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Choose one of the electronic databases listed below to find articles. Then, simply go to the Libraries’ Databases page [http://www.lib.ua.edu/databases/dbsearch.htm] and select the database you want. Many of the databases have full-text (FT=full-text) copies of articles. Others provide citations and abstracts.
Recommended Databases/Indexes
Art Index and Art Retrospective— Contains citations from nearly 300 journals worldwide about all aspects of art and artists. Includes articles published 1984 to current. Art Index Retrospectives covers 1929 to 1983.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (part of Web of Science)— Online version of the print. Provides citations from 1144 of the world’s leading arts and humanities journals from 1990 to the present.
BHA—Bibliography of the History of Art— A web-based index to over 2500 journals, books, conference proceedings, exhibition catalogs, and other sources dealing with Western Art from 4th century B.C. to present.
JSTOR— Contains full text images of over 100 scholarly titles in a range of subject areas, including language and literature, philosophy, African American studies, and classical studies. Search the archive or pull up a specific article. Coverage: Varies by journal title but there is significant historical coverage. Most journals are included from volume 1; coverage runs up until the most recent three or five years, depending on the journal. Issues from the past three to five years are not included (see Project Muse below).
Project Muse—Provides access to journals published by the Johns Hopkins University Press (and others). Disciplines covered are humanities, social sciences, and mathematics including language, literature, women's studies, and philosophy.
Useful General Databases
Academic Search Elite
Expanded Academic Index
Proquest Research Library CompleteE-Journals
To determine whether a journal is available as an e-journal, go to the Libraries e-journal page [http://www.lib.ua.edu/ejournals/]
Reference Databases
Worldcat Union catalog containing bibliographic information on 40+ million items (books, scores, films, maps, archival materials, and other formats) held in thousands of academic, public, and other libraries around the world. Broad in scope with records dating to the 12th century. Can be used to verify citations, locate an item in another library, or to provide accurate citation information for interlibrary loan requests. (Does not include citations to individual articles, stories in periodicals, or book chapters).
Selected Print Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Guides
Available in the reference collection of Gorgas Library
Dictionary of Women Artists N8354 .D53 1997
Encyclopedia of World Art N31 .E533
Grove Dictionary of Art N31 .D5 1996
Oxford Dictionary of Art N33 .O93 1997
Who’s Who in American Art N6536 .W5
Who’s Who in Art. N40 .W6
Web Resources
General Sites
Art History Resources on the Web
[http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html]Artcyclopedia
[http://www.artcyclopedia.com]ArtNet
[http://www.artnet.com]ArtSource
[http://www.ilpi.com/artsource/welcome.html]AskArt
[http://askart.com]Google Image Search
[http://www.google.com/imghp]Mother of All Art and Art History Links Page
[http://art-design.umich.edu/mother/]MuseumLink
[http://www.museumlink.com/index.htm]Art Dictionaries
ArtLex Art Dictionary
[http://www.artlex.com]Museum Sites
Art Institute of Chicago
[http://www.artic.edu/aic]Louvre
[http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm]Metropolitan Museum of Art
[http://www.metmuseum.org]Smithsonian Institution
[http://www.si.edu]National Gallery of Art
[http://www.nga.gov]Academic Departments
University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences
[http://www.as.ua.edu/as/]University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences Department of Art
[http://art.ua.edu]
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