Mickel Library

Internet Resources by Subject

Art & Architecture

Where to Start

Art History Resources on the Web

Artcyclopedia: The Fine Art Search Engine

History of Art Virtual Library

 
Periodical Indexes/Abstracts/Articles

Art Full Text - indexes over 400 art periodicals from 1984 to the present; from 1997 to the present, it includes the complete text of articles from around 150 of these periodicals. Available only on campus.

InfoTrac - Covers academic journals, magazines, newspapers. Includes citations, some abstracts, some complete articles. Available to the Converse community both on the campus network and off campus. Contact a reference librarian for information on off-campus access.
Provided by DISCUS--South Carolina's Virtual Library

 
Dictionaries/Encyclopedias

ArtLex

Encyclopedia Britannica Online (Available only on Converse campus.)

Grolier Online Encyclopedia (Available only on Converse campus.)
Provided by DISCUS--South Carolina's Virtual Library

Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture - Available to the Converse community both on and off campus. Contact a librarian for more information.

Oxford Reference Online Premium
Over 100 subject-specific encyclopedias from Oxford University Press

Words of Art

 
American Art

Archives of American Art - Smithsonian Institution

Digital Archive of American Architecture

Smithsonian American Art Museum

National Portrait Gallery

 
Architecture

ADAM - Art, Design, Architecture and Media Information Gateway

Digital Archive of American Architecture

 
Image Collections

Art Images for College Teaching

ARTstor

Digital Imaging Project

Images of Medieval Art & Architecture

OCAIW - Orazio Centaro's Art Images on the Web

 
Timelines

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