
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Historical Abstracts JSTOR
  • Provides full-text and images of over 150 scholarly journals in a variety of disciplines.
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MLA International Bibliography (Language and Literature)
  • Index to articles and festschriften in the fields of literature, linguistics, and folklore. May also examine the relationship of art and literature. 
  • Covers 1926 to present.
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RILM Abstracts of Musical Literature
  • About 200,000 citations on international music corresponding to the printed RILM Abstracts of Music Literature. May include articles on the relationship of art and music.
  • Updated quarterly.
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World Shakespeare Bibliography
  • Bibliography of articles and books relating to Shakespeare studies, including fine arts adaptations of his works.
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Magazine & Journal Articles

ProQuest Research Library  
  • Covers a wide variety of subjects, including the arts, business, humanities, health, social sciences, and sciences.   Includes articles from both popular magazines and scholarly journals.   Indexes over 2,500 titles; provides full text articles from over 1,700 titles.
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EBSCO databases
  • Choose the following  by clicking in the boxes beside it: Academic Search Premier.
  • This databases indexes a few thousand popular magazines and scholarly journals in all subject areas, including 
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Academic OneFile (InfoTrac)
  • A single database covering a few thousand popular magazines and scholarly journals in all subject areas; it includes full text from 4,200 sources, including resources in art.
  • In most cases, you will want to limit your search to refereed publications to assure that your information comes from scholarly journals. But if popular sources are acceptable, there is no need to check that box.
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Dissertations

Dissertation Abstracts
  • Lengthy abstracts of U. S. dissertations and some masters' theses.
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Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.

Grove Dictionary of Art
  • Provides 45,000 articles on every aspect of the visual arts -- painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts and photography -- from prehistory to the present day.
  • The online version of the 34 volume print set.
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Oxford Dictionaries of Art, Architecture, & Design
  • Part of the Oxford Reference database.
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Library Catalogs

NC LIVEWorldCat
  • Union catalog of materials held in libraries world-wide.
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Art Resources

Questions? Ask Us!

Mark Schumacher
Art Librarian