Art & Architecture
A Quick Guide

Books and Other Media

• Reed Library Catalog: Locate materials in Reed Library.
• WorldCat: Locate materials in other libraries, and request via interlibrary loan.

Journals/Articles

• Wilson Art Database: Features full-text articles, abstracting and indexing of an international array of peer-selected publications, podcasts, and page images. The database covers fine, decorative, and commercial art as well as photography, folk art, film, architecture, and much more.
• Academic Search Complete: Find information on almost any topic! Contains  the full text of over 4,450 magazines, journals and newspapers and indexing for many, many more. Coverage dates back to 1975 for many publications. A great starting point for research!
• Humanities International Complete: This database includes all data from Humanities International Index plus unique full text content, much of which is not found in other databases. 
• JSTOR: Provides a comprehensive backfile of major scholarly journals in the Arts and Sciences.

Reference

• ArtStor: Contains over 550,000 high quality images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images.
• Gale Virtual Reference Library: A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
• Oxford Reference: Includes over 175 subject reference works.
• Art Titles in Reed Library's Reference Collection

More Guides

• Visual Arts/New Media Guide: Contains links to graphic arts, advertising art, illustration and more.

Other Tools

• ArtCyclopedia: Has biographies, links to online exhibits and other information pertaining to art and artists.
• ArtRenewal: An online museum of art and artists.
• Great Buildings Collection:  The leading general architecture reference site online, from Architecture Week.
• Infomine: Visual and Performing Arts: From the website: Infomine searches for Internet resources relevant to research at the university level. It contains resources such as databases, bulletin boards, articles, directories, and many other types of information.