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Last updated 1/20/2008 - This list of electronic resources is designed to assist students in "getting started" with online research. Additional resources, including books and periodicals, may be relevant.
Databases
Biography Resource Center^ Search for the biographies of artists.
Credo Reference Includes reference works focusing on art, architecture, and fashion.
Academic OneFile - Gale General interest database with more than 10,000 journals, most peer-reviewed, covering a vast range of academic disciplines.
Expanded Academic ASAP - Gale General interest database with full-text articles from scholarly, refereed and professional journals and selected general interest magazines.PowerSearch Gale Search all or a combination of Gale databases.
Academic Search Premier - Ebscohost General interest database with full text articles for nearly 4,700 publications, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals.
ARTstor Database of thousands of digital images and related data. Requires pop-up blocker to be turned off.
SIRS Renaissance Current information on architecture/design, culture, literature, multimedia, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion, and visual arts.
Internet Resources (opens in new window)
Art History Resources on the Web A thorough index of links to articles and images.
ArtLex Dictionary for over 3,600 art-related terms.
Great Buildings Online More than 1000 great buildings are listed with photographic images, architectural drawings, discussion, bibliography, architect info, and live 3D walk through computer models.
Mother of All Art and Art History Links Pages Contains a vast amount research resources, image collections, online art, etc. Maintained by University of Michigan.
The National Museum of Women in the Arts Profiles of select women artists from the Renaissance to the present.Smithsonian American Art Museum Search the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection of 41,000 objects.
Timeline of Art History Over 300 chronological narratives, 750 special topic essays, and 5000 color illustrations of works in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Web Gallery of Art Virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture from 12th to mid-19th centuries.
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