KEY RESOURCES FOR ART
HISTORICAL RESEARCH
A BRIEF GUIDE
Compiled by Kathryn Wayne, Fine Arts Librarian
April, 2008
Library Homepage: www.lib.berkeley.edu
Art History/Classics Homepage: www.lib.berkeley.edu/ARTH/
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1
Art
information: research methods and resources by Lois Swan Jones. 3rd ed.
Comprehensive guide to understanding art methodology. Step-by-step guide to the research process.
2
How to find out
about the arts; a
guide to sources of information by Neville Carrick.
1st ed.
Comprehensive overview, still relevant. Includes chapters on types of art reference
books—bibliographies, encyclopedias, etc.—as well as the various art
forms and
their principal information sources.
3
The Clockwork muse: a practical guide to
writing theses, dissertations, and books by Eviatar Zerubavel. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press,
1999. PN145.Z47
Designed
to help prospective authors develop
a workable timetable for completing long and often formidable projects. Rethinks the writing process in terms of time
and organization.
4
The
Craft of research by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M.
Williams.
2nd ed.
Part 1 provides an orientation to the
research
process. Part 2 focuses on finding a topic, planning the project, and
locating
appropriate sources, including the Internet. Part
3 explains the art of making an argument
and supporting it. Part 4 covers
drafting and revising, and offers new information on the visual
representation
of data. Part 5 provides an updated
discussion of the ethics of research, as well as an expanded
bibliography.
5 A Manual for writers
of term papers,
theses, and dissertations by
Kate
L. Turabian. 6th ed.
This standard reference source offers
comprehensive
and detailed guidance to authors of research papers—term papers,
theses, and
dissertations.
6 The Modern researcher
by Jacques
Barzun and Henry F. Graff. 6th ed.
Written for history graduate students, but much of the text
is
applicable to any humanities-related scholarly discipline.
Covers topics such as effective note taking,
how to use the library, preparing a manuscript, verifying facts, etc.
7
A Short guide to writing
about art by Sylvan
Barnet. 8th ed. New York:
Pearson/Longman, 2005.
N7476.B37
2005 AH/C Reference
8 Visualizing research: a guide to the research process in art and design by Carole Gray and Julian Malins. Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2004. NK1170.G68 2004 AH/C Reference
9 Writing the winning
thesis or
dissertation: a step-by-step guide by Allan A. Glatthorn, Randy L.
Joyner.
Provides a
step-by-step approach
to the writing process.
General
Art Bibliographies
10 Art
books: a basic bibliography of monographs on artists edited by
Wolfgang M.
Freitag. 2nd ed.
Authoritative source
on 2,148 artists from all historical
periods and from all countries. Includes
treatises, published dissertations, biographies, catalogue
raisonnés and other
works.
11 Fine
arts: a bibliographic guide to basic reference works, histories, and
handbooks
edited by Donald L. Ehresmann. 3rd ed.
N5300.A12.E37.1990 AH/C Reference
Excludes dissertations and exhibition catalogues.
12 Guide
to art reference books edited by Mary W. Chamberlin.
Good reference for historical materials. Updated by GLAH (see entries 13 and 14).
13 Guide
to reference books edited by Robert Balay. 11th ed.
Core reference sources for all fields. Art and architecture included under section entitled “Humanities.” Good source to use if you are looking for major reference sources for other disciplines.
14 Guide
to the literature of art history edited by Etta Arntzen, Robert
Rainwater.
Comprehensive bibliography to the reference sources in art history, covering all periods. Includes subject index.
15 Guide
to the literature of art history 2 edited by Max Marmor, Alex Ross.
Comprehensive supplement to the 1980 edition (see entry 13).
16 Information sources in art, art history and design edited by Simon Ford. Munchen: K.G. Saur, 2001. N58.I646 2001 AH/C Reference
Guide to core reference sources
primarily from a
17 La
Letteratura artistica: manuale delle fonti della storia dell'arte
moderna
by Julius Magnino on Schlosser, 3rd ed.
