Online Resources: Art

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Subject Specific Subscription Databases & Indexes

Art Index - Wilson: Indexing of about 480 periodicals as far back as 1984, many of them peer-reviewed. Coverage of fine, decorative and commercial art and international in scope. Indexing of art reproductions helps researchers focus on a single artist or find individual works.
ARTstor - ARTstor: ARTstor is a digital library of art images and associated information. ARTstor contains nearly 1.5 million images from a wide range of cultures and time periods.
Who’s Who in American Art – Marquis: Who's Who in American Art is now searchable online, with over 14,000 biographies of the most noteworthy men and women in today's art world - including notable artists from the past century.
Oxford Art and Architecture Reference Books Online - Oxford: Searchable full-text of various reference books related to the subjects of art and architecture.
Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art - Oxford: Contains historical and current materials and methods in a wide range of media, including artifacts, conservation, tools, and forgery. The online version of the printed encyclopedia.
Arts & Humanities Search - OCLC FirstSearch: Provides complete indexing for more than 5,500 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals in a broad range of disciplines.

ProQuest Research Library - ProQuest: Index to journals and magazines with over 4,000 titles, nearly 2,800 of which include full-text. Coverage of indexing 1971 to present. ProQuest is provided jointly by the Washington State Library and Whitworth and is funded in part with federal LSTA funds.
Academic Search Premier - EBSCO: Index to journals and magazines with over 4,650 multidisciplinary publications, most with full-text and or full-image of the articles. Coverage of indexing 1975 to present.

ArtSource: A gathering of selected network resources on Art and Architecture.
Source: Interactive Learning Paradigms, Inc.
ArtLex Art Dictionary: Definitions for more than 3,600 terms used in discussing visual culture, along with thousands of supporting images, pronunciation notes, great quotations and cross-references.
Source: Michael Delahunt, M.F.A.
Art Images for College Teaching: Site for image resources exchange which contains style categories and descriptive information. Good for architectural style.
Source: Allan T. Kohl
Film Literature Index: Contains approximately 700,000 citations to articles, film reviews and book reviews published between 1976 and 2001.
Source: Indiana University
Artcyclopedia: A search engine devoted to fine arts providing access to over 180,000 works of art.

Art Department: Provides information about the department, program offerings, career opportunities and faculty. The site also has a link to online galleries.