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Gale Virtual Reference Library

Searches here may lead you to encyclopedia articles with some mention of your topic or artwork.

 

Search Tips

When searching for information on specific artworks or artists:

  • It is quite possible that at least one journal article has been written about your specific artwork; try a search combining the artist's name and the name of the artwork.
  • If this is unsuccessful, try searching just for the artist's name, then review the resulting articles. Perhaps your artwork is known by more than one name or spelling.
  • When you find an article you like, look for a link that says "Find it" or "Check for availability" to learn whether we have the journal at the library (full text either online or in print).

 

Start Here - Search Many Databases at Once

  • EBSCO - Choose ALL their databases
    This link will take you to EBSCO's Academic Search Premier. Above the search boxes in the upper left corner, where it says "choose databases" click and then select all databases. Again, best results come when you select full text and peer-reviewed. However, if you want MORE results you should not limit to these.
  • Articles and Books (BETA)
    Preselected for scholarly content and full-text, this searches for books and articles at once. After a keyword search, you can widen or narrow the limits as you see fit (eg, date-range, format, topic).
  • Proquest - Choose ALL their Databases
    This link will take you to Proquest's ABI/Inform database. In the upper left hand corner, where it says "searching 1 database" click and then select ALL the databases. The best results come when you then select peer-reviewed and full text.
 

Find Old Reviews of Art shows/Artists

Through Proquest Historical Newspapers you can search the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, going way, way back to the nineteenth century! 

 

Good Databases to Search One at a Time

If you're off campus, don't forget to log into your portal before searching the library's databases.

  • Art and Architecture Complete
    Lots of full text and some images for art, architecture, and can help with history or theater and dance.
  • Grove Art Online
    Grove Art (formerly, the Grove Dictionary of Art) is a reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the 1990s. Grove Art provides access to images through its partnership with the Bridgeman Art Library and also points to additional image links on the web.
  • Project Muse
    Project MUSE was launched in 1995 by the Johns Hopkins University Press, to offer the full text of JHUP scholarly journals via the world wide web. In 1999, MUSE published online 46 JHUP titles in the humanities, social sciences.
  • JSTOR
    JSTOR is a full-text database of back issues for more than 130 scholarly journals primarily in the social sciences and humanities. The coverage for each journal begins with volume 1. Because JSTOR is an archival database, issues are not available for the latest 3-5 years.
  • Academic Search Premier
    Many full-text articles, some from core scholarly journals, but others from popular magazines in a wide variety of subject areas.
  • Academic OneFile
    Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers across a breadth of disciplines.
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library
    Searches many online encyclopedias and reference works at once.
 

Getty Bibliography of History of Art

Beginning April 1, 2010, the Getty Museum offers the online database, Bibliography of the History of Art, for free access.  Formerly a subscribed resource, it is now freely available through their website.

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