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Databases with high-res images or popular and scholarly articles on art topics.

Art and Architecture Complete This link opens in a new window
Database with full-text articles and images covering topics such as antiques, art and art history, and interior and landscape design.
ProQuest Arts This link opens in a new window
Search across a collection of databases with information on the fine and performing arts, including art, design, theater and music.
Arts and Humanities Full Text This link opens in a new window
A full-text database featuring hundreds of journal titles covering Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full text access to important scholarly journal literature in history, economics, political science, and other humanities and social sciences disciplines.
Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive database of humanities content, providing full text of hundreds of journals, books, and other published sources.
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) This link opens in a new window
The world's most comprehensive bibliography of scholarly writing about the history of western art.
Art Bibliographies Modern This link opens in a new window
A specialized bibliography available for study of modern and contemporary art. Covers all art forms, including fine art, digital art, crafts, design and photography.
International Bibliography of Art (IBA) This link opens in a new window
The definitive resource for scholarly literature on Western art, IBA is the successor to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA).

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Art Magazine Collection Archive
A digitized collection of three leading art magazines: The Magazine ANTIQUES (1922 – 2016) , Art in America (1913 – 2015) and ARTnews (1902 – 2006)