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Visual Art: Journal Articles
Key Art Databases
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Art & Architecture Source (formerly Art Full Text)Full text coverage of over 300 arts journals going back to 1995. Abstracting and indexing for over 600 journals dating back to 1984, including 280 peer-reviewed journals.
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Art Index RetrospectiveIndex to articles about art published in scholarly journals, art dissertations, magazines, and art reproductions. 1929 to 1984.
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Oxford Art OnlineThis database houses both Grove Art Online, an expansive global encyclopedia of art, and Benezit Dictionary of Artists, a comprehensive index of artists, their works, and the sale and collection of those works. Other reference titles available to search through this platform include the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.
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Design & Applied Arts Index This link opens in a new windowDesign and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) is the leading source of abstracts and bibliographic records for articles, news items, and reviews published in design and applied arts periodicals from 1973 onwards. DAAI covers both new designers and the development of design and the applied arts since the mid-19th century, surveying disciplines including ceramics, glass, jewellery, wood, metalsmithing, graphic design, fashion and clothing, textiles, furniture, interior design and architecture.
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International Bibliography of Art This link opens in a new windowScholarly literature on Western art in English, German, French, Italian & Spanish languages. Subject coverage includes -
* European art since late antiquity
* American art since the colonial period
* Global art since 1945
* Fine art in all media
* Decorative arts and antiques
* Museum studies and conservation
* Archaeology and material culture
* Folk art
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AnthropologyPlus This link opens in a new windowAnthropology Plus combines Anthropological literature and the Anthropological index. It provides worldwide indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, and edited works on topics of material culture and archaeology, thus its usefulness for art & architecture. Coverage is from the late 19th century to the present
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Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals This link opens in a new windowProvides citations to the worldwide literature on architecture, urban design, urban planning, interior design, and historic preservation
Finding Full-Text Articles
In most databases, if the full text of the article is not readily available, you will see a Check for Full Text button.
Clicking on the button will do one of the following:
a) take you to the article - look for PDF full text,
b) take you to the catalog - click on the link next to Content Available
c) link you to Interlibrary Loan so you can request a copy of the article.
