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ProQuest Art, Design and Architecture

ProQuest Art, Design, and Architecture Collection This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive survey of current publications in the fields of visual and applied arts. Search the collection as a whole, or search each database separately.
Databases Included:
ARTbibliographies Modern (ABM)
Art & Humanities Full Text
Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI)
International Bibliography of Art (IBA)
ARTbibliographies Modern (ABM) This link opens in a new window
Bibliography for the study of modern and contemporary art.
Part of the ProQuest Art, Design and Architecture Collection.

Abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, PhD dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art. Entries date back as far as the late 1960s.

The coverage of ABM is wide-ranging and includes performance art and installation works, video art, computer and electronic art, body art, graffiti, artist's 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.

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Arts & Humanities Full Text This link opens in a new window
Full-text journals and magazines covering Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies.
Part of the ProQuest Art, Design and Architecture Collection. See Detailed Description for more information.
Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) This link opens in a new window
Abstracts of journal articles, exhibition reviews and news items covering all aspects of design and crafts, from textiles and ceramics to vehicle design, advertising and sustainability. 1973 to present.
Part of the ProQuest Art, Design and Architecture Collection.

DAAI covers both new designers and the development of design and the applied arts since the mid-19th century, surveying disciplines including 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) This link opens in a new window
Definitive resource for scholarly literature on Western art.
Part of the ProQuest Art, Design and Architecture Collection.

IBA, the successor to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA), includes records created by the Getty Research Institute in 2008-09, with new records created by ProQuest using the same thesaurus and authority files.

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Recommended Art & Design Databases

ProQuest Art, Design, and Architecture Collection This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive survey of current publications in the fields of visual and applied arts, 1973 - current
Databases Included:
ARTbibliographies Modern (ABM)
Art & Humanities Full Text
Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI)
International Bibliography of Art (IBA)
Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
Indexing, abstracts and fulltext for art journals, museum bulletins, etc., 1984 to present.
Featuring full-text articles, indexing and abstracts from an international array of publications, this database is a comprehensive resource covering fine, decorative and commercial art, as well as photography, folk art, film, architecture and much more. Publication List
Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Edited articles and searchable images on all aspects of visual art. Includes The Dictionary of Art, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, and other reference works. Maximum 1 simultaneous user.
Contents:
The Dictionary of Art (Grove Dictionary of Art)
Benezit Dictionary of Artists
The Oxford Companion to Western Art
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
Benezit Dictionary of Artists This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive and definitive resource for artists’ biographies, published since 1911. Includes 149,000 biographies as well as auction records, exhibition histories, and over 11,000 images of artists’ signatures and stamps of sale.
About Benezit Dictionary of Artists

Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)/International Bibliography of Art (IBA)
The most comprehensive tool for Western art history research, BHA includes citations to articles published in over 1,200 journals between 1975 and 2007. Important: BHA is not linked to the Library's Full-Text Finder, so you may wish to consult the Articles & Databases tab for help obtaining the articles you find mentioned in BHA.

Art Index Retrospective This link opens in a new window
Index of articles for art and related fields, 1929-1984.
This is an index only. I does not include full text of the articles.
As an invaluable, in-depth record of contemporary art history, this database provides users with access to over half a century of high-quality indexing of art literature covering fine, decorative and commercial art dating back to 1913.
• Indexing of nearly 600 publications, many of which are peer-reviewed
• Citations of over 25,000 book reviews
Publication List
Drama, Humor, and Fine Arts Periodicals, 1764-1877 This link opens in a new window
This collection reflects the important role the arts played in the development of American culture.

Other Recommended Databases

These databases are multidisciplinary or cover subjects complementary to art, such as education or psychology.

Education Full Text This link opens in a new window
Indexing and fulltext for education, 1984 to present.
Publication List
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) This link opens in a new window
Citations and abstracts to over 750 educational journals, as well as conference proceedings, research reports, speeches, curriculum guides, etc.
ERIC Field Descriptions
ERIC Education Level & Publication Type Limits
Publication List
PsycINFO (from APA) This link opens in a new window
Indexing and abstracting for psychology and related fields, 1806 to present, on the EBSCOhost platform.
Coverage List
Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Fulltext multidisciplinary database of academic journals, magazines, periodicals and other reports, 19th century to present.
Academic Search Ultimate is an excellent source of scholarly journals in all academic disciplines. More than 13,600 journals are indexed and full text is provided for more than 9,000. Searchable cited references are provided for selected titles. Title List
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Complete full text (page images) for back issues of various leading scholarly journals.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journals for arts, humanities, social sciences, and mathematics, 1990s to present.

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