About ART resources
Find information on the VISUAL ARTS with these resources. Choose from databases (for articles & images), streaming videos, and eBooks.
Images of Art Works from Curated Collections
- Free Images from MuseumsIdentify hundreds of thousands of free images from world-renowned museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Have to do a basic search to start - and then apply FILTERS for "Producers" to limit to museums.
- Guggenheim's Collection OnlineFeatures more than 1700 artworks by more than 625 artists in a searchable database.
- The British Library's Flickr Albums1,023,714 photos organized by topic.
- Open CultureA "meta-list" of free works of art online with links to museum collections.
- Louvre Museum Atlas DatabaseThe database covers all the works exhibited in the museum - some 30,000 items. Internet users, like museum visitors, will find the usual explanatory texts that accompany museum exhibits, compiled under the authority of the museum curators.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art CollectionAccess images from the Met's collections.
Additional resources: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features
Databases
- Art Full Text (HW Wilson) This link opens in a new window
Journals and magazines on art topics.
EBSCOhost database collection. Part of OmniFile
- Art Index Retrospective (HW Wilson) This link opens in a new window
Citations only (no full-text articles) from art literature covering fine, decorative, and commercial art. 1929 -1984.
EBSCOhost database collection. Part of OmniFile - JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Journals archive: Arts & Sciences I, II, III, IV, V, VII, XI and the Life Sciences collections. eBooks: Open Books Access collection
- ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new window
General interest periodical database. Journals available.
eBooks
- eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
e-books on a variety of academic subjects from leading academic publishers and university presses. Collection is primarily monographs but includes some reference titles.
Credo Reference is a collection of reference resources. Links are provided to articles in other library databases for some topics.
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Online reference collection of subject encyclopedias, handbooks, and guides,that cover over 80 major subject disciplines. Entries include visual aids, images, photographs and maps. Use the Credo collection for background research and discover key concepts and a mind map on your topic.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications Full-text online books from MetPublications.
- Solomon R Guggenheim Museum: Art eBook Collection A library of modern and historic art books from the Guggenheim museum. Available to read online or download. Free in collaboration with the Internet Archive.
Streaming videos
- Art & Architecture Collection (Films on Demand)
Streaming videos on applied art, architecture, art appreciation, art history, and photography.
Find books on the shelves in Thigpen Library
Art and Architecture books are in the N section on the shelves.
- Pioneer Search - In the Library
Search for items on the shelf in one of Vol State campus libraries
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