Originally
published as Die Kunstliteratur (
Subject Bibliographies. Note that there are topographical art bibliographies (e.g., Annual Bibliography of the History of British Art), bibliographies of art movements (e.g., Futurism and the Arts), medium-oriented bibliographies (e.g., Print Reference Sources: a Selected Bibliography 18th-20th Centuries), bibliographies of an art-historical period (e.g., Literature on Byzantine Art, 1892-1967), artist bibliographies (e.g., Picasso: a Comprehensive Bibliography), bibliographies on special art subjects (e.g., Color Theory a Guide, and interdisciplinary bibliographies (e.g., The Relationship of Painting and Literature: a Guide to Information Sources).
Art Biographical Sources
See also the more comprehensive guide, Art
Biographical Reference Works: A Selected Guide on the AH/C Web
page
under Art History Resources/Research Guides
18 African
Americans in the visual arts by Steven Otfinoski. 10
vol.
N6538.N5.O86 2003 Doe
Reference/Biographies
Covers painters,
sculptors, illustrators, installation artists, performance artists,
film and
video artists, mixed media artists, and others.
Each entry provides a brief biographical sketch of the artist
and goes
on to address the major achievements, events, and contributions of the
artist's
career. A general bibliography, two subject indexes (one by medium/area
of
activity, one by year of birth), a general index, and approximately 50
black-and-white photographs complement the text.
19 Thieme-Becker. Allgemeines
lexikon der bildenden Kunstler
von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart.
Comprehensive dictionary covering artists and architects from late
Antiquity to late 19th century. Entries include bibliographies.
Note that "I" and "J" are
interfiled. For guide to abbreviations see: Index of the most common German
abbreviations used in Thieme-Becker's Kunstler-Lexikon by
Valerie Meyer (1972)
N40.T4 index AH/C Reference
20 Allgemeines Kunstlerlexikon: bio-bibliographischer Index A-Z = The artists of the world: bio-bibliographical index A-Z. Munchen: Saur, 1999-2000. 10 vol.
N40.A632 1999 Doe Reference
This 10-volume title is an alphabetical preview of the AKL, classifying the entire body of entries long before the actual completion of the AKL.
21 Allgemeines
Kunstlerlexikon: die bildenden Kunstler aller Zeiten und Volker
(new ed.)
Munchen;
Sixty volumes are expected. The current volume goes to “Ge.” Succeeds Thieme-Becker (37 volumes published from 1907 to 1950) and Vollmer (6 volumes, 1953-1962), the AKL has been published by Saur since 1991. Every ten volumes, an index structured by countries and artistic professions supplements the edition. The print version is accompanied by a CD-ROM edition (published after every second volume) which represents both a comprehensive biographical reference work and a unique index to the three great standard works of art history: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, and AKL.
22 Allgemeines Kunstler Lexicon=World biographical dictionary of artists (CD-ROM ed.) in both German and English. Available on all Library Public Computers via the Networked CD-ROM Databases.
23 Allgemeines lexikon der bildenden Kunstler des XX. Jahrhunderts, Hans Vollmer. 5 vol. Lepzig: E.A. Seemann, 1953-62. AH/C N40.V6 AH/C Reference
Includes artists born after 1870,
same format as Thieme-Becker. Updated
version is AKL (see entry 21).
24 Biographical encyclopedia of artists edited by Sir Lawrence Gowing. 4 vol. NY: Facts on File, 2005.
Basic
introduction. Includes color and black-and-white photographs,
illustrations,
index, glossary, chronology. Provides
bibliographies.
25 Biography
and genealogy master index indexes current reference sources as
well as the
most important retrospective works that cover more than 13 million
individuals,
both living and deceased, from all fields and all nationalities.
Biographical
subjects indexed range from antiquity to the present and represent all
fields
and nationalities. Includes a variety of well-known artists, historical
and
contemporary, e.g., Cindy Sherman, Pablo Picasso, Leonardo da Vinci.
Access via
the Library Homepage under Find
Information/Electronic Resources/Locate
by Title
26 Contemporary
artists. 5th
ed.
Covers
over 850 artists, mostly living, provides chronological list of
one-person
shows, selective list of group shows, a bibliography of writing by and
about
the artist.
27 Dictionary of
artists by Emmanuel Benezit. 14 vol.
