FDU LibGuides: Fine Arts Subject Guide: Databases

Databases for Fine Arts

Arts and Humanities Through the Eras This link opens in a new window
Arts and Humanities Through the Eras in an online historical encyclopedia, It covers the history of various disciplines such as architechure and design, fashion, literature, music, philosohy, religion, theater and more. It also has biographical profiles of important people.
Fine Arts Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides 250 journals covering drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.
JSTOR Scholarly Journal Archive This link opens in a new window
The JSTOR journal archives provide full-text collections of core scholarly journals across a variety of disciplines from the arts to the sciences with a strong emphasis on the humanities.

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ARTSTOR Public Collection This link opens in a new window
Over 1 million freely accessible images, videos, documents, and audio files from library special collections, faculty research, and institutional history materials, and museums.
Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Oxford Art Online is a comprehensive reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide, from prehistory to the present.
3 concurrent users.

Perseus - Art and Archaeology Artifact Browser
Images of buildings, coins, gems, sculptures, archaeological sites, and vases from antiquity.
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)
The Getty provides open access to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) and to the Répertoire International de la Littérature de l'Art (RILA). These citation databases, searchable together, cover European and American visual arts material published between 1975 and 2007. If you would like full text of an article from this citation-only database you can search FDU's journal locator and / or place an Interlibrary Loan.

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Premier, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications, including more than 3,900 peer-reviewed publications.

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Pop Culture Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture.
Popular Culture Universe This link opens in a new window
More than 300 full-text volumes of material related to popular culture both current and historical.

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Premier, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications, including more than 3,900 peer-reviewed publications.

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Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Communication & Mass Media Complete provides research solutions in areas related to communication and mass media. Offers full text for over 500 titles and contains citation coverage for over 620 additional sources. In total, several hundred valuable sources are covered.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Credo Reference is an online reference library providing access to over 615 reference books. It includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, in addition to a range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy and literature to law.

Database Guide
Fine Arts Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides 250 journals covering drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.
JSTOR Scholarly Journal Archive This link opens in a new window
The JSTOR journal archives provide full-text collections of core scholarly journals across a variety of disciplines from the arts to the sciences with a strong emphasis on the humanities.

Database Guide
Research Library This link opens in a new window
Search ProQuest for information from over 3,300 newspapers and periodicals on a wide range of topics including the arts, business, humanities, health, social sciences, and physical sciences.

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SAGE Premier This link opens in a new window
The SAGE Premier collection consists of over 640 peer-reviewed journals from SAGE Publications in the fields of business, the humanities, the social sciences, science, technology, and medicine. Articles from January 1999 to the present are available in full text.

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Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Oxford Art Online is a comprehensive reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide, from prehistory to the present.
3 concurrent users.
Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window Oxford Music is a comprehensive reference resource for all aspects of music, including biography and interpretation.
1 concurrent user.
Arts and Humanities Through the Eras This link opens in a new window
Arts and Humanities Through the Eras in an online historical encyclopedia, It covers the history of various disciplines such as architechure and design, fashion, literature, music, philosohy, religion, theater and more. It also has biographical profiles of important people.

AAT Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online
Search for definitions and related vocabulary of art techniques. From the Getty Museum.

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Credo Reference is an online reference library providing access to over 615 reference books. It includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, in addition to a range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy and literature to law.

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ARTSTOR Public Collection This link opens in a new window
Over 1 million freely accessible images, videos, documents, and audio files from library special collections, faculty research, and institutional history materials, and museums.

African-American History Online This link opens in a new window
African-American History Online explores more than 500 years of the African-American experience. It includes primary source documents, images and videos, general and topic-specific timelines, biographies, maps and charts, and many additional helpful features.
American History Online This link opens in a new window
Spanning more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history including resource—subject entries, biographies, primary sources, images and videos, maps and charts, and timelines.
American Women's History Online This link opens in a new window
American Women's History Online contains biographies, historical and topical subject entries, primary sources, maps and charts, images and videos, and general and subject-specific timelines encompassing more than 500 years of American women's history.
ARTSTOR Public Collection This link opens in a new window
Over 1 million freely accessible images, videos, documents, and audio files from library special collections, faculty research, and institutional history materials, and museums.
Films on Demand: Archival Films & Newsreels Collection This link opens in a new window
The Archival Films & Newsreels Collection contains over 700 hours of historical films and newsreels.
Films on Demand: Master Academic Collection This link opens in a new window
The Films on Demand Master Collection provides access to over 41,000 educational videos and award winning documentaries covering a wide range of topics.
Modern World History Online This link opens in a new window
Modern World History Online covers the important people and events of world history from the age of exploration in the mid-15th century through the modern era. Topical entries, biographies, maps, primary source documents, and timeline entries provide a detailed and comparative view of the people, places, and events that have defined world history.
Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Oxford Art Online is a comprehensive reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide, from prehistory to the present.
3 concurrent users.
Pop Culture Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture.

