Databases by Subject
Art & Design Research Guide
Art & Design
Database | Description | Available In SuperSearch | Alumni Access | More Info | Tutorial | |
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Art & Architecture Complete (EBSCO)
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Art research database with full-text coverage, indexing and abstracts and an image collection. | Partial | No | more information | ||
Artstor |
Digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences. Note: On Aug. 1, 2023, Artstor images moved to the JSTOR platform. |
Partial | No | more information |
Other Resources
Database | Description | Available In SuperSearch | Alumni Access | More Info | Tutorial | |
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Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO)
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Journals, magazines, and newspapers in almost every subject area. | Partial | No | more information | ||
Academic Video Online (AVON) (ProQuest)
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Documentaries, educational films, and news clips in many subject areas. | Yes | No | more information | ||
Art Magazine Collection Archive (EBSCO)
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ARTnews 1902-2006; Magazine Antiques 1922-2016; Art in America 1913-2005. | No | No | more information | ||
Britannica Online | The complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia, and the Britannica Book of the Year. | Yes | No | more information | ||
Chicago Manual of Style Online (University of Chicago)
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16th and 17th editions of the Chicago Manual of Style. | No | No | more information | ||
CQ Researcher (CQ Press)
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Discussions of current, controversial public policy issues. It offers pros & cons, background information, and in-depth analysis on a variety of topics, issues, and controversies currently in the news. | Yes | No | more information | ||
Credo Reference | Reference articles covering all major academic subjects. | Yes | No | more information | ||
Current Contents Connect (Web of Science)
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Complete tables of contents and bibliographic information from scholarly journals and books; also includes relevant, evaluated websites and documents. | No | No | more information | ||
Data Citation Index (Web of Science)
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Indexes data studies and datasets across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences and links the datasets/studies with published literature. | No | No | more information | ||
Dissertations & Theses Global (ProQuest)
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Citation and full-text access to theses and dissertations from around the world. | Yes | No | more information | ||
eScholarShare (Drake University) | Scholarly repository of Drake University. Includes 1000+ electronic theses & dissertations. | Yes | No | more information | ||
Gale eBooks | Reference works and eBooks in all subject areas. | Yes | Yes | more information | ||
Gale Primary Sources | Search interface for all Gale Primary Source databases. | No | No | more information | ||
Harper's Digital Archives | Full-text articles from this general-interest magazine covering literature, politics, culture and the arts. Coverage: 1850-Present | No | No | more information | ||
JSTOR | More than a thousand academic journals and over 1 million images, letters, and other primary sources | Yes | No | more information | ||
Marquis Who's Who in America | Biographical information from various "Who's Who" series. | Yes | No | more information | ||
New York Times | New York Times access 1851-present. Direct access to virtually all NY Times content from that time period. Requires a separate, one-time registration. For details, visit http://researchguides.drake.edu/nyt | No | No | more information | ||
Oxford English Dictionary | 2nd edition of the 20-volume set. Includes meaning, history, & pronunciation of over 1/2 million words, both past and present. | No | No | more information | ||
Oxford Reference Online | Access to dictionaries & reference works in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Limit of 5 simultaneous users. | Yes | No | more information | ||
Periodicals Archive Online (ProQuest)
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Archive of backfiles of scholarly periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences, spanning more than two centuries of content, 37 key subject areas, and multiple languages. | Yes | No | more information | ||
Project Muse | Full-text of scholarly journals published by Johns Hopkins University and other university presses. | Yes | Yes | more information | ||
Very Short Introductions (Oxford)
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Concise introductions to a wide range of subjects. | Yes | No | more information | ||
Women's Wear Daily Archive (Proquest)
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Entire run of Women's Wear Daily from 1910 to the present day. | Yes | No | more information | ||
WorldCat (OCLC)
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Locate books, journals and magazines, music scores, and media in libraries worldwide. | No | No | more information | ||
WorldCat Dissertations (OCLC)
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Bibliographic database of all dissertations and theses available in WorldCat | No | No | more information |