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Grove Dictionary of Art Online
Recommended as a good resource for starting your research. Includes full-text articles on every aspect of the visual arts from prehistory through the present. Contains images and provides links to related sites.
Indexes to journal Articles and Books
Avery Index to architectural periodicals
Indexes international journal articles and collected studies in any field relating to the medieval world (classics, art, archaeology, history, theology, Islamic studies, music, etc.). Coverage is from 1967. To enter the site, click "Enter databases" and then "Go."Journal articles on architecture and design, history and practice of architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, historic preservation, and interior design and decoration. It contains more than 440,000 thousand entries surveying over seven hundred American and international journals. These include not only scholarly and popular periodical literature, but also publications of professional associations, American state and regional periodicals, and the major serials on architecture and design of Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Australia. 1934 – current. Updated weekly "More" feature.*
Offers abstracts of journals, museum bulletins and yearbooks in the fields of art, architecture, decorative arts and photography. Covers abstracts from 1929-present, full-text articles 1997-present. Tips for searching Art Index
Bibliography of the History of Art
Bibliography of the History of Art indexes and abstracts articles, art-related books, conference proceedings, dissertations, and art exhibition and dealer's catalogs, and covers European and American art from late antiquity to the present. BHA also includes the contents of the RAA (Repertoire d'Art et d'Archeologie, Carpenter Reference Z5937 .R4) from 1973 to 1989 and RILA (International Repertory of the Literature of Art; Carpenter Reference Z5937 .R5) from 1975 to 1989.
Provides abstracts of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations and conference papers in the fields of sociology, social work and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Records added after 1972 contain in-depth abstracts of journal articles. Covers 1963-present
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Provides citations and abstracts of journals in political science and related fields including international relations, law, and public administration/policy. Covers 1975-present
Provides online access to abstracts and full-text articles on public policy research and analysis from think tanks, university research programs, research organizations and publishers.Covers a wide range of topics from international trade to health care reform, from telecommunications regulation to terrorism.
Full-text resource for many of the most important American and British journals in art, archaeology, and classics.
Offers access to multi-disciplinary information on Africa including books, journal articles, maps and music recordings. Some materials are in full-text. Covers 19th century-present
Provides citations to journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, anthologies, and Festshriften on all subjects pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia. Covers 1971-present. Complete citations end with the 1991 records. Since 1992, newly published books are no longer being added.
Contains citations to scholarly journal articles published in Latin America, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, and to materials that address this region and U.S. Hispanic topics. Covers political, economic, and social issues. Some citations link to full-text articles. Covers 1970-present
Offers full-page-images and article images from the New York Times from its first issue in 1851 to three years before the current date. The collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue, cover to cover, in downloadable image files. An ongoing project covers 1851 to 3 years before the current date
Offers millions of citations to periodicals, newspapers, books, patents, and government documents published prior to 1925.
Provides citations to journals in the humanities and social sciences from their first issues to 1990/1991. Covers 1770-1995
Clicking on the "More" button searches Tripod for the journal or book which appears in a citation. "More" searches first for an electronic version of the article; if that does not display, then the option is given to search Tripod for a print version, and then to submit an interlibrary loan request.
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