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window Academic Search Premier, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications, including more than 3,900 peer-reviewed publications.
African-American History Online This link opens in a new window African-American History Online explores more than 500 years of the African-American experience. It includes primary source documents, images and videos, general and topic-specific timelines, biographies, maps and charts, and many additional helpful features.
American History Online This link opens in a new window Spanning more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history including resource—subject entries, biographies, primary sources, images and videos, maps and charts, and timelines.
American Women's History Online This link opens in a new window American Women's History Online contains biographies, historical and topical subject entries, primary sources, maps and charts, images and videos, and general and subject-specific timelines encompassing more than 500 years of American women's history.

AAT Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online

Arts and Humanities Through the Eras This link opens in a new window Arts and Humanities Through the Eras in an online historical encyclopedia, It covers the history of various disciplines such as architechure and design, fashion, literature, music, philosohy, religion, theater and more. It also has biographical profiles of important people.
ARTSTOR Public Collection This link opens in a new window Over 1 million freely accessible images, videos, documents, and audio files from library special collections, faculty research, and institutional history materials, and museums.

Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)

Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window Communication & Mass Media Complete provides research solutions in areas related to communication and mass media. Offers full text for over 500 titles and contains citation coverage for over 620 additional sources. In total, several hundred valuable sources are covered.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Credo Reference is an online reference library providing access to over 615 reference books. It includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, in addition to a range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy and literature to law.  Database Guide 
Ebook Central This link opens in a new window This collection provides access to over 140,000 full-text books, reports, and other authoritative documents in the fields of Business & Economics; Career & General Education; Computers, Engineering & Applied Sciences; Humanities; Science, Medicine & Allied Health; and Social & Behavioral Sciences.  Database Guide 
Films on Demand: Archival Films & Newsreels Collection This link opens in a new window The Archival Films & Newsreels Collection contains over 700 hours of historical films and newsreels.
Films on Demand: Master Academic Collection This link opens in a new window The Films on Demand Master Collection provides access to over 41,000 educational videos and award winning documentaries covering a wide range of topics.
Fine Arts Collection This link opens in a new window Provides 250 journals covering drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.
JSTOR Scholarly Journal Archive This link opens in a new window The JSTOR journal archives provide full-text collections of core scholarly journals across a variety of disciplines from the arts to the sciences with a strong emphasis on the humanities.  Database Guide 
Modern World History Online This link opens in a new window Modern World History Online covers the important people and events of world history from the age of exploration in the mid-15th century through the modern era. Topical entries, biographies, maps, primary source documents, and timeline entries provide a detailed and comparative view of the people, places, and events that have defined world history.
Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window Oxford Art Online is a comprehensive reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide, from prehistory to the present.
3 concurrent users.
Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window Oxford Art Online is a comprehensive reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide, from prehistory to the present.
3 concurrent users.

Perseus - Art and Archaeology Artifact Browser

Pop Culture Collection This link opens in a new window Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture.
Popular Culture Universe This link opens in a new window More than 300 full-text volumes of material related to popular culture both current and historical.
Research Library This link opens in a new window Search ProQuest for information from over 3,300 newspapers and periodicals on a wide range of topics including the arts, business, humanities, health, social sciences, and physical sciences.  Database Guide 
SAGE Premier This link opens in a new window The SAGE Premier collection consists of over 640 peer-reviewed journals from SAGE Publications in the fields of business, the humanities, the social sciences, science, technology, and medicine. Articles from January 1999 to the present are available in full text.  Database Guide 
World History Collection This link opens in a new window Provides coverage of events in world history and scholarly work being established in the field.

Fine Arts Subject Guide: Databases

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