American Art Research Guide

ARTICLES

In order to locate articles in journals, magazines, or newspapers, you must use a periodical index. Below is a list of recommended Visual Arts and general periodical indexes which will be helpful to your research in American art. In order to see which journals the Lee Library currently subscribes to, click on the link below.

Periodical Indexes | List of Lee Library Visual Arts Journals

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Recommended Visual Arts Periodical Indexes:


ART Bibliographies Modern
1984+ Indexes modern and contemporary art journals, museum bulletins, exhibition catalogs and books. Updated twice a year.

Art Index Retrospective (Wilson Web)
Off Campus Access
Indexes citations from visual arts periodicals from 1929-1984. Continued by Art Full-Text (1984-present). Search using WilsonWeb commands.

Art Full Text (Wilson Web)
Off Campus Access
1984-present. Updated weekly. Indexes and abstracts over 370 periodicals in art, archaeology, architecture, design, photography, film, theatre, and television. Full-text for only 90+ publications since 1997. Includes reviews to books, exhibitions, films, and plays as well as links to web sites and art images in periodicals. Preceded by Art Index Retrospective (1929-1984). Search using Wilson Web commands.

Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI): Web of Science
Off Campus Access
The Web of Science accesses the Science Citation Index (SCI), Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), and Arts and Humanitites Citation Index (AHCI) databases, gathered from over 8,500 scholarly journals. Searches for records by topic, author, source title, author address, cited author, citedwork, cited year can be performed separately or combined. Articles are linked to other articles of the same topic.

Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)
Indexes and abstracts the current literature of the history of Western art from late antiquity to the present. Includes books, articles, collected essays, conference proceedings and dissertations, exhibition and dealer's catalogs, museum publications, and microfilm publications. Includes its two predecessors--RILA (International Repertory of the Literature of Art) and the French RAA (repertoire d'Art et d'Archeologie).

Index to 19th Century American Art Periodicals (AAI)
Off Campus Access
1840-1907. Indexes and abstracts the entire journal contents of 42 United States art periodicals published during the 19th century. Includes articles, art notes, illustrations, stories, poems, advertisements, exhibitions, and works of art.

Humanities Full Text (Wilson Web)
Off Campus Access
1984-present. Updated 4 times a week. Indexes and abstracts over 500 periodicals in art, archaeology, classical studies, communications, film, theatre, literature, folklore, etc. Full-text for only 180+ publications since 1995. Includes reviews of books, films, plays and links to web sites and original works of fiction, drama, and poetry. Search using WilsonWeb commands.

Other General Periodical Indexes:

19th Century Masterfile
Off Campus Access
Nineteenth Century Masterfile/Poole's Plus provides access to (1) subject indexes covering most periodicals published in the US or the UK from the late 18th century to the early 20th century, (2) selected 19th century publication specific indexes with links to full text, and (3) descriptions of many books published during the 19th century.

America: History & Life
Off Campus Access
1964+ Indexes and abstracts scholarly articles, book reviews and dissertations on the history of the U.S. and Canada from prehistory to the present. Updated three times a year. Also available in print for the years 1964 to 1999.

Academic Search Elite (EBSCO)
Off Campus Access
1984+ Provides indexing and abstracts for nearly 2,880 journals and full text for over 1,250 academic, social sciences, humanities, general science, education, and multi-cultural journals. Over half of the journals are peer reviewed. Full text backfiles as far back as January 1990. Updated daily.

American Periodical Series Online 1741-1900
Off Campus Access
This unique and valuable collection includes digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals published from colonial days to the dawn of the 20th century. Titles range from Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine and America's first scientific journal, Medical Repository, to popular magazines still in print, such as Vanity Fair, Harper's and Ladies' Home Journal. Select APS from Collections in the ProQuest Database.

American Periodicals Series I (1741-1800)
Off Campus Access
An index to 89 different 18th Century periodicals in fields as diverse as history, literature, music, politics, religion, and science. "Series I is a well-rounded introduction to American periodical journalism as it grew with the nation." The APS I periodicals are on 33 reels of microfilm (call number 051.) in the Microforms/Genealogy area of the library on Level 2.

Readers' Guide Abstracts (Wilson Web)
Off Campus Access
1983+ Indexes and abstracts of articles on all subjects from popular periodicals. Use subject specialized indexes for more scholarly journals. Updated monthly. Search using WilsonWeb commands.