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Articles, Academic Databases, & Digital Collections for the Arts

Art & Architecture Source This link opens in a new window
This art research database covers a broad range of subjects from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design. It features full-text articles, indexing and abstracts for an array of journals, books and more; Coverage back to 1928
Arts & Humanities Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Indexes 1,144+ multidisciplinary scholarly journals and other publications in the arts and humanities, with cited references. Very useful for finding articles which cite earlier articles.
ARTstor This link opens in a new window
A nonprofit resource that provides more than one million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences with accessible suite of software tools for teaching and research.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive listing of journal articles on architecture since 1934, covering the history and practice of architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, historic preservation and interior design and decoration.
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) This link opens in a new window
The name BHA has been used informally to refer to a group of databases: RAA, RILA, BHA, and IBA; The data available on the Getty Web site as of July 1, 2010, comprises two databases: BHA and RILA; BHA (Bibliography of the History of Art/Bibliographie d'histoire de l'art) covers the years 19902007; the Getty Web version includes all records with abstracts in French or English and all subject terms in French and English; RILA (Rpertoire de la litterature de l'art), covers 19751989; the Getty Web version includes all records with abstracts in English and all subject terms in English; At present, the Getty has no plans to add RAA (Rpertoire d'art et d'archologie), which covers 19731989.
DAAI : Design and Applied Arts Index This link opens in a new window
Indexes 170+ design and craft journals and newspapers; Covers both new designers and the development of design and the applied arts since the mid-19th century, surveying disciplines including ceramics, glass, jewelery, wood, metal-smithing, 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.
Essay & General Literature Index (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
Indexes essays and articles that have been published in 7,000+ anthologies and collections; Coverage spans the entire range of the humanities and social sciences and begins 1985.
Essay & General Literature Retrospective : 1900-1984 (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
Cites essays, articles and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada; Covers eight centuries of essays, annuals and serial publications from the 20th Century; Focuses on the humanities and social sciences, with subject coverage ranging from Archaeology through Womens Studies.
Fine Arts & Music Collection This link opens in a new window
Diverse Resource for Art and Music Studies: The Fine Arts & Music Collection places 10.4 million articles at the fingertips of serious students of drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. More than 250 journals covered in databases such as the Wilson Art Index and the Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM) index are available in full text. Exclusive features, including Topic Finder, InterLink, and a mobile-optimized interface, support and enhance the search experience. Periodical database for serious students of drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.
Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Oxford Art Online offers access to the most authoritative, inclusive, and easily searchable online art resources available today. Through a single gateway, users can access and cross-search Oxford’s acclaimed, regularly updated art reference works: the Grove Dictionary of Art and the Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Grove Art is the foremost scholarly art encyclopedia, offering global coverage of visual culture, composed and expanded in collaboration with thousands of scholars and specialists around the world. Benezit offers unique information about the sale and collection of artists’ work, and it is one of the most comprehensive and definitive resources of artists’ biographies available. In addition, users can search and access Oxford art reference titles including the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (2nd edition), The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.
Index to 19th Century American Art Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Indexes all 42 art periodicals that were published in the United States during the 19th century.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Electronic full text of back files of 644+ scholarly journals. Recent years are not available; FIU has access to following collections: Arts & Sciences Collections I - XV, and Complement, Ecology and Botany Collection I & II, Life Sciences, Business IV, and the Jewish Studies Collection. During the COVID-19 pandemic, JSTOR is assisting students and researchers by making expanded content available. This expanded content includes no-cost access to unlicensed collections, and to 35,000 (and counting) books and other e-resources as JSTOR partners continue to join in the effort.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Electronic full text of 100+ scholarly journals published by several University presses; FIU subscribes to Project Muse Standard and Premium Collections.
RILA (Rpertoire de la litterature de l'art) This link opens in a new window
RILA (Rpertoire de la litterature de l'art), covers 19751989; the Getty Web version includes all records with abstracts in English and all subject terms in English. At present, the Getty has no plans to add RAA (Rpertoire d'art et d'archologie), which covers 19731989.

Art History Resources
A collection of art history information organized by period and movement.
Artcyclopedia
Online encyclopedia searchable by artist, work, and movement.
AATA Online: Abstracts of International Conservation Literature
A free online database for professionals engaged in the conservation and management of material cultural heritage in all of its forms: works of art, cultural objects, architectural heritage, and archaeological sites and materials.
Christie's
Christie's is a large art auction house of world renown. Their website contains information on buying and selling art pieces and can be helpful for determining provenance.
Digital Librarian: Art Resources
A comprehensive list of links on art and art history.
The Frost Museum: Art Appraisal Resources
The Frost Museum has pulled together an excellent guide that includes appraisal and conservation resources.
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Contains an expansive timeline that includes images, thematic essays, maps and more.
Museology Bibliography (BMUSE)
Referenced material includes over 25,000 journals, journal articles, books, and reports published from 1900 to the present. Brings together holdings from many international sources, including the UNESCO-ICOM Museum Information Centre, the Library of the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI), and the Library of the Direction des Musés de France (DMF).
Sotheby's
Sotheby's is another auction house that deals in fine and decorative art. Use either Sotheby's or Christie's to research specific pieces, provenance, artists, and other information.

These databases feature scholarly articles to help support your research. For extensive and in-depth research, be sure to use the BHA and RILA as they contain comprehensive collections of citations.

