Studio Art: Research Databases

Need articles? Try me first! Art & Architecture Source searches: Art Index, Art Index Retrospective, Art Abstracts, Art Full Text and Art & Architecture Complete.

OmniFile Full Text Select provides access to the full text of articles from approximately 2,700 publications, many of them peer-reviewed, from a number of disciplines.

Provides access to the five most respected US national and regional newspapers, including The New York Times and Washington Post, co-exclusive access to The Wall Street Journal, and exclusive access to Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune. The content is available by 8am each day. Images are not included. Coverage dates: 1985 - present

Online version of the Official Museum Directory. Includes all types of museums within the United States. Limited to 1 user at a time. Coverage dates: Current.

Contains citations and abstracts from over 500 design and craft journals and newspapers published since 1973. Research articles are covered, along with news items, conference and seminar reports, book, video and exhibition reviews. Both new designers and the development of design and the applied arts are covered. Subject coverage includes: Product design, Interior design, Graphic design, Ceramics, Glass, Jewelry, Textiles, Furniture, Fashion and clothing, Illustration, Typography and type, Metalsmithing, Retail design, Architecture, Industrial design, Sustainability, Advertising, Packaging, Theatre, Vehicles, Exhibitions, Book design, Web design, Computer aided design, Computer graphics, Animation, Garden design, Landscape architecture, Urban design, Education, Design management, Inclusive design, Universal design and Design history. Coverage dates: 1973 - Current.

Electronic version of the Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature. Provides indexing for millions of articles in over 500 leading magazines. Includes peer-reviewed and consumer publications. Key finding tool for many 20th century publications where indexing did not begin until the 1980s. Coverage dates: 1890-1982. Colloquially called the Green Index books.

Use this link to search library collections of the Amon Carter Museum, Kimbell Art Museum and the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. The collections are non-circulating, but materials are available for use at the museum by making an appointment with the museum library. The Carter specializes in American art, history, and photography; the Kimbell in European, Egyptian, Asian, Meso-American, African, Pre-Columbian, Oceanic, and Middle Eastern art; the Modern in American and European modern and contemporary art; and the Cowgirl in the history of women in the West.
Coverage dates: varies.

BHA (Bibliography of the History of Art) is a merger of RILA (International Repertory of the Literature of Art/ Repertoire de la litterature de l'art) and RAA (Directory of Art and Archaeology/Repertoire d'Art et d'Archeologie). BHA includes articles from over 1,200 journals. BHA includes all articles within the subject scope of BHA regardless of the subject focus of a particular journal. Thus, many of the journals on this list are covered partially, as only some of their articles are within BHA's scope. These citation databases, searchable together, cover material published between 1975 and 2007.

For material published after 2007 use the database IBA (International Bibliography of Art)

Coverage dates: 1975 - 2007.

A comprehensive listing of journal articles on architecture and design. Coverage dates: 1934 to present, with selective coverage from 1741.

Consists of three databases: Design Abstracts Retrospective, ReVIEW, and Arts+Architecture ProFiles. Design Abstracts Retrospective (DAR) is a new ongoing abstracting and indexing service that aims to cover full contents of 70 of the most important design and applied arts journals published during the 20th century. Coverage dates: 1893 - 1986.

Global coverage of the history, theory and practice of crafts and design. Coverage dates: Prehistoric times to the present.

This digital collection includes books and primary source documents from a variety of sources, including Google, the Internet Archive, and libraries around the world.