N40.B47 2006 AH/C Reference
This is the English
edition of the monumental French biographical dictionary covering
painters,
sculptors, designers and graphic artists of Eastern and Western art
from 5 B.C.
to the present. Includes over 170,000
entries with brief biographical data, locations of some art works,
facsimiles
of artists’ signatures and monograms, auction records.
Also includes tables on the purchasing power
of the U.S. dollar since 1912, the British pound since 1901, the French
franc
since 1901, and the euro since 2002 (36 currencies listed). The dictionary was first published in
28 A
Dictionary of twentieth-century art by Ian Chilvers.
Good general reference for artists of the twentieth century.
29 The
Dictionary of women artists edited by Delia Gaze. 2 vol.
Covers all periods.
30 Dictionnaire
critiqe et documentaire des painters, sculptueurs, dessinatueurs et
graveurs by Emmanuel Benezit. Nouv.
ed.
14 vol.
French edition of the comprehensive
biographical artists’ dictionary. See
entry 27 for English ed.
31 Encyclopedia of artists edited by William Vaughan. 6 vol. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
N31.E53 2000 AH/C Reference
Illustrated introduction to Western art and artists from the Middle Ages to present day. Volume 6 provides articles on the principal artistic styles and movements over the past 1,000 years.
32 Kunstlerlexikon der Antike. Munchen: Saur, 2001-2004, 2 vol. N5333.K84.2001 AH/C Reference
Supplements
the AKL (see entry 21) listing all known artists
of the ancient world from A-Z.
33 Latin American and
N6502.4.S45
2003 Doe Reference/Biographies and AH/C
Reference
Comprehensive reference book to more than 12,700 painters, sculptors, graphic artists and architects in Latin America (Mexico, Central America, South America) and the Caribbean region active during the 19th and 20th centuries. Entries include the artists’ dates, countries and bibliographies. Also included are brief biographical information, stylistic notes, a record of each artist’s exhibitions and a list of collections where works can be seen. There are 89 photographs of selected works that supplement the entries. The introduction includes brief informative background essays on the individual countries and their artists.
34
Illustrated collection
of 50,000 biographies of men
and women who shaped all aspects of
35 Reallexikon
zur Deutschen Kunstgeschichte.
N6861.S4 Main Stack.
Covers art
history from the early Middle
Ages to the mid-19th century.
Bibliographies include important English-language references. The latest volume (10) covers up to
“Fortuna.”
Encyclopedias
& Dictionaries
36 Complete
dictionary of symbols edited by Jack
Tresidder.
AZ108.C66.2005 Doe Reference
Comprehensive guide to more than 2,000 major themes, figures and symbols that are commonly found in myth, art and literature.
37 The
Concise
38 The
Dictionary of art (print edition).
Major 34-volume encyclopedia that includes extensive articles on major artists, bibliographies, and a list of works. Includes biographical information on all but the most obscure artists current through about 1993. Online edition available (see entry 46, Grove Art Online).
39 Dictionary of South and Southeast Asian
art
by Gwyneth Chaturachinda, Sunanda Krishnamurty, Pauline W. Tabtiang.
2nd ed.
N7300.C475 2004 AH/C Reference
Surveys the full breadth of critical thought on art, culture and society—from classical philosophy to contemporary critical theory. Includes 600 original articles by scholars from many fields. Contains articles on major concepts, thinkers, and debates about the meaning, uses and value of all the arts from painting and sculpture to literature, music, theater, dance, television, film, and popular culture. Includes in-depth surveys of non-Western traditions and theories of art. Includes bibliographies and index.
44 Encyclopedia
of American folk art by Gerard C.
Wertkin.
NK805.E6 2004 AH/C Reference
This
comprehensive, scholarly A-Z encyclopedia covers every aspect of
American folk
art, encompassing not only painting, but also sculpture, basketry,
ceramics,
quilts, furniture, toys, beadwork, and more, including both famous and
lesser-known genres. Illustrated.
45 Encyclopedia of nineteenth-century photography edited by John Hannavy.
TR9.E53 2008 AH/C Reference
Includes key figures, e.g., Daguerre, Talbot, Fenton, Herschel and Brady, as well as inventors, manufacturers, organizations and supporters of the medium. Includes 1,197 entries: 610 major entries plus 587 shorter entries on minor and emerging figures. Alphabetic and thematic lists of entries.
