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Art, Design, and Art History

A guide for students researching the areas of fine art, art history, design, digital arts, and architecture

To do a cross search of most library databases, start with Spartan Search

The following list of subject-specific individual databases will help you find thousands of scholarly articles, images, reference sources like encyclopedias, timelines, and more.

Chicago Manual of Style

Researchers in the field of Art History often use The Chicago Manual of Style.

The Chicago Manual of Style Online

Purdue OWL Chicago Manual of Style

 

MLA Manual of Style

MLA is often used for humanities research.

Purdue OWL MLA Style Guide


Top Art Publications (via Google Scholar)


Look up the following periodicals in Journal Search to see the databases where they are digitized (or if the library has them in print)

1. Art Education

2. Leonardo    

3. Studies in Art Education    

4. International Journal of Art & Design Education    

5. The Senses and Society    

6. Digital Creativity    

7. The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism    

8. Design and Culture    

9. Grey Room    

10. October    

11. International Journal of Education Through Art    

12. The Art Bulletin    

13. Artforum    

14. Third Text    

15. Visual Arts Research    

16. Journal of Design History    

17. Afterall: A Journal of Art, Context, and Enquiry    

18. Art History    

19. History of Photography    

20. Leonardo Electronic Almanac

 

Using Interlibrary Loan

Search WorldCat or Google Scholar for items worldwide. 

If you cannot access the article or book from our library, consider making an Interlibrary loan request. See the Interlibrary Loan guide below for more information.

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