Databases
- Most Important Resources
- Images
- Journal Articles
- Magazine & Journal Articles
- Dissertations
- Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.
- Library Catalogs
Most Important Resources
- Over 400 leading publications in the world of the arts, over 415,000 articles
- Covers 1984 to present.
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- Covers 1929-1984.
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Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
- Provides citations to articles from over 2,500 architecture journals and magazines from around the world.
- Covers architecture, design, archaeology, historic preservation, decorative arts, interior design, furniture, landscape architecture, city planning, and environmental studies.
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Images
CAMIO (RLG's Catalog of Art Museum Images Online)
- Provides high-quality art images for use on class projects, lectures, presentations, etc.
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Journal Articles
- Index to articles relating to North American history, including art and architecture.
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- 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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- Indexes over 750 journals in the field of education, including art education.
- Covers 1966 to present.
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- Non-North American, post-1450 articles from over 2,100 journals.
- 1982-present. Updated quarterly.
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- 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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- 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
- 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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- 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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- 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
- Lengthy abstracts of U. S. dissertations and some masters' theses.
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Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.
- 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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Encyclopædia Britannica Online
- Full text of the print encyclopedia plus more up-to-date articles not yet available in the printed version. Also includes Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Tenth Edition), the Britannica Book of the Year, and thousands of WWW links selected by Britannica editors.
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Library Catalogs
WorldCat
- Union catalog of materials held in libraries world-wide.
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Art Resources
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Mark Schumacher
Art Librarian
