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BHA - Bibliography of the History of Art/ International Bibliography of Art 
1990 - 2009, Additional years of RILA will be added after May 1, 2010. The Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) is the world's most comprehensive bibliography of scholarly writing about the history of western art. Provided by the Getty.
Art Full Text 
Coverage: 1984-present. Abstracts and indexing of an international array of peer-selected publications, covering subjects including archaeology, architecture, art history, city planning, crafts, motion pictures, graphic arts, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, museology, photography, and related fields. Includes over 250 full text periodicals from 1997+
Art Index Retrospective
Coverage: 1929-1984. Find contemporary criticism of art at the time of its debut, track the body of work of an artist or movement, find artists` interviews and other commentary, and much more.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Coverage: 1930s-present. Avery indexes international scholarly and popular periodical literature, the publications of professional associations, US state and regional periodicals, and the major serial publications published worldwide on architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation. Expanded coverage includes obituary citations providing biographical data — often the only information available for less-published architects
Academic Search Premier
Coverage: 1975-present (with selected older titles). A multi-disciplinary database with significant full-text. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study.
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Coverage: 1989-present. Articles and other materials on archaeology, architecture, art, Asian studies, classics, dance, film, TV & radio, folklore, history, language & linguistics, literature, music, philosophy, theater, theology & religious studies. PART OF WEB OF SCIENCE, click on `Change Limits` to select Arts & Humanities only.
JSTOR
Coverage: varies. Over 800 core scholarly journals. Current issues are unavailable for a varying number of years (frequently 2 to 5 years).
Grove Encyclopedia of Northern Renaissance Art
2009 ed. Offers the most current and comprehensive scholarly information on the visual arts of the Renaissance in Northern Europe. Unparalleled in scope and depth, covers a wide range of subject areas, addressing people and subjects specific to all areas of Northern, Central, and Eastern Europe, including the diverse geographical regions that now encompass the modern nations of Germany, Austria, France, England, the Netherlands, Belgium, Scandinavia, Poland, and Russia. Featuring rich and engaging articles on artists, artisans, patrons, painting, architecture, sculpture, cities, centres of production, theory, criticism, and more.
Material Culture in America : Understanding Everyday Life
2007 ed. The first encyclopedia to look at the study of material culture (objects, images, spaces technology, production, and consumption), and what it reveals about historical and contemporary life in the United States.
Oxford Art Online 
Coverage: current. Grove Art Online has been relaunched as Oxford Art Online. Provides web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, also offering thumbnail art images, line drawings, and extensive image links.
Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture
2007 ed. A current and comprehensive reference resource for the visual arts of the Classical period.
Archives of American Art
The Archives collections spanning more than 200 years include letters, diaries, and scrapbooks of artists, dealers, and collectors; manuscripts of critics and scholars; business and financial records of museums, galleries, and associations; photographs; works of art on paper; and oral history interviews.
ARTstor
Coverage: varies. A repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images and related data, with unique tools to actively use those images for teaching, learning and research.
Index of Christian Art
The Index records works of art produced without geographical limitations from early apostolic times up to A.D. 1550. The Internet database presently contains nearly 80,000 work of art records which are accompanied by over one-hundred thousand images in color and black and white. Many of these images have never before been digitized and are published here for the first time.
Art Index Retrospective
Coverage: 1929-1984. Find contemporary criticism of art at the time of its debut, track the body of work of an artist or movement, find artists` interviews and other commentary, and much more.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Coverage: 1930s-present. Avery indexes international scholarly and popular periodical literature, the publications of professional associations, US state and regional periodicals, and the major serial publications published worldwide on architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation. Expanded coverage includes obituary citations providing biographical data — often the only information available for less-published architects
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Coverage: 1989-present. Articles and other materials on archaeology, architecture, art, Asian studies, classics, dance, film, TV & radio, folklore, history, language & linguistics, literature, music, philosophy, theater, theology & religious studies. PART OF WEB OF SCIENCE, click on `Change Limits` to select Arts & Humanities only.
Book Review Index Online
Coverage: 1965-present. Indexes reviews in journals, general interest magazines, and scholarly journals.
Academic Search Premier
Coverage: 1975-present (with selected older titles). A multi-disciplinary database with significant full-text. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study.
Book Review Digest Call Number: Case Ref Z1219.C95
Coverage: 1905-- . Indexes and excerpts reviews of books written in English and published in the U.S. and Canada. More selective than Book Review Index. Arranged alphabetically by author; subject and title indexes. Search year of publication and the year following publication.
Ethnoarts Index Call Number: Case Ref N5316.7 T 74
Together with preceding title, Tribal Arts Review, covers 1984-2000. Paper index
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