Subject Guides: Art & Art History: Articles

Art & Design Databases

Art & Architecture Archive This link opens in a new window
A full-text archive of magazines comprising key research material in the fields of art and architecture, dating from the late-19th century to the 21st.
ARTbibliographies Modern This link opens in a new window
Provides full abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, dissertations, and exhibition reviews on modern and contemporary art.
Art Full Text This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text art journals and books. It covers fine, decorative and commercial art, as well as photography, film and architecture.
Art Index Retrospective This link opens in a new window
An archive index chronicling art literature, including fine, decorative and commercial art. Cites articles from periodicals published from 1929-1984.

Art Magazine Collection Archives
Includes full text access to Art in America (1913-2015), ARTnews (1923-1941), and Magazine Antiques (1922-2016)

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Indexes journal articles on architecture and design, covering subjects such as the history and practice of architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, historic preservation, and interior design.
BHA: Bibliography of the History of Art and RILA This link opens in a new window
BHA and RILA cover European and American visual arts material including articles from over 1,200 journals. Searchable together, they cover material published between 1975 and 2007.
International Bibliography of Art This link opens in a new window
The definitive resource for scholarly literature on Western art, IBA is the successor to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA).

ProQuest Research Library: The Arts
Includes thousands of full-text titles, with a mix of scholarly journals, professional and trade publications, important and general interest magazines covering the arts.

Multidisciplinary Databases

Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
An unprecedented collection of peer-reviewed, full-text journals in virtually every discipline.

HEARTH: Home Economics Archive
A core electronic collection of books and journals in Home Economics and related disciplines from 1857-1997.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Offers digital full-text access to humanities and social science scholarship from leading university presses and scholarly publishers.
ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary resource featuring a mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and other timely sources across 150 subject areas.

Database Search Tips

EBSCO Databases
(Art Full Text, Art Index Retrospective, Art Magazine Collection Archives, Avery Index)

ProQuest Databases
(Art & Architecture Archive, ARTbibliographies Modern, International Bibliography of Art, ProQuest Research Library: The Arts)

Lucy Scribner Library