Research Guides: Fine Arts: General/Essential

Essential Resources

These databases have been chosen because they are the most directly relevant for finding journal and periodical articles when doing art and art historical research. A brief description of each database is given, including a mention of its particular arts-related usefulness where that is not immediately evident.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Covers anthropology, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion & theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology, and many other fields.
Alternative Press Index Archive This link opens in a new window
Alternative Press Index 1991-Present This link opens in a new window
Art Full Text This link opens in a new window
Arts and Humanities Citation Index This link opens in a new window

ArticleFirst This link opens in a new window
Art Index Retrospective This link opens in a new window

Bibliography of the History of Art

Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window

Gallica

Humanities and Social Sciences Retrospective This link opens in a new window
JSTOR This link opens in a new window

New York Review of Books This link opens in a new window
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles on news, business, and legal sources, radio and television transcripts, federal and state court cases, U.S. Supreme Court decisions, and law reviews. Coverage: 1790 - present.
Oxford Art Online (formerly Grove) This link opens in a new window
Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window

Periodicals Abstracts

Project MUSE This link opens in a new window

Loyola University Chicago Libraries

Fine Arts

Essential Resources