Finding Articles: General Art & Architecture Databases

Art Full Text

Indexes almost 400 journals published from 1984 to present; provides broad coverage of all periods of art including contemporary art.

Art Retrospective

covers art journals published between 1929 to 1984 providing broad coverage of all periods of art including contemporary art.

ARTbibliographies Modern

Provides citation to journals, books and exhibition catalogues published since 1974. Covers all aspects of art from the 19th century up to recent contemporary art for works.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals

Provides citations to articles on architecture, city planning, landscape architecture, interior design, and historic preservation, from 2,000 periodicals published worldwide between the 1930s and present.

BHA: Bibliography-History of Art

Includes citations to journal articles, books, and exhibition catalogues covering late antiquity (4th century A.D.) to the present. Covers 1975-2007.

International Bibliography of Art

Successor to BHA, it includes citations to journal articles, books, and exhibition catalogues covering all periods. Publications covered since 2008.

DAAI: Design and Applied Art Index

References from more than 450 design and craft journals published from 1987 to the present, covering all aspects of decorative arts, design, crafts, and studios.

JSTOR

A collection of full-text journal articles from over 100 art, archaeology and architecture journals as well as other relevant disciplines. Note: The most recent five years of journals are not available - use other databases for coverage of these years.

Related Databases

Abstracts in Anthropology

Covers a wide range of journals including topics on archaeology and cultural anthropology for all areas of the world.

Academic Search Premier

A multi-disciplinary database that includes citations and abstracts to a wide range of scholarly publications including art history journals.

Adam Matthew Digital Collections

Contains fulltext manuscripts, periodicals, rare printed sources, and images from various collections.

America History & Life

Provides references to articles, books and theses covering the history of Canada and the United States.

Anthro Source

Includes full-text journal articles for a wide range of anthropological topics including prehistoric art, textiles and more.

Année philologique

Covers all aspects of the classical Greek and Roman world.

Bibliography of Asian Studies

Provides references to journal articles and book chapters on various aspects of art in East, Southeast, and South Asia.

Factiva

Includes full-text of international newspapers. Useful for finding information on emerging artists as well as exhibition notices and reviews, art and architectural criticism, and auction reports.

Film and Television Literature Index

Provides references to journal articles on film and includes video art.

First Nations Periodical Index

References to articles from 20 periodicals dealing with aboriginal peoples in Canada.

Francis

A multidisciplinary database covering a wide range of subjects including art and archeology.

Handbook of Latin American Studies

Multidiscilinary database covering books, journal articles, etc. pertaining to all areas of Latin America.

Historical Abstracts

Provides citations to journal articles, book chapters and dissertations for world history since 1450.

Humanities Abstracts

A multidisciplinary database covering classical art as well as performing arts.

IIPA: International Index to the Performing Arts

Provides references and some full-text to journal articles dealing with film, performance, video art and more.

Iter: Medieval & Renaissance

Provides citations to journal articles, reviews, review articles, bibliographies, and catalogues covering these periods.

New York Times Historical

Provides full-text articles from 1851 to 3 years before current date. Useful for finding information on exhibition reviews.

Periodicals Archive Online

Provides the backfiles of periodicals in the humanities from 1802 to 1995; includes over 500 titles.

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses - Full-text

Provides full-text theses and dissertations from 1997 to present; useful for obtaining overview of topic and bibliographies.

Times Digital Archive

A full-image online archive of every page published by The Times [London] from 1785-1985.