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Art Full Text and Retrospective This link opens in a new window
Art Full Text (1929-current) is the full-text version of Art Index featuring 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. In recent years, coverage of Latin American, Canadian, Asian, and non-Western art has expanded greatly, along with its material on new artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews, and feminist criticism. KU's subscription also includes the backfile (Art Index Retrospective)
Art Institute of Chicago Image Collection This link opens in a new window
The Art Institute of Chicago is pleased to offer free, unrestricted use of over 50,000 images of works in the collection believed to be in the public domain or to which the museum otherwise waives any copyright it might have. Such images are made available under Creative Commons Zero (CC0) designation and the Terms and Conditions of this website.
The museum requests that you include the following caption with reproductions of the images: Artist. Title, Date. The Art Institute of Chicago.This information, which is available on the object page for each work, is also made available under Creative Commons Zero (CC0).
Art Project This link opens in a new window
A unique collaboration between Google and some of the world’s most acclaimed art museums. Enables people to discover and view more than a thousand artworks online in extraordinary detail.
Art Source This link opens in a new window
Art Source™covers a broad range of related subjects, from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design. Providing over 600 full-text journals, more than 220 full-text books, and a collection of over 63,000 images, it is designed for use by a diverse audience, including art scholars, artists, designers, students and general researchers. It incorporates the H.W. Wilson databases Art FullText and Art Index Retrospective.
Arts & Humanities Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Arts & Humanities Citation Index, accessed via Web of Science, provides researchers with access to the bibliographic and citation information they need to find research data, analyze trends, journals, and researchers, and share their findings. Covers over 1,160 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, as well as selected items from over 6,000 scientific and social sciences journals, with coverage available to 1975.
Artstor This link opens in a new window
Artstor provides 2+ million high-quality images and digital asset management software to enhance scholarship and teaching.
The Artstor website will be retired on August 1, 2024. Artstor’s content, key resources, and functionality are moving to JSTOR.