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Art & Design
Academic Search Complete - EBSCO
Academic Search Complete includes more than 8,992 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format
Art Abstracts - EBSCO
Index & abstracts of major journals in art, architecture, film, graphic arts, and related areas. Links to some full text where available.
ARTstor
A collection of digital images of art, architecture and design from a number of books (notably art history survey texts), museums, archives, and slide collections.
The ARTstor Collection currently contains approximately 500,000 images. The Collection documents artistic traditions across many times and cultures and includes architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design as well as many other forms of visual culture. (from pub blurb)
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CREDO Reference
CREDO Reference contains a variety of reference sources in subjects ranging from Art to History to Law to Technology and almost everything in between. It is a portal to a multitude of highly regarded reference sources, drawing on 244 titles by 55 publishers and providing access to tens of thousands of images and audio clips. At a loss for a paper topic? Search the Concept Map for ideas.
Duke Scholarly Collection
Full-text of approximately 35 scholarly journals published by Duke University Press.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Access over 100 standard Gale Reference works online! Includes reference materials in the subject areas of: Arts, Business, Education, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation & World, Religion, and Social Science.
JSTOR (JournalSTORage)
Electronic archive of the complete journal runs (excluding the most recent 2-5 years) of over 500 journal titles in over 20 academic disciplines.
New York Times (1980-current)
Full-text coverage of "The New York Times."
Also includes "The New York Times Magazine," and "The New York Times Book Review."
Oxford Art Online
Formerly Grove Art Online this database provides access to The Dictionary of Art, Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms plus links to more than 40,000 images.
Oxford Reference Online
Online access to over 100 dictionaries & reference works in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
Project Muse
Full-text of 200 scholarly journals published by Johns Hopkins University and other university presses.
Learn how to use Subject Headings in Project Muse by watching the vodast
RefWorks
RefWorks automates the tasks of citing information & creating bibliographies for research papers. Allows you to create your own citations or import from online databases. For remote access, call the All Serices Desk at 271-2113 and ask to speak with the librarian on duty to obtain the site code.
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