Online Art Research Tools

The Old Guitarist, by Pablo Picasso (1903).
Picasso passed away 40 years ago today.

This week, the Library is featuring its online art research tools. Here's a quick rundown of what we have available:

Art Full Text

Art Full Text is a premier database for art research. It contains not only scholarly and popular articles, but also articles from trade publications in the visual arts, a highly important source of information about contemporary art. This database can be found on our Visual and Performing Arts research page.

Art Research Guide

In addition to pointing out useful reference books and journal databases, our Art Research Guide lists vetted websites that can help you decipher art jargon, find museums and exhibitions, and keep up on the latest in the visual arts.

Grove Art Online

This online reference tool consists of several major works: the Grove Dictionary of Art and Artists, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, the Oxford Companion to Western Art, and the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Searching Grove Art Online lets you search across all of these titles for important background information on terminology, artist lives and works, and much more.

As always, you can ask any research questions at the Reference DeskbBut for in-depth art research, contact our art subject librarian, Keith Rowley.