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Art History

Key Art History Indexes & Databases

For 1907-1984 coverage see: Art Index Retrospective
Index to scholarly journal articles on art and related disciplines (anthropology, architecture, design, video art, etc.). Emphasis is on Western art. Can be searched simultaneously with Art Index Retrospective.
 
Index to scholarly art journals and other materials published prior to 1985. Can be searched simultaneously with Art Abstracts.
 
Citations and abstracts to journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, dissertations, and exhibition reviews on modern and contemporary arts dating from the late 19th century onwards, including photography since its invention.
 
Comprehensive index to articles on architecture and design published in scholarly and popular-press American and international journals.
 
Comprehensive index to European and American art from late antiquity to the present. Abstracts books, articles, conference proceedings, essays, dissertations, exhibition and dealers’ catalogues. Covers painting, sculpture, drawing, prints, architecture, crafts, decorative, applied, graphic, folk and popular arts.
 
Scholarly coverage of the history, theory and practice of crafts and design worldwide, from 1500 BCE to the present day, with cross-searchable access to authoritative reference works, e-books, and museum object images. Explore the history and context of influential design schools, people, periods, places, and disciplines.
 
IBA succeeds the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA). Abstracts 500+ core journals, monographs, essay collections, conference proceedings and exhibition catalogues. Covers European art since late antiquity; American art since the colonial period; global art since 1945; fine art in all media; decorative arts and antiques; museum studies and conservation; archaeology and material culture; folk art; architectural history.

Databases relevant to Art history

History of Canada, U.S., Latin America from pre-historic times to the present, covering journals, books and dissertations on history, culture, government and political science, ethnic studies, folklore, international relations and current affairs.
 
Archindont is a database of architectural information and citations about buildings in Toronto and Ontario appearing in selected books, non-Canadian periodicals and local (Toronto) newspapers. It is an electronic version of the card index that has been in existence since 1975 at the Toronto Reference Library.
 
Covers Indigenous North American culture, history, and life
 
Access to several primary source collections of digitized materials from disparate parts of the world
 
Interdisciplinary topics related to gender studies, including art
 
Comprehensive index for historical studies worldwide EXCLUDING the United States and Canada.
 
 
Citations to books, articles, dissertations, and essays on the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700).
 
 
 
 

Art Image Tools

Artstor (digital image library for educational and scholarly uses. To use ARTstor to its full advantage (both on or off campus), you must first become a "registered user")
 
Index of Medieval Art

Images and descriptive data on iconography of works from late Antiquity to the sixteenth century. Princeton University. 

Oxford Art Online (includes Grove Art – limit 8 users)

Art Conservation Tools

A comprehensive database of 100,000 abstracts of literature related to the preservation and conservation of material cultural heritage. (formerly Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts).
 
Nearly 200,000 citations to technical reports, conference proceedings, journal articles, books and audiovisual and unpublished materials. Database includes previously unavailable material from private sources, as well as new information gathered by a worldwide network of contributors.