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Art Index Retrospective (H.W. Wilson) 1929–1984 (FT, I)
Art literature covering fine, decorative, and commercial art. Content includes high-quality indexing of nearly 600 publications, many of which are peer-reviewed, and citations of over 25,000 book reviews.

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Art Source / 1929–present
The database covers a broad range of related subjects, from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design. This database features full-text articles as well as detailed indexing and abstracts for an array of journals, books, podcasts and more. International in scope, Art Source includes periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Spanish and Dutch.

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ARTbibliographies Modern / 1974–present
Journal articles, books, essays, dissertations, exhibition catalogs, and exhibition reviews about modern and contemporary arts from late 19th century to present.

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Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals / 1741–present
Journal articles about architecture, design, urban planning, historic preservation, and landscape architecture.

Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) / 1973–2007
Books, journal articles, conference proceedings, dissertations, festschriften, exhibition catalogs, reviews, and dealers' catalogs about European and American visual arts from late antiquity to present.

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The International Bibliography of Art (IBA) / 2008–
The definitive resource for scholarly literature on western art is the successor to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA), and includes the most recent index records (2008— ) that were created by the Getty Research Institute as part of BHA. ProQuest will build on this by adding 25,000 new records per year going forwards.

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JSTOR - The Scholarly Journal Archive / journals from their beginning to approximately five years ago (FT, I)
Indexes articles from over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work.


ARCH'IT rivista digitale di architettura

Architecture and Design Collection (UCSB)

Architectural Publications Index (The Royal British Architecture Library)

Archives on Women Artists and Clara: Database of Women Artists (NMWA)

American Architects and Buildings

Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)

Art History Resources on the Web

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Art Index Retrospective (H.W. Wilson) 1929–1984 (FT, I)

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Art Source (1929–present)

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Art Theorists of the Italian Renaissance (FT)

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ARTbibliographies Modern

ArtDaily

Arthistoricum.net - Virtuelle Fachbibliothek Kunstgeschichte

Artists Rights Society (ARS)

ArtScene: Guide to galleries and museums in Southern California

ArtSource

AskArt (American Artists database)

Association of Research Institutes in Art History

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Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals

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Bibliography of the History of Art

Biblioteca di Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte

British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies (BAPLA)

Canadian Centre for Architecture

Census of Italian Renaissance Woodcuts

Dictionary of Art Historians

Dictionary of Australian Artists Online

Digital Library of Middle East

Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

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Eighteenth Century Collections Online: Social Science and Fine Arts

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Frick Art Reference Library Periodicals Index

Fluxus Portal

French Art and Architecture (WESS/ACRL)

Gateway to Online Resources Following the Warburg Classification Scheme

Great Buildings Collection

Historians of Netherlandish Art - Links

History of Art: WWW-VL

Humanities in Latin America

ICONCLASS Browser

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Index Islamicus Online

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Index to 19th Century American Art Periodicals

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The International Bibliography of Art (IBA)

International Center of Photography: Photography Links

International Dada Archive

International Foundation for Art Research (IFAR): Catalogues Raisonnés

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Index of Medieval Art (I)

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International Medieval Bibliography

Intute: Architecture

Intute: Arts and Humanities

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LexArt database

Knoedler & Company Exhibition Catalogs

Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web

MuseumNetwork.com

Museums: WWW-VL

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Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO) (FT)

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Oxford Art Online (formerly Grove Art Online)

Print Council of America – Index to Catalogues Raisonnés

Timeline of Art History - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Union List of Artist Names (ULAN)

VADS: the Online Resource for the Visual Arts

Virtual Catalogue for Art History

Voice of the Shuttle: Art History

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Women Artists Archives National Directory (WAAND)

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World Biographical Information System

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World's Fairs: A Global History of Expositions


Getty Public Resources

Appraisals Research Guide

Art on Screen Database

Artists' Biographies Research Guide

Artists' Signatures Research Guide

Collecting and Provenance Research

Collectors' Files

Getty Research Portal

Getty Vocabulary Databases

J.Paul Getty Museum Collections Online

Library Catalog

Special Collections


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