Indexes and Databases for Art 


ArtStor [Off-campus Access]
Includes approximately 500,000 images covering art, architecture and archeology.

Grove Dictionary of Art [Off-campus Access]
The Grove Dictionary of Art contains 45,000 articles on every aspect of the visual arts – painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts and photography – from prehistory to the present day. Compiled over a period of 15 years, it represents the work of more than 6,800 scholars from around the world, each writing on his or her own specialist field of study. 

EBSCOhost Academic Search Elite [Off-campus Access]
A multi-disciplinary database that offers full text for more than 1,850 scholarly journals including 1,300 peer-reviewed titles. Academic Search Elite offers full text information dating as far back as 1985. Also contains Business Source Plus, ERIC, MLA, CINAHL, Health Source: Nursing/ Academic Edition, and Clinical Pharmacology.

INFOTRAC Expanded Academic ASAP [Off-campus Access]
(1980 to present) From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images!

Wilson Web [Off-campus Access]
Full text begins in 1994. OmniFile Full Text Mega 1982-present. Comprehensive database covering Business, Education, Science, Humanities, Social Sciences etc. Full text begins in 1994.

Biography Resource Center [Off-campus Access]
Includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender.

JSTOR [Off-campus Access]
Full-text articles (except the most recent 3-5 years) and images from more than 120 scholarly journals, including the most significant journals in Arts & Sciences.. Subjects covered include African-American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology,Economics, Political Science, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Population Studies, Sociology, Statistics, and General Science Collection.

LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Search [Off-campus Access]
A broad-based database and full text online search service that provides indexing and full text access to sources in such categories as General Medical and Health Topics, Medical Abstracts, General News Topics, and many more.A title list is available for viewing.

Dissertation Abstracts Free Web database. Internet database that provides abstracts and citations to dissertations and theses from the last 2 years only. Also provides free 24-page previews.

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