Art & Architecture Source This link opens in a new window
This art research database covers a broad range of subjects from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design. It features full-text articles, indexing and abstracts for an array of journals, books and more; Coverage back to 1928
Arts & Humanities Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Indexes 1,144+ multidisciplinary scholarly journals and other publications in the arts and humanities, with cited references. Very useful for finding articles which cite earlier articles.
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) This link opens in a new window
The name BHA has been used informally to refer to a group of databases: RAA, RILA, BHA, and IBA; The data available on the Getty Web site as of July 1, 2010, comprises two databases: BHA and RILA; BHA (Bibliography of the History of Art/Bibliographie d'histoire de l'art) covers the years 19902007; the Getty Web version includes all records with abstracts in French or English and all subject terms in French and English; RILA (Rpertoire de la litterature de l'art), covers 19751989; the Getty Web version includes all records with abstracts in English and all subject terms in English; At present, the Getty has no plans to add RAA (Rpertoire d'art et d'archologie), which covers 19731989.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Electronic full text of 100+ scholarly journals published by several University presses; FIU subscribes to Project Muse Standard and Premium Collections.
RILA (Rpertoire de la litterature de l'art) This link opens in a new window
RILA (Rpertoire de la litterature de l'art), covers 19751989; the Getty Web version includes all records with abstracts in English and all subject terms in English. At present, the Getty has no plans to add RAA (Rpertoire d'art et d'archologie), which covers 19731989.

ACLS Humanities eBooks (HEB) This link opens in a new window
Collection of approximately 4,000 books in the humanities from the American Council of Learned Societies; list of titles available at: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/the-collection/default.html
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive listing of journal articles on architecture since 1934, covering the history and practice of architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, historic preservation and interior design and decoration.
Ceramic Abstracts/World Ceramics Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Resource for the ceramics industry, providing international coverage on the manufacture, processing, applications, properties and testing of traditional and advanced ceramics; Sources covered include over 3,000 periodicals, conference proceedings, technical reports, trade journal/newsletter items, patents, books and press releases.

Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Oxford Art Online offers access to the most authoritative, inclusive, and easily searchable online art resources available today. Through a single gateway, users can access and cross-search Oxford’s acclaimed, regularly updated art reference works: the Grove Dictionary of Art and the Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Grove Art is the foremost scholarly art encyclopedia, offering global coverage of visual culture, composed and expanded in collaboration with thousands of scholars and specialists around the world. Benezit offers unique information about the sale and collection of artists’ work, and it is one of the most comprehensive and definitive resources of artists’ biographies available. In addition, users can search and access Oxford art reference titles including the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (2nd edition), The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Online reference service made up of over 500 full-text books; includes in-depth Topic Pages, Content Mapping, and linking to other library resources.
Gale Virtual Reference Library (eBooks) This link opens in a new window
Gale eBooks offers broad cross-curricular collection of non-fiction titles, supporting science, geography, history, language arts, business and other subjects. Optimized for search and discovery, the Gale eBooks platform enables you to search through multiple nonfiction eBooks within a single search.

Each database may have different features that will expedite your searches. Look at links and/or icons for these functions.
In some you can create an account to save citations for later review.
You can often e-mail citations to yourself or a colleague.
See if the database allows you to export a citation directly into RefWorks or another bibliographic management program.

Finding Reviews on Art Installations & Exhibitions

Use our newspaper databases to find reviews and exhibits. Search for an artist's name, a type of art, technique or movement. You can also look in the catalog for books on art criticism or for art exhibition catalogs.

ProQuest News & Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Search all ProQuest Newspaper titles: The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, New York Times Book Review, New York Times Magazine, Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post
Access World News : Historical and Current This link opens in a new window
Coverage from 1690- Present; Local, regional, national and international news; Features most major U.S. news sources plus many hard-to-find local and regional titles; 139 countries on six continents are covered.
Art & Architecture Source This link opens in a new window
This art research database covers a broad range of subjects from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design. It features full-text articles, indexing and abstracts for an array of journals, books and more; Coverage back to 1928

Subject Headings & Call Numbers for Art, Art History, & Museum Studies

Just want to search the shelves?

The majority of the books for Art and Art History are located on the 5th floor of the Green Library. Use the Library of Congress Classification to help you find your way!

N: General Visual Arts

NA: Architecture

NB: Sculpture

NC: Drawing/Design/Illustration

ND: Painting

NE: Printmaking/Prints

NK: Decorative Arts

NX: Arts in General

Books about museums, collectors, and collecting are located in the AM call area located on the East side of the 7th floor in the Green Library and the 3rd floor of the Hubert Library.

AM: 1-501 Museums. Collectors and collecting

AM: 10-100 By country

AM: 111-160 Museology. Museum Methods, Technique, etc.

AM: 200-501 Collectors and collecting

The FIU Libraries house a fine collection of printed biographies, bibliographies, indexes, guides and slides (most are on the 5th floor of the Green Library and the 2nd floor of the Hubert Library), and as secondary (and occasionally primary) sources of information these must not be disregarded. The FIU online catalog may be searched by artists, movements, countries of origin, etc., to good advantage.

Using 'catalogs' or 'exhibitions' can help you to locate information on specific traveling exhibitions.

Combine subjects, historical events, or countries with 'art'. Ex. Women -- art, Holocaust, Jewish -- art, Spain -- art

Search by specific artist name, movement, museum, time period or technique.

Art – United States – History Art museums

Historical museums

Museum conservation methods

Museum exhibits

Museums – (location) for instance Museums – Colorado

Museums – administration

Museums and schools

Museums – data processing

Museums -- directories

Museums – educational aspects

Museums -- history

Museums – law and legislation (Location)

Museums – management

Museums – periodicals

Museums -- planning, Museums – philosophy, Museums – security measures

Museums – social aspects

Museums -- techniques

Museum techniques – periodicals

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