Research Guides: Art and Art history: Articles & Databases

Artstor - Image Database

ArtSTOR (new platform) This link opens in a new window
The Artstor Digital Library is a database of 2 million images for use in the humanities. Comprised of nearly 300 collections from museums, archives, scholars, and artists, the Artstor Digital Library makes available high-qualities images for download, along with tools for exporting images into PowerPoint and creating citations. Create a personal account to access more features and to login directly from the artstor.org website.

ArtSTOR (new platform) This link opens in a new window
"The Artstor Digital Library is a database of 2 million images for use in the humanities. Comprised of nearly 300 collections from museums, archives, scholars, and artists, the Artstor Digital Library makes available high-qualities images for download, along with tools for exporting images into PowerPoint and creating citations."

Faculty Resources

Artstor created a guide to using ARTstor in your classes.
Training videos and guides can help you get the most out of this image database.

These databases specialize in history resources. You can search for your topic in these databases to retrieve journal or magazine articles, primary documents, images and more.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR provides a full text archive of articles from scholarly journals in many disciplines (Art, Business, Humanities, Sciences, Social Sciences and more), as well as access to a large images colleciton (formerly known as ArtSTOR)
America: History & Life with Full Text (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
This database contains literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.
U.S. History in Context: United States This link opens in a new window
Provides access to historical (primary) documents, reference articles, and full-text journals on U.S. history.
Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Articles from the ethnic, minority and native press.
Biography In Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Biographical reference, magazine, and journal articles.
European Views of Americas: 1493 to 1750 (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750.
World History in Context This link opens in a new window
Covers 20th century history, including reference sources, full-text articles, maps, images, and primary source documents.
Salem Press Online This link opens in a new window
Ebooks (encyclopedias) covering topics from history, medicine, psychology, biology, mathematics and technology, and business. Search or browse.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection, Series 1-5: 1684-1912 (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
EBSCO partners with American Antiquarian Society (AAS), the premier library documenting the life of America's people from the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction, to provide digital access to the most comprehensive collection of American periodicals and primary sources published between 1684 and 1912.

These databases contain history resources among other subjects.

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
This database offers an enormous collection of full-text journals, magazines, and news sources in many subject areas. Scholarly content covers a broad range of important areas of academic study, including anthropology, engineering, law, sciences and much more.
ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new window
ProQuest Research Library's 3500 full text periodicals - scholarly, trade and popular – cover subjects from business and political science to literature and psychology.
CountryWatch This link opens in a new window
Up-to-date news and information on the countries of the world. Demographic, political, economic, business, cultural and environmental information is included.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
In-depth reports on current social issues and problems from Congressional Quarterly.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
The Films on Demand collections provide unlimited, 24/7 access to more than 3,000 videos and 33,000 segments - all Closed Captioned. These videos cover topics in Humanities & Social Sciences, Business & Economics, Science & Mathematics and Health & Medicine to name a few. The video content can be linked with any course management system and used by faculty and students.
Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
Provides full text articles from 800+ newspapers, as well as thousands of television and radio news transcripts. The database contains comprehensive full text for major newspapers such as The New York Times (from January 1985 to present), The Christian Science Monitor, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), The Times of London, The Toronto Star, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, and others.

Print Periodicals

Featured Topic - Art Forgery

A selection from Academic Search Complete of articles on forgery and old master paintings