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This guide offers the top recommended resources for Art, Art History, and Design.
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Starting Points / Top Resources
- Art & Architecture Source This link opens in a new window
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If you're looking for scholarly articles on anything art related, start here! Searches for articles across hundreds of full text arts-related journals and publications. - Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
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Think of this as the "scholarly Wikipedia" for information on artists and art history. Includes art reference works, including the Grove Art Online, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, biographies, and encyclopedias. - Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly, annotated listings of the most important and significant sources on social sciences and humanities subjects. Explore the "Art History" tab! - JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journals and books in all disciplines.
**ARTSTOR is now included in JSTOR** - Project Muse This link opens in a new window
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Collection of humanities & social sciences electronic journals & 20,000+ ebooks. - Artstor This link opens in a new window
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Digital images database. - International Bibliography of Art This link opens in a new window
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Definitive resource for scholarly literature on western art.
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Related Links & Guides
- Art Collection GuidelinesThese are the guidelines by which materials are purchased for the Art collections of the UW Libraries (Seattle Campus).
- College Art Association Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual ArtsProvides visual-arts professionals with a set of principles addressing best practices in the fair use of copyrighted materials.