Find Materials at Blough-Weis Library
This box doesn't really search everything, but it includes the library catalog and many of the general databases to which the library subscribes.
If you're getting inaccurate results, or just too many of them, choose Advanced Search to help narrow the focus.
Top Databases for Art Research
- ARTbibliographies Modern This link opens in a new windowAbstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, PhD dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art.
- Art Full Text This link opens in a new windowSearch full-text articles and abstracts of more than 900 periodicals and art dissertations from 1984-present.
- Art Index Retrospective This link opens in a new windowSearch Art Index Retrospective for articles before 1984
- Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new windowGrove Art Online & The Benezit Dictionary of Artists
- ARTstor This link opens in a new windowARTstor is a digital library of approximately 700,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images.
- Project Muse: Art & Architecture This link opens in a new window
Other Databases for Finding Articles
- America: History and Life This link opens in a new window
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowGoogle Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.
- Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new windowSearch here for topics with a historical aspect (excluding American and Canadian history).
- ProQuest Central This link opens in a new windowThis is the largest single periodical resource available, bringing together complete databases across all major subject areas, including Business, Health and Medical, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, and Humanities
Journals, Newspapers & Magazines
- Journal, Newspapers & Magazine ListUse this link to search for any journals, newspapers or magazines by title or ISSN
Browse books
You may want to browse the book stacks on the second floor of Blough-Weis Library by your subject. Materials for Fine Arts are organized according to the Library of Congress Classification System.
| Visual Arts | N |
| Architecture | NA |
| Sculpture | NB |
| Drawing. Design. Illustration | NC |
| Painting | ND |
| Print Media | NE |
| Decorative Arts | NK |
| Arts in general | NX |
| Photography | TR |
| Handicrafts, Arts and Crafts | TT |
Ask a Librarian
- Ask a LibrarianLinks to chat with, email, or schedule an appointment with one of the librarians about your research questions.