46 Encyclopedia
of the Romantic era, 1760-1850. Christopher J.
Murray, general editor. New York: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2004. 2 vol. NX452.5.R64.E53 2004 AH/C Reference
Includes 770 contributed articles on individuals,
specific works of
literature, art, and music, national developments in cultural areas,
and
themes, concepts, and events that are significant to the Romantic era.
47 The Encyclopedia
of Sculpture, edited by Antonia Bostrom. 3 vol. Fitzroy Dearborn, 2004. NB198.E53 2004 AH/C Reference
International in scope, this fully illustrated reference spans the entire history of sculpture, from prehistoric times to the twenty-first century. Features over 750 entries, written by some 300 experts in the history of art and sculpture. Illustrated. Includes bibliographical references and index.
48 Encyclopedia of twentieth-century photography edited by Lynne Warren. 3 vol. New York: Routledge, 2006. TR642.E5.2006 AH/C Reference
Explores the vast international scope of 20th c. photography covering the aesthetic history of photography as an evolving art and documentary form, while also recognizing it as a developing technology and cultural force. Presents the important developments, movements, photographers, photographic institutions, and theoretical aspects of the field along with information about equipment, techniques, and practical applications of photography. Includes black and white illustrations with a color plate section in each volume. Includes glossary of terms.
49
Encyclopedia of world art. 16 vol.
N31.E482 Doe Reference and AH/C Reference
Covers all periods and geographical areas. Heavily illustrated. Comprehensive, signed articles. Excellent coverage of art movements, periods in art history, and art in geographical areas. Articles on special subjects “The Picturesque,” “Perspective,” “Dealing and the Dealers” are particularly good. Includes hundreds of artist biographies, with bibliographies.
50
Grove art online.
Provides online web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art (see entry 37) with annual additions of new material and updates to the text, plus over 40,000 image links to important art images in galleries and museums around the world from the web as well as the Bridgeman Art Library. Also provides access to all of the articles from The Oxford Companion to Western Art. Access via the Art History/Classics Library Homepage under Art History Resources/Dictionaries and Encyclopedias.
51
The Grove encyclopedia of classical art and architecture.
Encompassing over 4,000 years and with over 1,000 entries, spans every art form, medium and civilization, from Cycladic, Minoan, Helladic, and Etruscan art to the fall of the Roman Empire. Features in-depth articles, including biographies and thematic entries on architecture, ceramics, metalwork, mosaics, painting and sculpture. Art historical and cultural information about art forms, artists, rulers, philosophers, architecture, renowned works of art, archaeological sites and stylistic developments. May also be accessed online, UCB only, at http://www.oxford-classicalart.com/.
52
McGraw-Hill dictionary of art. 5
vol.
Contains signed articles on the art of all periods and places. Full biographical entries on French and Italian artists. Illustrated with brief bibliographical data.
53
Searchable
online version provides
in-depth coverage of Western art with entries on artists and their
works,
styles and movements, art forms and art terms, combined with more
modern
methodologies, focused on patronage, taste, theory, and criticism, and
the
scientific examination of materials and
techniques. Includes information on over 1700 artists from classical times to the 20th century. Includes bibliographical references and index. Access via the Art History/Classics Library Homepage under Art History Resources/Dictionaries and Encyclopedias.
54 The
Includes chief terms and brief biographies.
55 Symbols
and allegories in art by Matilde Battistini, translated by Stephen
Sartarelli.
Divided thematically into four
sections featuring symbols related to time, man, space (earth and sky),
and
allegories or moral lessons. Margins
contain a summary of the essential characteristics of the symbol in
question,
the derivation of its name, and the religious tradition from which it
springs.
56
The Thames & Hudson dictionary of art
terms by Edward Lucie-Smith. 2nd
ed.
&
Covers
painting, sculpture,
architecture, photography, the decorative and applied and graphic arts
from all
periods throughout the world up to the present day.
