Walker Library: Photography: Databases

Databases with Articles about Photography

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
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)
ProQuest Art and Architecture Archive This link opens in a new window
Digitized backfiles of art and architecture consumer and trade magazines of the twentieth century.
Publications List
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.

See Detailed Description for more information.
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
Art Index Retrospective This link opens in a new window
Indexing for for art and related fields, 1929-1984.
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
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.

See Detailed Description for more information.

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
Academic OneFile (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Scholarly subset of journals found in General OneFile. Funded by Tennessee Electronic Library.
Scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers in various fields - many with full text and images. Coverage from 1980's to present. Funded by Tennessee Electronic Library.
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.

Dissertations & Theses Global from ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Index to dissertations and theses published in the United States and around the world, with many in full-text.
See ProQuest's LibGuide for more information and database help.

Artstor This link opens in a new window
Digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and science. Please note this warning for users who have a photosensitive seizure disorder.
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The ARTstor Digital Library is a nonprofit resource that provides over 2.5 million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences with an accessible suite of software tools for teaching and research.
Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Use the "Advanced search" and select "Image" as the "Format" in the left column.
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

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