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Subject Guide - Art

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Welcome to the Art Research Guide. This guide is designed to support your research process. In this guide, you'll find:

subject-specific materials and resources, such as books, articles, and databases
citation style guides for your subject

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Find Articles

Art, Design, and Architecture
Comprehensive survey of publications in the fields of visual and applied arts (coverage from 1976 - current).
Art Index Retrospective
Index to articles about art published in scholarly journals, art dissertations, magazines, and art reproductions (1929 to 1984).
Arts & Humanities Full Text
Academic and popular titles covering Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies.

Find Media Collections

ARTstor
Image database of artwork, architecture, and other artifacts contributed from museums and collections around the world.
Films on Demand
Content is provided by the BBC, the Canadian Broadcast Corp, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, PBS, and others.

The Getty
This site provides access to resources of the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Research Institute, and the Getty Conservation Institute.

Find Reference Works

Credo Reference
Reference sources for all subjects, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations, and subject-specific titles.
Oxford Art Online
Art reference works, including Grove Art Online, biographies, and encyclopedias.
UXL Graphic Novelists
Encyclopedia of graphic novel authors and illustrators.

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