ART581:001: Modern Art and Criticism

Citing

Citing Information Tutorial

Images of Art: Locating & Citing

Guidelines and Specifications (Dr. Sherman)

Chicago Manual of Style in Art Reference [Z253 .U69 2003]

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Suggested Databases - Art & Art History

Art Full Text
Indexing from 1984-present. Full text from 1997 - present. Over 200 international publications on art and art history are indexed monthly.

Art Index Retrospective
The retrospective version of Art Full Text. Indexing from 1929-1984. Updated biannually.

Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)
Indexing from 1973 - present. Over 2,500 periodicals, art-related books, conference proceedings and dissertations, exhibition and dealer's catalogs are indexed quarterly. Covers from late antiquity (4th c.) to present. Citations and abstracts, not full text.

Index to Art Periodicals. Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson Library. (Z5937 .C55 Art Library Reference) **This index will be particularly useful for locating critiques of the shows and works you are studying that were written at the time. Indexing of English and Foreign language art publications published in the late 1800's through the 1960's.

Suggested Databases - General/Humanities

Arts and Humanities Citation Index
A multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. It indexes 1,100 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals.

JSTOR
JSTOR provides an archive of important scholarly journal literature in nearly all the humanities and social sciences disciplines, international and foreign areas studies, and many of the sciences.

MLA International
A major index for literary criticism, linguistics, folklore & cultural studies. MLA International Bibliography is produced by the Modern Language Association. Index to articles in literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore from several thousand journals and series published worldwide. Also covers relevant monographs, working papers, proceedings, and bibliographies.

Project Muse
Provides access to the full text of more than 40 journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics published by The Johns Hopkins University Press.

Readers' Guide Retrospective
1890-1982. Provides access to articles chronicling the daily lives and the momentous events of America in the 20th century.

More Article Databases |  How Do I Find Articles? |  How Do I Find an Article if it is not Full-Text? |  How Do I Distinguish Different Types of Journals?

Find Background Info 

Oxford Art Online
Includes the Grove Art Online, an encyclopedia of art, with general introductions to a variety of topics related to this course.

Images 

ARTstor
Provides curated collections of art images and associated data for non-commercial and scholarly, non-profit educational use. The Charter Collection is made up of over 300,000 images.

CAMIO: Catalog of Art Museum Images Online
Offers rights-cleared, high-quality art images for class projects, art history and studio art programs, course Web sites, lectures, presentations, and research resources.

A guide to Locating & Citing Images

Locate Newspaper Articles 

Newspapers - General

• LexisNexis Academic Provides full-text access to general, regional and international news, company news and financial information, legal information, and other topics such as biographical information
• Newspapers in the UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries and Sources for Newspaper Research
• Newspapers Available on Microfilm in Davis Library
• New York Times Historical Newspaper
• Washington Post Historical Newspaper