Art 103 Ferreira: Articles
Biographies/Reference
Reference books will be useful for finding out about more established artists. They will also be useful for your historical research.
Biographical Information
- Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new windowLimited to 5 concurrent users. Features over 45,000 articles and images covering every aspect of the visual arts. There are over 7,000 searchable images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art as well as links to other museums and galleries.
Historical Information
- History of the United States (GVRL) This link opens in a new windowFind reliable background material on topics in the History of the United States
Good for Context & Concepts
- Encyclopedias for Background Research This link opens in a new windowA selection of online encyclopedias that provides general overviews of topics across many subjects. Start here to get working definitions of key concepts and a big picture view of your topic.
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowProvides online versions of 500 published reference works, including general and specialized dictionaries and encyclopedias. Try the Concept Map to search for terms and topics that are interconnected and displayed in a visual form.
Article Databases
Use these databases to find articles both about your artist or about your artist's work. These databases will include newspaper, magazine, and scholarly articles. Think about trying to find: profiles of your artist, reviews of your artists work, art criticism concerning your artist.
- Alt-PressWatch This link opens in a new windowA full text collection of newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press. View the Alt-Press Watch handout.
- EBSCOhost This link opens in a new windowSearch from a wide range of research databases for magazine and journal articles. Updated daily. View the EBSCOhost handout
Mobile URL: EBSCOhost Mobile - Fine Arts (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new windowProvides more than 150 full-text magazines and journals that are covered in indices such as the Wilson Art Index and RILM, this collection will provide support for research in areas such as drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowFull text of over 1000 scholarly journals in the arts and sciences, from their earliest issues up to 3-5 years ago. Does not include current issues of the journals. Video tutorials are available.
- US Major Dailies This link opens in a new windowFull text newspapers from five U.S. national and regional newspapers: New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and the Chicago Tribune
Recommended by your instructor!
- New Media EncyclopediaA collection of work by a variety of new media artists, this site takes a more historical approach, and includes artists working in performance, film, video & installation.
- (Goldsen) Archive of New Media ArtA research repository.
- Rhizome ArtBaseOnline archive of new media art containing some 2163 artworks, and growing.