Peer Reviewed Journals
To determine whether a journal is peer reviewed, search for it in Ulrich's Periodicals Directory and look for the little referee symbol: 
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Articles - Art
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Art Full Text Also known as: | Art Abstracts | Art Index | Provides comprehensive indexing of international art publications, including English-language periodicals, yearbooks and museum bulletins, as well as periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Japanese, Dutch, and Swedish. Subjects areas indexed include art, architecture, design, film, archaeology and marketing.
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Art Index Retrospective Provides comprehensive indexing of international art publications, including English-language periodicals, yearbooks and museum bulletins, as well as periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Japanese, Dutch, and Swedish. Subjects areas indexed include art, architecture, design, film, archaeology and marketing.
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ARTbibliographies Modern (ABM) ARTbibliographies Modern contains abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, dissertations, and exhibition reviews. The scope of
ARTbibliographies Modern extends from artists and movements beginning with Impressionism in the late 19th century, up to the most recent works and trends in the late 20th century. Photography is covered from its invention in 1839 to the present. -
Bibliography of the History of Art Contains indexes and abstracts of art-related books, conference proceedings and dissertations, exhibition and dealer's catalogs, and articles from 1975 to 2007. Includes coverage of its two predecessor art indexes: RAA (Répertoire d'Art et d'Archéologie) from 1973 to 1989 and RILA (Répertoire International de la Littérature de l'Art) from 1975 to 1989. For material published after 2007 see the International Bibliography of Art.
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Design & Applied Arts Index (DAII) A leading source of abstracts and bibliographic records for articles, news items, and reviews published in Design and Applied Arts periodicals from 1973 onwards. Topics include ceramics, glass, jewellery, wood, metalsmithing, graphic design, fashion and clothing, textiles, furniture, interior design, architecture, computer aided design, Web design, computer-generated graphics, animation, product design, industrial design, garden design, and landscape architecture.
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International Bibliography of Art (IBA)
The International Bibliography of Art (IBA) is the successor to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA), and includes the most recent index records that were created by the Getty Research Institute as part of BHA.
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Art and Architecture Archive A full-text archive of magazines in the fields of art and architecture, dating from the late-nineteenth century to the twenty-first. Subjects covered include fine art, decorative arts, architecture, interior design, industrial design, and photography.
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Arts & Humanities Database Arts & Humanities Full Text contains full text of journal articles covering Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies.
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Academic Search Complete Also known as: |Academic Search Premier| Academic Search Complete provides indexing and abstracts for a large number of scholarly journals in a variety of disciplines, and full text for a subset of these journals.
Background Information
Are you looking for information about an artist or their work, or an overview of a particular art movement? These are examples of the types of information you can find using the resources below. For more resources, visit Finding Background Information.
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Gale Virtual Reference Library Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research
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Oxford Art Online Also known as: |Grove Dictionary of Art|Grove Art Online| Oxford Art Online contains 45,000 articles on every aspect of the
visual arts - painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts
and photography from prehistory to the present day. Compiled over a period of
15 years, it represents the work of more than 6,800 scholars from around the
world, each writing on his or her own specialist field of study.
Images and Videos
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ARTstor The ARTstor Digital Library is a collection of digital images of art, architecture and design from a number of books (notably art history survey texts), museums, archives, and slide collections.
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Canadian Art Database Also known as: |Internet Archive of Canadian Professional Artists|
Contains over 12,000 images by over 200 Canadian artists
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Art and Architecture in Video This collection has documentaries and interviews illustrating the theory and practice of a variety of art forms. This includes fine arts, construction, artists, architecture, techniques, museums, sculpture, photography, exhibitions and criticisms.
Historical Newspapers
If you want to find news coverage of an artist's work or exhibitions, try searching a news database like the ones below. For more news databases, visit the Newspapers Guide.
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ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Times (1851-2015) Fulltext of the New York Times, 1851-2015.
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Illustrated London News Historical Archive 1842-2003 Full facsimile run of the Illustrated London News. Fully searchable, and includes high-quality color facsimile images. Areas covered include politics, social history, fashion, theatre, media, literature, advertising and graphic design, as well as genealogy.
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