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Art History: Finding Articles

Scholarly/Peer Reviewed Journals

What are "scholarly" or "peer-reviewed" articles?

Written by scholars or experts on the topic
Content has been critically evaluated by other experts
Contain citations (footnotes and/or bibliography) documenting sources

What is Peer Review?

Art Databases (ASU Only)

Consult the complete list of Library Databases for additional resources.

Art Full Text

Includes nearly 170 full-text periodicals, and indexes thousands of English and foreign-language periodicals, yearbooks, museum bulletins, dissertations, and art reproductions.
Design and Applied Arts Index

Journal articles, exhibition reviews, and news items about all aspects of design and crafts, from textiles and ceramics to vehicle design, advertising and sustainability.
Art and Architecture Complete

Full-text coverage of 380 periodicals and more than 220 books in the fields of art, art history, architecture, interior and landscape design, and more.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals

Index of articles on architecture and design from American and international journals along with publications of professional associations and major international serials on architecture and design.
Oxford Art Online
Limited to 11 simultaneous users.

Contains the full text of The Grove Dictionary of Art and the Benezit Dictionary of Artists.

Multidisciplinary, Period, & Discipline-Specific Databases

Consult the complete list of Library Databases for additional online resources.

See also Primary Sources

Academic Search Complete

Provides full text for over 8,500 magazines and journals over a wide array of academic disciplines.
Project Muse

Provides full text access to over 335 journals, and indexing for 200 more, in the humanities and social sciences.
JSTOR

Core scholarly journals (especially back issues), ebooks, and images from a range of disciplines, with full-text searching and DRM-free downloads.
Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Bibliography of more than 1.45 million citations for secondary source material about the Middle Ages and Renaissance, 400-1700.
America: History and Life with Full Text

Provides access to journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations covering United States and Canadian history and culture from prehistoric times to the present.
Anthropology Plus
Limited to 5 simultaneous users.

Provides citations to articles and essays from over 1,000 journals, monographic series, reports, commentaries, and review essays.
Historical Abstracts with Full Text

Provides citations with abstracts to over 1,700 journals, book and media reviews, and dissertations covering world history (excluding the U.S. and Canada) from 1450 to the present.

Citing Your Sources

A citation is a record of where you encountered a certain idea. Citing your sources helps other scholars track down resources they find of interest.

Citation Guidelines

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