Research Guides: ART 3630 African Art (All Sections): Articles

Research Tips

As you search the library resources for information on your topic keep the following in mind:

Peer reviewed or scholarly articles can be excellent sources of information for your research.

When you have located an on-topic article or book chapter review the bibliography for additional resources.
You can then follow up on this list of resources to find additional relevant information on your research topic.

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

For more information, see the Popular and Scholarly Resources video.

Art Databases (ASU Only)

Consult the complete list of Library Databases for additional resources.

Art Full Text
Indexes articles, book reviews, and images from journals in the areas of art history, graphic arts, sculpture, interior design, photography, textiles, crafts, and architecture from 1929 to the present. Includes full text of selected journals since 1997.
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
Covers all aspects of design and crafts, from textiles and ceramics to vehicle design, advertising and sustainability. Specific subjects covered include advertising, packaging and product design, architecture, crafts, ceramics, glass and jewelry, industrial design, graphic design, fashion and textiles, sustainable design, furniture and interior design, and fiber arts.
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, as well as an Image Collection of over 63,000 images.
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
Created by the Getty, this index covers architecture, landscape architecture and city planning related topics such as furniture and decoration, vernacular architecture, etc. Coverage spans the years 1930s to the present, with selective coverage dating back to the 1860s.
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
Comprehensive reference work covering all forms of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to contemporary art.
Limited to 11 simultaneous users.

Multidisciplinary Library Databases

Use the following list of library databases to begin searching for information on art focused topics.
Consult the complete list of Library Databases for additional resources.

Academic Search Complete
Provides full text for over 8,500 magazines and journals over a wide array of academic disciplines.
Provides full text for over 8,500 magazines and journals over a wide array of academic disciplines.
JSTOR
Core scholarly journals (especially back issues), ebooks, and images from a range of disciplines, with full-text searching and DRM-free downloads.
Core scholarly journals (especially back issues), ebooks, and images from a range of disciplines, with full-text searching and DRM-free downloads.
Anthropology Plus
Provides citations to articles and essays from over 1,000 journals, monographic series, reports, commentaries, and review essays.
Limited to 5 simultaneous users.
Project Muse
Provides full text access to over 335 journals, and indexing for 200 more, in the humanities and social sciences.
Provides full text access to over 335 journals, and indexing for 200 more, in the humanities and social sciences.

ART 3630 African Art (All Sections): Articles

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Research Tips

Scholarly/Peer Reviewed Journals

Art Databases (ASU Only)

Multidisciplinary Library Databases

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