Research Guides: Art History Research Guide: Welcome!

Welcome to the Art History research guide! Using the left navigation, you'll find advice on where and how to find resources specific to Art History research. Remember you can always contact flaxman@saic.edu if you need any help.

QUICK TIPS

Consider these databases as best bets when doing your Art History research!
FOR BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Includes the Grove Dictionary of Art (Grove Art Online)--encyclopedic coverage of all aspects of fine and applied arts, architecture, and artists and architects biographies.
Benezit Dictionary of Artists This link opens in a new window
One of the most comprehensive biographical dictionaries in the field of art history, including coverage of artists across all media, from painters and sculptors to calligraphers, ceramicists, illustrators, installation artists, and performance artists.

FOR ARTICLES AND READINGS

Art Design & Architecture Collection This link opens in a new window
Includes the full-text of many contemporary art magazines (e.g., Artforum International) plus scholarly journals.
Art & Architecture Source This link opens in a new window
Citations, abstracts, and full-text coverage for over 780 publications on the subjects of art and art history, antiquities, archaeology, design, architecture, film, and other related subjects. Includes the entirety of the Art Full Text database.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full text archive of all JSTOR content including scholarly humanities, arts, and social sciences journals. Note: does NOT include the most current 3-5 years.

FOR HIGH QUALITY IMAGES

Artstor This link opens in a new window
Digital image gallery with millions of images of works of art from museums, galleries, and private collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago. Artstor also includes AIC Collections, images curated by the Flaxman Library specifically for use in teaching and research at SAIC. NOTE: you must register and login in the upper right corner of Artstor to download images.