These databases offer information specific to the art historical perspective. Oxford Art Online is particularly useful with regards to biographical information.
Publication Dates Covered: 1975-2007 Free Resource
Provides citations and abstracts from 1975-2007 for articles, art-related books, conference proceedings, dissertations, and exhibition catalogs, focusing on European and American art from late antiquity to the present. This multilingual database encompasses writings on the visual arts including traditional fine arts (ceramics, drawing, painting, prints, sculpture, etc.), architecture and industrial design, and decorative and applied arts (crafts, folk art, graphic arts, etc.). For material published after 2007 see the International Bibliography of Art (IBA) database.
Paid for by K-State Libraries
A full-text collection of more than 550 core journals ranging from history to business to literature to science and mathematics. Coverage begins with the first issue of a title, but the most recent three to five years of each title are usually not available. The full article text is searchable.
Note: The Artstor content transitioned to the JSTOR platform over the summer of 2024 and it was retired on August 1, 2024. If you had image groups on Artstor, they should be copied over to your JSTOR Workspace.
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Formerly Grove Art Online, this is the definitive encyclopedia for the arts and design. This portal to Oxford art reference products includes cross-referenced articles and links to art images in galleries and museums. Articles are scholarly and include bibliographic references. This database contains Grove Art Online (the entire text of The Dictionary of Art), The Oxford Companion to Western Art, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, and is continually updated.
Information in these databases can help to create context for the work of John Steuart Curry. The historical newspapers, including the New York Times, are considered primary resources.
Publication Dates Covered: 1851-2020 Paid for by K-State Libraries
Digitized version of The New York Times since its first issue in 1851. Search the full text of articles to find articles on a wide variety of topics. Full name of the database is ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times with Index.
The Art Full Text database is especially helpful for articles on contemporary art and design. Access is limited to 4 simultaneous users.
Publication Dates Covered: 1971 - present Paid for by K-State Libraries
This is a good starting point for finding journal articles on almost any topic. Over 150 academic subject areas are covered, and most articles are full-text. Searches can be limited to scholarly, peer-reviewed journals.
Life and Time magazines are recommended for researching Curry and his contemporaries:
Life Magazine:
Time Magazine:
These resources are freely available. In some cases if you access them through the links below, or via the list of K-State Libraries Databases, you will take the Get It button with you as you search. When you do so, you will easily be able to link back to K-State Libraries to check for access via our library holdings or Interlibrary Loan.