The Art Full Text database is especially helpful for finding articles on contemporary art and design. On the list of results, you may notice that some of the articles are available in HTML Full Text, some as PDF Full Text, and some offer both. The PDF Full Text option includes images. If you are unable to locate the PDF copy, use our Interlibrary Loan service to request a copy with images (indicate in the Notes that images are required). Note: Access is limited to 4 simultaneous users.
JSTOR is particularly helpful in researching art history and includes many full text articles.
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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. Images are available for searching as well.
Oxford Art Online is a portal to reference resources (encyclopedias, dictionaries) and includes links to art images in galleries and museums. Entries are scholarly and include bibliographies.
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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.
ProQuest Research Library is an interdisciplinary database that indexes many popular, trade, and research publications on topics in art and design.
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.