Subject Guides -> Art Subject Guide
Art Subject Guide
Indexes | E-Sources | Catalog | Internet Sites | Department
Indexes
General
Wilson Web OmniFile
A multidisciplinary database providing abstracts and some full-text. Use SearchPlus to limit to a specific Subject Area or to filter results for peer-reviewed journals only.
Academic Search Complete 
A multidisciplinary database of peer-reviewed academic journals, offering indexing, abstracting and some full-text. Also includes image collections of people, places, historical photos, and more.
Britannica Online
Full-text of the Encyclopedia Britannica including photos, drawings, flags, biographies, and geographical articles. Also includes the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
Subject
NOTE: To locate Periodicals in Abell Library, search using the "Periodical Title" field in the online catalog. |
E-Sources
Journals
JSTOR
This is an archive of scholarly journals, including 9 art and art history journals, including Art Bulletin, Burlington Magazine, and October. Current issues (usually the past 5 years) are not available through JSTOR; its role is an archive, with new holdings added each year.
Project Muse
Index of periodicals published by Johns Hopkins University Press. Most are available in full-text.
SpringerLink provides electronic access to the complete contents of a vast and growing collection of SpringerLink journals in subjects including related archives and museum management (formerly Kluwer Journals).
Reference Works
Credo Reference Center Credo Reference is a leading provider of reference services for libraries and information centers. By using unique proprietary technology that integrates information through a network of intelligent, multi-dimensional cross-references, Credo Reference delivers real added value to students, researchers, businesses and reference help desks worldwide.
Books
netLibrary collection of full-text electronic books (ebooks) includes a wide variety of subject content from both popular and scholarly texts. Users can search across the entire eBook collection for authors, titles, or keywords, and they can search within books for keywords and phrases. Users may read or browse through ebooks for an unlimited amount of time. A title may be unavailable temporarily when all NetLibrary copies are in use by other patrons.
You are allowed to print one page at a time using your Web browser's print function or the print function on the Adobe Acrobat toolbar. Printing the entire eContent item violates copyright laws and precautions are taken to protect those copyright laws.
About the Catalog
Search for books, journal titles, and other resources in our online catalog.
Some subject headings used for this discipline are listed below. For additional headings, refer to the Library of Congress Subject Headings volumes located behind the Reference Desk.
-
Arts, Modern Graphic Arts Impressionism
-
Painting
Internet Sites
-
artnet.com provides access to the Grove's Dictionary of Art online.
-
Artcyclopedia: the fine art search engine.
-
Art guide: The art lover's guide to Britain and Ireland contains information concerning more than 1,900 named artists, 650 museums, and 4,500 exhibition listings.
-
ARTINFO: Art Sales Index is a free electronic version of Hislop's Art Sales Index. Site search without registration is offered. Registration includes a weekly newsletter and updates on art fairs. Search auction records using the Search Lots at Auction search form. Searchy by artist name, artwork title, and auction house. Limit search by medium, year of work, price at auction, dimensions, sale date and lot number.
-
Art Resources on the Web Complied and maintained by Chris Whitcomb (Art History Professor at Sweet Briar College).
-
The Timeline of Art History is a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated especially by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection. The Timeline now extends from prehistory to 1600 A.D., and will continue to expand in scope and depth.
Victoria and Albert Museum This is the official website for the The Victoria and Albert Museums in London which contain artifacts on art, theatre, toys and childhood artifacts. The website allows visitors to browse or search collections from either of the three museums.
-
Wikimedia Commons is a website that offers more than 4,000,000 free sharing files for use as long as sources are cited. Video, audio, and image files are available for browsing and searching.
-
World Wide Arts Resource Architronic the Electronic Journal of Architecture
-
World Wide Web Virtual Library: History of Art Sponsored by CHArt, the Computers and History of Art Group, this site is aimed at everybody interested in art, but it has a special focus on the academic study of Art History.
About the Department
Citing Sources
Refer to the various books of Style Manuals on Reserve,
or click on Style Manuals to locate guidelines for using correct citation format for Chicago, MLA, and others.