Includes a table of the dynasties of Ancient
Greece, Ancient Egypt,
Book Catalogs
57 Bibliotheque
Nationale. Catalogue general des livres
imprimes: auteurs. Z927.P222.1972
An alphabetical author catalog including only entries under names of authors, with cross-references. Occasionally includes notes of contents. An important reference feature, in the case of authors whose works are voluminous is the detailed alphabetical title index under the author’s name, which indicates in what volumes or editions a given work may be found, and also indicates alternative and changed titles. In addition to its comprehensive coverage of French publications, the catalog is particularly strong in other Romance-language and classical materials. The BN’s online catalog has French and English versions: http://www.bnf.fr/pages/zNavigat/frame/version_anglaise.htm
58 British
Library. The British
Library general catalogue of printed books to 1975.
Z921.B8542.1975
Catalogue for
59 Melvyl®. The
Online Catalog of the
60
National Union Catalog. Z733.U57.C227
Doe Library,
A cumulative
author list representing Library of Congress printed cards and titles
reported
by other American libraries during the period of its coverage. It constitutes a reference and research tool
for a large part of the world’s production of significant books. Supersedes the basic LC Catalog
of Books. Most, if
not all, records appear in LC’s online catalog: http://catalog.loc.gov/
61 Pathfinder/Gladis. The online catalog for UCB only. GLADIS provides access via Telnet requiring knowledge of the command language, Pathfinder provides user friendly web access. Gladis provides easy access to known title/author searches, exact bound volume holdings for journals, and course reserve lists. Access via Library Homepage under Library Catalogs.
62 WorldCat. The most comprehensive catalog available. Over 27,000,000 records from the OCLC® Online Union Catalog for books, computer files, audiovisual materials, periodicals, maps,
manuscripts,
musical scores, etc., in a
variety of languages. Coverage: 1000 A.D. to present, updated daily. Includes records for books that have not been
published yet. Note
that Worldcat does not include artist archives that can be found in the
RLG
Union Catalog. Access
via the Library Homepage under Library Catalogs/Other
LibraryCatalogs.
To locate library catalogs for major museums or other institutions worldwide go directly to that institution’s webpage.
For an exhaustive overview on finding Dissertations, see the research guide: Finding Dissertations in Art History: a Guide on the AH/C webpage under Art History Resources/Research Guides.
Note that the indexes ARTbibliographies Modern
(see
entry 62) and Bibliography of the History of Art (see entry 65)
also
include dissertations in their coverage.
63 Current
Research@ UC Berkeley. Provides
full-text access to UC
Berkeley dissertations filed since 1996 and citations for those filed
prior to
1996. Access via the Library Homepage under Find
Information/Electronic
Resources/by Types/Dissertation and Theses Databases.
64 Digital
Dissertations and Theses. Provides
access to the entire Dissertations
Abstracts International database via the web. It includes citations
for
materials ranging from the first U.S. dissertation, accepted in 1861,
to those
accepted as recently as last semester; those published from 1980
forward also
include 350-word abstracts, written by the author. Citations for
master's
theses from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts.
The database represents the work of authors
from over 1,000 North American graduate schools and European
universities. See
the database Current Research@UC Berkeley (see entry 54) for
free access
to the full text of nearly all U.C. Berkeley dissertations filed 1996
onward. Access via the AH/C Library Web
site under Art History Resources/Art
Indexes.
65 Art Index Retrospective
and Art Full Text.
Art Index
Retrospective is a bibliographic database that cumulates
citations to the printed volumes of Art
Index (Volumes 1-32) published between 1929-1984.
It indexes journals published in the fields
of archaeology, architecture, art history, city planning, computer
applications
and graphics, crafts, film, folk art, graphic arts, industrial design,
interior
design, landscape architecture, museology, painting, photography,
sculpture. Citations do not include
abstracts or text. Access via the AH/C Library Web site under Art History Resources/Art Indexes.
Art Full Text provides full text (with images) for
approximately 20%
of the journals from 1997 to present.
There are approximately 325 journal titles currently indexed
covering
the fields mentioned above. Emerging areas of art research have also
been
expanded, including non-western art, contemporary art, feminist art
criticism,
crafts, costume, and textiles. The citations found in this index also
include
abstracts (50 to 300 words describing the content and scope of the
article)
from 1984 to the present. Access via the AH/C Library Web site
under Art History Resources/Art Indexes.
