Where to start?
This guide will help you select resources for topics in art and visual culture. Use the main menu to find resources on specific topics. If you are beginning research on an unfamiliar topic, first consultreference sources – dictionaries, encyclopedias, bibliographies, etc. – for introductory information about an artist, artwork, art form, movement, or time period.
Overviews and bibliographies can be found in Oxford Art Online and the Met Museum's Timeline of Art History.
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Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Oxford Art Online enables access and cross-search functionality to Grove and Oxford reference content in one location. Provides access to Grove Art Online, The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Includes image partnerships with ARTstor, the British Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Images for College Teaching, Art Resource, Artists Rights Society and numerous international art galleries and artists.
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Oxford Reference This link opens in a new window
Oxford Reference Online contains 100+ dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University press.
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Grove Art Online This link opens in a new windowA scholarly art encyclopedia, covering both Western and non-Western art. See Oxford Art Online.
Image Databases
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Artstor This link opens in a new window
Artstor is JSTOR’s cross-disciplinary collection of over 2 million rights-cleared images from around the world and composed of approximately 300 curated subcollections. Note: Artstor is now on JSTOR. The Artstor website retires on August 1, 2024.
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AP Newsroom This link opens in a new window
A collection of photos, images, video clips and audio files from the Associated Press. Coverage: 1895 until present.