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Art: Find Sources

Starting point for research in art and art history.

Article Databases

Academic journals present new research or analysis written by scholars and reviewed by scholars about a narrow topic or specific case study, and their intended audience is other scholars and practitioners.


Art Book Databases

Sometimes scholars get together to tackle a subject, breaking it apart into article-length chapters written by experts on that specific subtopic. We call those books anthologies, and they can be very helpful in choosing a rabbit hole, so to speak. And since books tend to be published for a broader audience than journals, they can be easier to approach than articles.


Art Web Resources

News Articles

News articles are written by journalists for the general public and reviewed by editors for accuracy.

Image Sources

Multidisciplinary Image Sources

News Articles

News articles are written by journalists for the general public and reviewed by editors for accuracy.

Art & Art History Call Numbers

Use these numbers to help you locate items in our main stacks.

700-779 Arts and Recreation

  • 700-709 The Arts
    • 709 History, geographic treatment, biography
  • 720-729 Architecture
    • 722-724 Architectural history
    • 729 Design and decoration of structures and accessories
  • 730-739 Sculpture, ceramics and metalwork
    • 731 Processes, forms, subjects of sculpture
    • 732-735 History of sculpture
    • 738 Ceramic arts
  • 740-749 Graphic arts and decorative arts
    • 741-743 Drawing and drawings
    • 746 Textile arts
  • 750-759 Painting
    • 751 Techniques, procedures, apparatus, equipment, materials, forms
    • 752 Color
    • 759 History, geographic treatment, biography
  • 760-769 Printmaking and prints
  • 770-779 Photography, computer art, film, video
    • 776 Digital art
    • 777 Cinematography and Videography

See Also

  • 391 Costume, fashion, and personal appearance