66 ARTbibliographies
Modern.
ABM is an excellent
resource on
modern and contemporary arts dating from the late 19th century onwards,
and
including photography since its invention. It includes abstracts of
English and
foreign-language material on famous and lesser-known artists,
movements, and
trends. Coverage is wide-ranging and includes performance art and
installation
works, video art, computer and electronic art, body art, graffiti,
artists'
books, theatre arts, conservation, crafts, ceramic and glass art,
ethnic arts,
graphic and museum design, fashion, and calligraphy, as well as
traditional
media including illustration, painting, printmaking, sculpture, and
drawing. The database includes abstracts
of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, dissertations,
exhibition reviews as well as web sites.
Access via the AH/C Library Web site under Art
History Resources/Art Indexes.
67 Arts
& Humanities Citation Index.
A multidisciplinary
database
covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. It fully
covers
1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, and it
indexes
individually selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and
social
science journals. Coverage includes 1975 to present. Contains unique
implicit
citations that refer you to actual representations of a book, a work of
art, a
music score, or anything else. Since
January 2000 the index contains searchable, full-length,
English-language
author abstracts (as available) for the new articles entered into the
index.
Access via the AH/C Library Web site under Art
History Resources/Art Indexes.
68 Avery
Index to Architectural Periodicals.
Created by the Getty,
this index covers
architecture, landscape architecture and city planning related topics
such as
furniture and decoration, vernacular architecture, etc. Coverage spans
the
years 1930s to the present, with selective coverage dating back to the
1860s. Access via the AH/C Library Web
site under Art History Resources/Art Indexes.
69 BHA:
Bibliography of the History of Art.
BHA (Bibliography of the History of Art) - UC access only
BHA indexes over 1,400 and abstracts articles, art-related books,
conference proceedings, dissertations, and art exhibition and dealer's
catalogs. Subjects include painting, sculpture, drawings, prints;
decorative and applied arts; architecture and industrial design; popular
and folk art. This extensive and comprehensive index covers European and
American art from late antiquity to the present. BHA includes and extends
the coverage of its two predecessor art indexes: RAA (Repertoire d'Art et
d'Archeologie) from 1973 to 1989 and RILA (International Repertory of the
Literature of Art) from 1975 to 1989. Click here for the current database
size & fact sheet plus a complete list of journal titles.
Advanced Search Online Tutorial
.
70 Dyabola. Munchen: Biering & Brinkmann.
This database
provides searchable
databases of classical art works and the literature of ancient
archaeology. The German Archaeological Institute in
Rome (DAI) Subject Catalog describes one of the world's largest and
oldest
(founded 1829) collections of research material on Classical, Egyptian,
and
Near Eastern Archaeology; Byzantine Art; Epigraphy; Numismatics; and
Ancient
History. It is especially valuable because, in addition to listing its
book
holdings, it indexes articles in the journals it receives. It is
searchable by
controlled terms for author, title, journal title, etc. and by keywords
in
titles and other access points, as well as through use of an elaborate
subject
tree of controlled terms. Access via the
AH/C Library Web site under Art History
Resources/Art Indexes.
71 Francis.
Contains records from more than 3,000 journals, books, dissertations, conference papers and other American and European sources covering the humanities, social sciences, and economics. FRANCIS is produced by the Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique (INIST). Most citations, abstracts, and subject headings are in French, with about 33% in English. International in scope, it is strong in religion, the history of art, and literature--with particular emphasis on current trends in European and world literature. Coverage includes 1984 to the present. Access via the AH/C Library Web site under Art History Resources/Art Indexes.
72 Index
to 19th Century American Art Periodicals.
This periodical
database indexes
42 art journals published in the
73 JSTOR.
JSTOR is a full text archive of interdisciplinary scholarly journal literature. It contains journals for numerous disciplines including art history and Asian studies. Coverage is mostly historical, not current. Because of JSTOR's archival mission, there is a gap, typically from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the back issues available in JSTOR. Access via the Art History/Classics Library Web site under Art History Resources/Art Indexes.
74 Project
Muse.
Covers 1993 to present. Full text for 250 scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences. Topics include literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics and many others. Access via the Art History/Classics Library Web site under Art History Resources/Art Indexes.
