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Art

Indexes & Databases

  • Art Index
    Coverage: From 1985
    Licensed Number of Users: 1
    Format: Internet
    Remote Access: Available
    Art Index is a bibliographic database that indexes articles about art, architecture, archaeology, crafts, design, museology, photography, television and textiles, in addition to all aspects of art including graphic, folk, and decorative, from periodicals published throughout the world. Periodical coverage includes English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, and Swedish. In addition to articles, this database indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals.

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  • Art Index Retrospective
    Coverage: 1929-1984
    Licensed Number of Users: 12
    Format: Internet
    Remote Access: Available
    A bibliographic database that cumulates citations to volumes 1-32 of Wilson's Art Index. International in scope. Covers architecture, archaeology, crafts, design, museology, photography, television and textiles, in addition to all aspects of art including graphic, folk, and decorative. Includes English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Dutch. Also indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in the indexed periodicals.

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  • Academic Search Premier
    Format: Internet
    Remote Access: Available
    Provides full text for nearly 4,000 scholarly publications of which 3,100 are peer reviewed. Academic areas of study include: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.

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  • America: History and Life
    Coverage: From 1954
    Licensed Number of Users: 6
    Format: Internet
    Remote Access: Available
    Index to research on the history of the United States and Canada, from prehistoric times to the present. Includes references to journal articles, books and book reviews, dissertations, and collective works.

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  • Humanities International Index
    Format: Internet
    Remote Access: Available
    Coverage: From 1925
    The Humanities International Index is a comprehensive database covering journals, books and other important references in the humanities. Produced by Whitston Publishing, and formerly known as American Humanities Index, this database provides indexing and abstracting for over 1,900 titles, with coverage dating as far back as 1925. This database provides citations and abstracts for articles, essays and reviews, as well as original creative works including poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations.

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  • Historical Abstracts
    Format: Internet
    Remote Access: Available
    Coverage: From 1969
    Index to articles, dissertations, and books on the history of the world, except the United States and Canada, from 1450 to the present. Works on U.S. and Canadian history are covered in America: History and Life.

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  • Philosopher's Index
    Format: Internet
    Remote Access: Available
    Coverage: 1940+ for U.S. materials; 1967+ for non-U.S. references.
    Provides indexing and abstracts from books and over 270 journals on philosophy and related interdisciplinary fields published in the U.S. and the Western World.

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  • Project MUSE
    Format: Internet
    Remote Access: Available
    Coverage: 1993+ (varies by title)
    Indexes and provides full-text access to over 220 journals from 37 scholarly publishers. Project MUSE covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.

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Elizabeth Phipps
Library Liaison

Phone: 780-4990
E-mail: ephipps@usm.maine.edu
Gorham Campus Library, Gorham

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For research assistance by phone, email, or appointment, please contact me directly or use the Ask-A-Librarian Web page.

 


Subject Guides:
Art & Artists

Course Guides:
ART 327 - Spring 2007
ART 111 - Fall 2006
ART 326 - Fall 2006

 


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