Art-specific tools for discovering articles
The following resources will help you identify and track down journal articles on your topic. Consult the help files and information files for each resource for more details:
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Art & Architecture SourceCovers a broad range of related subjects, from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design. Providing over 600 full-text journals, more than 220 full-text books, and a collection of over 63,00 images, it is designed to for use by a diverse audience, including art scholars, artists, designers, students, and general researchers.
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BHA and RILAProvides indexing and abstracting for journal articles, monographs, collections of essays, conference proceedings, dissertations and exhibition catalogs in the arts. Provides access to two art literature databases: BHA (Bibliography of the History of Art/Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art) covering the years 1990-2007 and RILA (Repertoire de la Litterature de l'Art), covering 1975-1989. Includes abstracts and subject terms. Covers visual arts in all media including traditional fine arts (painting, sculpture, drawing, prints, architecture), decorative and applied arts, material culture, photography and contemporary new media, and visual arts aspects of the performing arts. Includes European art from late Antiquity to the present, American art from the European arrival to the present, and Christian and, European art in Africa, Asia, and Australia.
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Art index retrospectiveProvides access to mid 20th-century art history literature and contemporary criticism of art through periodicals, yearbooks, and select museum bulletins. Cumulates citations to Art Index volumes 1-32 (published between 1929 and 1984). Covers advertising art, antiques, archaeology, architecture and architectural history, art history, crafts, decorative arts, folk art, graphic arts, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, motion pictures, museology, non-western art, painting, photography, pottery, sculpture, television, and textiles.
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Avery Index to Architectural PeriodicalsOffers a comprehensive listing of journal articles published worldwide on architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, landscape architecture, and historic preservation.
Multidisciplinary databases for discovering art related articles
While these tools cover more than just art, they still contain many important art related articles:
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JSTORJSTOR provides the full text to nearly entire runs of journal titles in a wide variety of subject areas, including over 100 art and art history journals.
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Academic search completemulti-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals Designed specifically for academic institutions, this resource is a multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.
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Fine arts & music collectionpeer-reviewed, full-text articles in HTML and PDF format covering fine arts A collection of peer-reviewed, full-text articles in HTML and PDF format covering fine arts and music; intended primarily for academic researchers. This collection is part of the larger Academic Onefile database.
OsoFast
Baylor's Interlibrary Loan Service -- known as OsoFast -- allows you to borrow materials from other libraries around the world. From many of the databases vailable through the library, you'll see the BU Info Links button --
that will help you acquire these materials. For more information on OsoFast, visit: http://www.baylor.edu/lib/ils/ or see options on the libraries' website under the "Services" tab on any page.