75 ArticleFirst.
Covers 1990 to present with some full text. Over
11,000 popular magazines and scholarly
journals in the areas of social sciences, humanities, engineering,
technology,
popular culture, and general interest. Access
via the Library Homepage under Find
Information/Electronic Resources/by Type/Article Databases.
76 Expanded
Academic ASAP. This database
contains records for articles from over 3,500 popular magazines,
general
interest journals, and scholarly journals in the humanities, social
sciences,
science and technology. Some full text
is available for selected art journals, including Art
Bulletin, Art in America,
Art Journal, Artforum International,
etc.
Coverage varies but generally begins in the 1980s for many
journals. Access via the AH/C Library
Web site under Art History Resources/Art
Indexes.
77 LexisNexus Academic.
Dates vary; full text. Included are
over 6,000 individual titles of
international, national and local newspapers and wire services; radio
and
television transcripts; and business, medical, industry, and
legislative
magazines, journals, and newsletters. There is wide geographic coverage
and
translations from foreign-language sources, as well as news services
like the
Associated Press, Agence France Press, El Pais and Xinhua (New China)
News
Agency. Access via the Library Homepage under Find
Information/Electronic Resources/by
Type/Article Databases.
78 PapersFirst. 1993 to
present. Indexes papers presented at
conferences, symposia, meetings, expositions, workshops, and congresses
worldwide in a variety of disciplines, including the arts, humanities,
social
sciences, physical and life sciences, biological and medical sciences,
engineering, technology, history, general interest, and reference
topics.
Access via the Library Homepage under Find Information/Electronic
Resources/by Type/Article Databases.
79 Periodicals Index Online.
Covers 1665-1995. Indexes
millions of articles published in over
4,500 periodicals in the humanities and social sciences. A sister
database, Periodicals
Archive Online (see entry 76) provides a full-text archive of some
350
journals. Access via the Library Homepage under Find
Information/Electronic
Resources/by Type/Article Databases.
80 Periodicals Archive Online. Covers 1770-1995. An
online periodical archive that
provides access to some 450 digitized journals in the humanities and
social
sciences. A sister database, Periodicals Index Online,
provides
additional indexing for articles in over 4,500 periodicals. Access via
the
Library Homepage under Find Information/Electronic Resources/by
Type/Article
Databases.
81
Readers’
Guide Retrospective, 1890-1982.
This online database is a partial version of the print index (see entry 73) and covers more than 500 leading American magazines and journals. Access via the Library Homepage under Find Information/Electronic Resources/by Type/Article Databases.
82 Readers’ Guide to Periodical
Literature, 1900-present. (Print resource)
Subjects covered include Aeronautics, African-Americans, Aging, Archeology, Astronomy, Automobiles, Biographies, Business, Children, Education, Environment, Fashion, Film, Fine Arts, Food, Foreign Affairs, Gardening, Health, History, Hobbies, Home, Journalism, Leisure Activities, Literature, Medicine, Music, News, Nutrition, Photography, Politics, Popular Culture, Radio, Religion, Science, Sports, Technology, Television, Travel.
83 Research Library (Proquest). Indexes more than 2,500 magazine and journals
on art, business, humanities, health, social sciences, and
sciences. 1971
- present. Some full text. Access
via the Library Homepage under Find Information/Electronic
Resources/by
Type/Article Databases.
84 Web of Knowledge.
1900 to present. Indexes over 8,000 of the
leading journals in the arts, humanities, sciences and social sciences,
providing searching of footnoted citations. Includes the Arts &
Humanities
Citation Index, Science Citation Index, and Social Sciences Citation
Index. Access via the Library Homepage
under
Find Information/Electronic Resources/by Type/Article Databases.
Other
Discipline-Specific Indexes
85
86 Anthropology
Plus. Covers late 19th
century to the present with some full text.
Indexes journal articles, essays, reports, commentaries, edited
works,
and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological,
and
linguistic anthropology as well as ethnology, archaeology, folklore,
and
material culture. This database combines the resources of Anthropological
Index and Anthropological Literature. Access via the
Library
Homepage under Find Information/Electronic Resources/by
Type/Article
Databases.
