Visual Arts & New Media
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

• 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 more. Coverage dates back to 1975 for many publications. A great starting point for research! 
• 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.

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.
• Visual Arts Titles in Reed Library's Reference Collection
• Graphic Design Titles in Reed Library's Reference Collection
• Illustration Titles in Reed Library's Reference Collection

More Guides

• Art Guide: This guide contains the basic materials to begin research in the field of art and art history.

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.
• The Design & Publishing Center
• Ad*Access (Duke University): Over 7,000 advertisements printed between 1911-1955 in five major categories: Beauty & Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II.
• Magazine Art.org: View front cover art of magazines from McCall's to Field and Stream.