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Best Databases for Art
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Art & Architecture in Video (Alexander Street)"an online streaming film collection, delivers over 500 hours of documentaries and interviews illustrating the theory and practice of a variety of art forms and providing the context necessary for critical analysis. Ideal for both undergraduate and graduate courses, the works within this collection offer a dynamic tool to enhance understanding of visual media."
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Art & Architecture Source (EBSCOhost)“This art research database covers a broad range of subjects from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design. It features full-text articles, indexing and abstracts for an array of journals, books and more.”
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Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science) (1975+)On the main search screen, scroll down to click on "More Settings", and choose the indexes you wish to search through.
Indexes 1,300 leading arts and humanities journals. -
ARTstorUsers must create a free account (or link an existing JSTOR account) for access.
A digital library of nearly one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences for research and pedagogical purposes.
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Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (ProQuest) (1934+)Offers a listing of journal articles published worldwide on architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation. Coverage is from the 1930s to the present, with selective coverage back to the 1860s.
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Index to 19th Century American Art Periodicals (EBSCOhost)Index to art periodicals that were published in the US during the 19th century. Entire journal contents are indexed: articles, art notes, illustrations, stories, poems, and advertisements.
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Oxford Art OnlineThis is a comprehensive encyclopedia on every aspect of the visual arts; provides access to more than 5,000 images.
Other Databases for Art
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Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)Indexing and full text of articles for array of scholarly and popular topics. Provides full text for over 4,600 scholarly journals covering the social sciences, humanities, science, cultural studies, education, and much more.
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FRANCIS and PASCAL ArchiveFRANCIS is produced by Institut de l’Information Scientifique et Technique of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (INIST-CNRS). The database indexes journal articles, books, dissertations, reports and conferences related to humanities and social sciences topics. FRANCIS content spans 1972-2015.
The PASCAL database shares space with FRANCIS. PASCAL contains indexing for science, technology, and medicine, especially European content. The content in PASCAL is from 1984 to 2015.
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Historical Abstracts (EBSCOhost)Indexes over 2000 journals, as well as some books, collections, and dissertations, related to world history events from 1450 to the present (except the U.S. and Canada) published since 1955.
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JSTORFull text of 2000+ core research journals from the year of their inception, many dating back to the early 1900's, providing high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated.
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MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOhost) (1926+)Indexes critical literary and language scholarship in journals and serials published worldwide.
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Project MUSE (Johns Hopkins University)a unique collaboration between libraries and publishers providing 100% full-text, affordable and user-friendly online access to over 300+ high quality humanities and social sciences journals from over 60 scholarly publishers.
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