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RECOMMENDED DATABASES by SUBJECT: Art
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Academic Search Premier
a multi-disciplinary database. Full text for nearly 4,650 serials including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for over 100. Updated daily
AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive
1971-present. Associated Press photographs and pictures from its 50 million-image print library, 1800s-present. Includes AP news releases. All files are downloadable
Art Index
1984-present; 500,000 records
Artcyclopedia
Large public database primarily of archives of painting and sculpture. High-definition images can be viewed online or legally downloaded. 125,000 works by 7,500 renowned artists
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
1975-present. 2.5 million records. Citations only of articles and reviews in more than 1100 journals. Excellent for tracing the influence and history of articles cited by scholars
ARTstor
A huge archive of high-quality digitized images from collections around the world, general as well as specialized. Images may be downloaded, manipulated, projected, excerpted or formed into customized mini-collections. Ancient and modern Eastern and Western painting, folk art, sculpture, architecture, prints, and ethnic art are included. ARTstor also searches for images found in JSTOR's collection of scholarly articles.
Dissertation Abstracts
1861-present. Abstracts since 1980 U.S. Canadian, British and other European dissertations and theses
Grove Art Online
The entire text of  The Dictionary of Art (1996, 34 vols.) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art (2001). Also includes ongoing additions of new and updated articles, over 3,000 thumbnail art images and line drawings displayed in the text of articles, extensive image links, and sophisticated search and navigation tools.
Humanities Full Text
Indexing 1984+, Abstracting 1984+, “select” Full Text 1994+. Over 600 journals, half with full text. Scholarly sources in the humanities, as well as numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines
Modern Language Association (MLA) Bibliography
1920 - present. Bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Contains over 1.8 million citations from more than 4,400 journals & series and 1,000 book publishers. The indexed materials coverage is international and includes almost 60 titles from J-STOR’s language and literature collection as well as links to full text.
Mother of All Art and Art History Links
Giant, all-inclusive reference directory covering all aspects of art , from the University of Michigan's School of Art & Design. Art museums, schools, departments, image collections

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