Art and Art History
Finding Scholarly Articles on Art Topics
The databases and journals listed below are good starting points for research in a broad range of art topics. If you would like help with searching a specific database or journal, or help with databases in general, please do not hesitate to ask a librarian.
Recommended Databases
- Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowScholarly, popular, and trade articles from 1975-present in all fields. (Partially paid for by INSPIRE: Indiana's Virtual Library.)
- Art & Architecture Source (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowJournals, books, and images from fine, decorative, and commercial art, to architecture and architectural design.
- Art and Architecture in Video (Alexander Street Press) This link opens in a new windowDocumentaries and interviews illustrating the theory and practice of a variety of art forms.
- ARTbibliographies Modern (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowIndex of articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, dissertations, and exhibition reviews from the 1960s-present on all forms of modern and contemporary art .
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1987-present) This link opens in a new windowIndex of scholarly articles in the arts and humanities.
- ARTstor This link opens in a new windowArt images, not only for the fine arts but as a general image resource.
- Bibliography of the History of Art This link opens in a new windowInternational literature on the history of art in Europe and the New World.
- DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowCitations for articles and data in design and applied arts from 1973-present.
- ERIC (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowU.S. Department of Education sponsored comprehensive database of education literature. (Access provided by INSPIRE: Indiana's Virtual Library.)
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowInterdisciplinary, full-text scholarly articles, books, and primary sources. Coverage back to the first issue of journals; embargo on some current content. Library subscribes to the following archival databases: All Arts & Sciences (I-IV); Ecology and Botany I; Health & General Sciences; and Life Sciences.
- Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new windowAccess to Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, Grove Art Online, and Oxford Companion to Western Art.
- Project Muse This link opens in a new windowFull-text scholarly articles in arts & humanities and social sciences.
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