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Art and Art History

This page provides access to recommended resources for research in art and art history.

Finding Articles [help]

Art Abstracts - Index to journal articles and other publications on art history, painting, photography, sculpture, graphic arts, and related topics

Humanities Abstracts - Index to journal articles in the humanities, including art

International Medieval Bibliography - Index to articles, proceedings, and essay collections published worldwide covering the period between A.D. 400 and 1500

Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance - Index to articles and other books published worldwide covering the Middle Ages and Renaissance (A.D. 400-1700)

Web of Science - Citation index for all disciplines (1977-present)

Finding Images

ARTstor - Image collection of painting, drawing, photography, and related fine arts
CAMIO - Catalog of Art Museum Images Online
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog - Image collection from the Library of Congress

Finding Books

HopeCAT - Materials in the collections of Hope College Libraries and Western Theological Seminary

MeLCat - Materials in participating Michigan libraries

WorldCat - Materials in U.S. and international libraries

Online Reference Sources

Credo Reference - Art

including: The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms (2003), The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art and Artists (1994), and others

Oxford Reference Online - Art & Architecture

including: Oxford Dictionary of Art (2004), Oxford Companion to the Photograph (2005), Oxford Companion to Western Art (2001), and others

Timeline of Art History - Chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of art history worldwide from prehistory to the present