InfoGuides: STAR 311 Ideation and Series: Databases: find articles, images, and more

Last Updated: Sep 24, 2024 11:47 AM

Databases -- Best Bets

Databases help you find journal articles, images and video tutorials. Below are selected key databases to assist you with your discovery and research.

Search tips

Use art research databases to find examples of other artwork that engages with ideas/themes/systems that interest you.

Use databases from other disciplines to find articles and information about those ideas/themes/systems themselves.

Art Article/Journal Databases

Art & Architecture Source This link opens in a new window
Art & Architecture Source is the largest full-text art research database covering fine, decorative and commercial art, as well as architecture and architectural design.
ARTbibliographies Modern This link opens in a new window
Identifies articles, books, dissertations and exhibition catalogs on modern and contemporary arts dating from the late 19th century to the present.
Arts & Humanities Database This link opens in a new window
This database has hundreds of titles on art, architecture, design, history, philosophy, music, literature, theater and cultural studies.

Databases for other disciplines

Your research may sometimes extend outside of art and design sources. Use other discipline-specific databases to locate resources related to sociology, psychology, environmental studies, or any other field!

All Library Databases
Browse this listing of all 200+ library databases to discover somewhere new to search!

Image Collections

Artstor on JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Artstor includes over 2 million images covering art, architecture, archaeology, and photography; all available for use in research and teaching. Images come with high-quality metadata from collection catalogers, curators, institutions, and artists themselves. Please note: As of August 1, 2024, Artstor's content, key resources, and functionality are available exclusively on JSTOR. The stand-alone Artstor website is retired. Please update your bookmarks. DONATED: From the C. B. Neblette Collection on Photography and Reprography and a gift from Harold R. and Marian Condit.

Video Resources

Stash
Provides streaming access to the planet's largest online video archive of design, animation, and VFX – over 5,000 motion projects – plus behind the scenes features and exclusive interviews.
Rhizome
An online journal and archive of new media art covering a vast range of projects by artists all over the world that employ materials such as software, code, websites, moving images, games and browsers to aesthetics and critical ends.