Art Databases

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ARTstor Image ARTstor
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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. Interdisciplinary guides



Academic Search Complete Full Text EBSCO
Multi-disciplinary full text database that contains more than 7,000 full-text periodicals, including nearly 6,000 peer-reviewed journals.
Humanities International Complete Full Text EBSCO
Provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world.
Expanded Academic ASAP Full Text Thomson Gale
Indexes over 3,880 publications on a wide range of topics including full text for over 3,500, some from 1980.
General OneFile Full Text Thomson Gale
Indexes over 9,200 titles including full text for over 5,156. Some titles back to 1980. Multidisciplinary and updated daily.
Oxford Reference Online: Art and Architecture Full Text Oxford University Press
Oxford reference databases devoted to art and architecture

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MAS Ultra - School Edition Full Text EBSCO
Full text for over 550 general interest publications, some back to 1975.
MasterFILE Premier Full Text EBSCO
Indexes over 2,660 titles including full text for over 1,830. Multidisciplinary.
Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists Full Text Oxford University Press
Biographical and critical guide to American art from colonial times to contemporary postmodernism,

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