Research Guides
Art: eBooks
This guide offers the top recommended resources for Art, Art History, and Design.
Search for eBooks Now
Finding eBooks in the Library Catalog
To locate materials available online in the UW Libraries Search, filter by "Available Online."
You can also limit by Resource Type and select "eBooks"
eBook Collections
- eDuke books scholarly collection This link opens in a new window
This link opens in a new window
eBooks on all subjects. Contains over 200 eBooks on Art & Visual Culture, Architecture, Art Criticism and Theory, Art History, Fashion, Feminist Art, and Photography. - Project Muse This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Collection of humanities & social sciences electronic journals & 20,000+ ebooks. - ACLS Humanities E-books This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Major academic books in fields ranging from area studies to sociology. - Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Renowned book series on history, language, literature and more.
Free eBooks
Free eBooks from Guggenheim Museum (via Internet Archive)
Five decades of Metropolitan Museum publications, downloadable, for free.
Free eBook Collections
- Hathi Trust This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Digital library of books and journals scanned by a partnership of major research institutions and libraries. See our HathiTrust Guide
- Internet Archive National Emergency LibraryA collection of books that supports emergency remote teaching, research activities, independent scholarship, and intellectual stimulation while universities, schools, training centers, and libraries are closed.
- Google BooksIf the book is out of copyright, or the publisher has given Google books permission, you'll be able to see a preview of the book, and in some cases the entire text.
- Open Access eBooks on JSTORMore than 6,000 Open Access ebooks from 75+ publishers, including Brill, Cornell University Press, De Gruyter, and University of California Press, are now available at no cost to libraries or users.
- Project GutenbergOver 60,000 free eBooks, mostly published before 1924.
- Digital Public Library of America6,300 ebook titles available on DPLA’s Open Bookshelf. Choose from classic novels, children’s books, textbooks and non-English titles, all for free, with no login or library card needed.