LibGuides: Art and Art History Research Guide: Finding Articles

Full-Text Databases

These databases contain full-text articles, but also index articles we do not have in full text.

Oxford Art Online
Provides access to Grove Art Online, The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.
Art & Architecture Source
This database features full-text articles—as well as detailed indexing and abstracts—for an array of journals, books and more. International in scope, Art Source includes periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Spanish and Dutch and is designed for use by a diverse audience, including art scholars, artists, designers, students and general researchers.
JSTOR
The library's JSTOR account includes access to all fifteen Arts & Sciences Collections and the several topical collections such as Ireland, Life Sciences, Security Studies, and Sustainability. These encompass an archive of over 2,300 journals in classical studies, ecology, economics, history, language and literature, mathematics, music, the history and study of art and architecture, cultural studies, film, folklore, performing arts, philosophy, political science, sociology, and religion.
Project MUSE
Full-text journals in the arts, humanities, history and social sciences

Citation & Abstract Databases

These databases contain citations and abstracts only.

Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)
The Getty provides access to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) and to the Répertoire de la litterature de l'art (RILA) for no charge on its website. These citation databases, searchable together, cover material published between 1975 and 2007.
Web of Knowledge/Web of Science
Provides access to the Science citation index expanded from 1900 to the present, Social sciences citation index from 1956 to the present, and Arts & humanities citation index from 1975 to the present.

AATA Online
A comprehensive database of over 100,000 abstracts of literature related to the preservation and conservation of material cultural heritage.

Historical Newspapers

These historical newspaper databases contain full image scans of advertisements, artwork, and illustrations from newspapers and magazines. These may be of interest for graphic design, costume design, folk art, or other artists.

Select by document type or document feature to find images.

American Periodicals Series
The American Periodicals Series brings the early days of U.S. history alive through more than 7,000,000 digitized page images from over 1,000 periodicals spanning 200 years. The wide variety of content ranges from Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine, first published in 1741, to literary and professional journals, specialized titles, and such well-known magazines as Vanity Fair, Ladies' Home Journal, Scientific American, and The Dial.
British Periodicals
This resource offers facsimile page images and searchable full text for nearly 500 British periodicals published from the 17th through the early 20th centuries. The library's account includes all four collections released by ProQuest as of 2019.

Interlibrary Loan

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