ART RESEARCH GUIDE: INDEXES AND DATABASES

Recommended Indexes for Art | Image Databases

Art Abstracts < about >
Bibliography of the History of Art - BHA < about > Free index to Art History, covering 1975-2009
Arts & Humanities Citation Index < about >
America: History and Life < about >
Historical Abstracts < about >
Humanities Abstracts < about >

Oxford Art Online < about > (FT) Includes the Grove Dictionary of Art: Encyclopedia of Art and Art History

Art databases and resources at Western Michigan University
Art Index Retrospective
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
The CAMIO Catalog of Art Museum Images

Image Databases

ARTstor < about > Artwork Image Database | How to Access ARTstor from Off Campus
Ad*Access < about > Free database of Advertising Images
French National Organisation of Art Museums < about > Free database of art Images from French Museums
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Catalog < about > Free database with some free images
SILS Art Image Browser < about > Free Database of Images from the University of Michigan
National Portrait Gallery < about > Free database
NYPL Digital Gallery < about > Free database of Images from the New York Public Library
Visual Collections: Images of Art, History, and Culture < about > Mix of free and licensed image collections compiled by David Rumsey

What journals does the Library own?

• In paper - Check Ariadne - search on your discipline or subject area, and in Step 2, limit the location to "Periodicals"
  • Or - Search Ariadne for a specific journal - enter the journal title into the Ariadne Title Search
• Online - Check Online Journals at K - to find out what online journals the Library subscribes to

Which index includes the journal I'm looking for?

• Ulrich's Periodicals Directory < about >

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