Art Databases

Getting Started:

• Academic Search Elite
  Excellent basic index to key peer-reviewed journals and selected magazines (1983 - present).
  Search Tips & Guide | more information
• Grove Dictionary of Art
  Foremost scholarly encyclopedia for the visual arts
  Now part of Oxford Art Online
• Oxford Art Online
  Introductions to and overviews of artists, works, styles and movements in visual art.
  more information

Most Comprehensive:

• Art Abstracts
  Index to articles published in 500 leading art journals (1984 - present)
• Bibliography of the History of Art
  Index to articles published in over 2000 art periodicals, as well as selected books, conference proceesings, and catalogs (1973 - present)
  more information

Other Useful Databases:

• Wilson OmniFile Mega FT
  Searches the abstracts (descriptions) of 7 million articles from scholarly journals and popular magazines published from 1984 to the present, including over 300,000 articles in the Art section.
  
  
• Humanities Full Text
  Searches the abstracts (desciprions) of articles in scholarly humanities journals, includind selected art journals, published from 1984 to the present.
  
  
• WorldArt Kiosk
  The WorldArt Kiosk contains over 35,000 searchable images of art works from around the world, compiled by the faculty, students and staff of the California State University System. Selected materials formerly part of CIELO, the California Image Exchange Library Online, have also been added to this resource.
  
  

See Also:

• English and Literature databases

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