87 Applied Science and Technology Full Text.
Covers 1983 to present. Indexes over 400 English language journals,
magazines,
and trade publications covering research in aeronautics, civil
engineering,
computer science, electrical engineering, fire and fire prevention,
mathematics,
mechanical engineering, metallurgy, robotics, space science, and
textiles. Access
via the Library Homepage under Find Information/Electronic
Resources/by
Type/Article Databases.
88 Bibliography
of Asian Studies (BAS). Contains
more than 410,000 records on all subjects (especially humanities and
social
sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and
89 Bibliography of Native North Americans on Disc. Indexes books,
journal articles, essays, conference papers, and
90 History of Science, Technology and
Medicine. 1976 to present. Indexes
books, journals,
proceedings, and dissertations worldwide about research in the history
of
science, medicine, technology, and related fields. Subjects covered
include
agriculture, biology, construction, chemistry, energy, engineering,
geology,
linguistics, mathematics, medicine, music, philosophy, physics, social
sciences, town planning, transport engineering, and zoology. Find Information/Electronic Resources/by
Type/Article Databases.
91 Guide to Indian periodical literature (Print
resource). Gurgaon, Indian Documentation
Service, 1964-present. Covers over 400
Indian journals. Arranged alphabetically
by author and subject.
92 International Medieval Bibliography. Indexes over 4500 periodicals and 5000
conference proceedings, essay collections, Festschriften, edited
volumes,
conference proceedings, and exhibition catalogues covering all aspects
of the
Middle Ages (400-1500 A.D.) in Europe, the Middle East, and North
Africa. 1967
- present. Access via the AH/C
Library
Homepage under Art History Resources/Art
Indexes.
93 Iter:
Gateway to the Renaissance. This
bibliography covers all literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and
Renaissance (400-1700). Citations for
journal articles, reviews, review articles, bibliographies, catalogues,
abstracts and discographies are included.
Also included are citations for monographs, and material
published in
monographs and collections of essays.
Indexes over 1,114 journals. Access via the AH/C Library
Homepage under Art History Resources/Art Indexes.
94
MLA International Bibliography.
Published by the Modern
Language Association, MLA
includes
international coverage of
materials in the areas of literature, languages, linguistics, and
folklore. The
database contains over 1 million citations from over 4,000 journals,
series,
books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations,
and
bibliographies. Coverage includes 1963
to
present. Access via the Library Homepage
under Find
Information/Electronic Resources/by Type/Article Databases.
95 PsycInfo.
Covers 1840 to present. Full text. Indexes over 1300 journals, conference
proceedings, books, reports, and dissertations in psychology and
enriched with
literature from psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing,
pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work. Access
via the Library Homepage under Find
Information/Electronic Resources/by Type/Article Databases.
96 Sociological Abstracts.
Covers 1952 to present. Indexes
over 1,900 journals, books, dissertations,
and reviews in the social sciences on sociological topics as well as
selected
anthropology, criminology, demography, law, social psychology, and
urban
development. Access via the Library
Homepage under Find Information/Electronic Resources/by
Type/Article
Databases.
Periodical Indexes
Covering the 19th
Century
97 American Periodical Series Online
1740-1900. Contains digitized images
of more than 1,100
periodicals. Includes special interest and general magazines, literary
and
professional journals, children's and women's magazines and many other
historically significant magazines. Access
via the Library Homepage under Find Information/Electronic
Resources/by
Type/Article Databases
98 Early
periodical indexes: bibliographies and indexes of literature published
in
periodicals before 1900 by Robert Balay.
99 HarpWeek.
Covers 1857-1912.
Full text. Harper’s Weekly was
100
Index to 19th Century American Art
Periodicals. (see entry 68)
101 Nineteenth Century Masterfile. Covers 1802-1906. Important subject
index to almost 500 American and English periodicals and newspapers. A good source for historical research for
scholars in all disciplines. Access via the Library Homepage
under Find
Information/Electronic Resources/by Type/Article Database.
102 Nineteenth Century Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, l890-1899, with supplementary indexing, 1900-1922. (Print resource) 2 vol. NY: H.W. Wilson, 1944. AJ3.R39 Doe Reference, Periodical I