Art history beginning research: Find books, ebooks, full-text articles and videos on your artist
Students will find books, articles, films, images and reference sources for their research paper with an emphasis on full-text e-resources.
SearchWorks Catalog, Articles+ and Streaming Media
- How to use SearchWorksBrought to you by the Stanford Nerd Squirrel.
- SearchWorksLibrary catalog for books, ebooks, journals, DVDs, archival materials, special collections. To find ebooks, limit your results, on the far left by Access Online. Further limiting can be done by Resource Type such as books, videos, music recording and more. For more help in searching SearchWorks see the Help video above.
- A&AePortalExplore the Art & Architecture Eportal. Discover important art and architectural history scholarship from some of the world’s finest publishers and museums. Search, read, cite, note, and more.
- Articles+Under Search Settings, limit to Direct Access to full-text.Searches all Ebsco databases. NOTE: For Modern and contempary art, please refer to Artbibliographies Modern and the International Bibliography of Art. Consult the Databases page for a complete list of art databases.
- WorldCatMust be authenticated to use this database which is a combined catalog of libraries. Use for finding additional resources not owned by Stanford. Request items via Interlibrary Borrowing.
- HathiTrustFull text of many books including books still in copyright. Please log in to Stanford.
- JSTORFull text articles on many subjects. Includes images. Full text books from university presses.
- Project MuseIncludes articles, essays, books.
- Getty Research PortalDigitized books, auction catalogs, and rare books in the field of art history. Currently has over 212,000 volumes.
- Streaming media collectionsKanopy and more. Feature films and documentaries. New services: Bloomsbury Video Library and Electronic Arts Intermix Educational Streaming Site.
For contemporary artists, search engines and social media may be your best bet.
- Avoid paywalls
- Find background information on your artist
- Find books, ebooks, full-text articles and videos on your artist
- Find more on your artist/topic with art databases
- Books about writing about art
- Find images
- Citing your work and keeping track of your sources
- Finding new books in the Bowes Art & Architecture Library
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