Databases for Art

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Art Abstracts indexes over 400 English and foreign-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. Includes nearly 120 titles in full text.

1984-present
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Covering content for more than 55 years of art journalism, this retrospective resource includes articles, interviews, reviews and much more from over 600 publications.

1929-1984
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The collection currently contains over two million images, including the following collections (see "More info"):

Prehistory to the present
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Covers journal articles, exhibition reviews and news items.

1973-present
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Provides full text for over 8,500 magazines and journals, including more than 7,300 peer reviewed titles. Indexing and abstracts are provided for more than 12,500 journals.

1980-present
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Now part of Readex AllSearch

The Archive of Americana features over 1,375 newspaper titles from all 50 states, more than 100,000 books, broadsides and pamphlets, and much more.

1639-1980
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Art and Architecture Complete provides full-text coverage of 380 periodicals and more than 220 books.

1937-present
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Journal database covering art, architecture, design, history, philosopy, music, literature, theater, and more.

1905-present
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Provides indexing for 1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, and it indexes individually selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals.

1975-present
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The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals offers a comprehensive listing of journal articles on architecture and design, surveying over seven hundred American and international journal

1934-present
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Oxford Art Online contains the full text of the The Grove Dictionary of Art (originally  the 34-volume Dictionary of Art ) with o

Prehistory-present
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Core scholarly journals, ebooks, and images from a range of disciplines, with full-text searching and DRM-free downloads.

1800s-present (2-5 yr embargo)
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Oxford Art Online contains the full text of the The Grove Dictionary of Art (originally  the 34-volume Dictionary of Art ) with over 45,000 articles compi

Prehistory-present
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Project Muse provides full text access to over 335 journals, and indexing for 200 more in the humanities and social sciences.

1996-present
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Offers full-text and full-image articles for 13 large American daily newspapers and two daily British Newspapers (The Guardian and The Observer)

1764-2005
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Featuring over 20,000 scholarly and professional books, handbooks, dictionaries, companions, and landmark book series.

2005-present
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