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Do you study at the GC but work at another campus, or maybe even two other campuses? If so, you are entitled to remote access to library e-resources (e.g., databases, e-journals, e-books) from all of your affiliated campuses. Different CUNY libraries have different e-resources, which you can check through each library's website.
Databases for Art History
- Art Full TextFull-text articles from more than 300 periodicals dating back to 1995; indexing and abstracting of 600 periodicals dating back to 1984; and indexing and abstracting of more than 13,000 art dissertations. Covers art history and criticism, architecture and architectural history, archaeology, antiques, museum studies, graphic arts, industrial design, landscape architecture, interior design, styles and art movements, folk art, painting, photography, pottery, sculpture, decorative arts, costume design, film, television and video, advertising art, non-western art, textiles and more.
- Art Index RetrospectiveA periodical literature database that cumulates citations from the printed version of the Art Index, volumes 1-32 (1929-1984). The database cites articles from periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins published throughout the world in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Dutch. It also indexes reproductions of art works that appear in the indexed periodicals. Art Full Text continues Art Index and begins coverage in 1984.
- ARTbibliographies Modern (ABM)Abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art in all languages. Entries date back to the late 1960s and cover the late 19th century to the present. ABM includes material on artists, art movements, and trends, and covers art history and theory, artist’s books, body art, calligraphy, ceramic and glass art, computer and electronic art, conservation, crafts, drawing, ethnic arts, fashion, graffiti, graphic design, illustration, museum design, painting, performance art and installation works, photography, printmaking, sculpture, theatre arts, and video art.
- Arts Premium CollectionEncompasses thousands of journal titles in Art, Design, Architecture, Humanities, Film/Screen Studies, Music, Performing Arts, and more. With international coverage, and access to the definitive indexes in these fields. Coverage spans 1864 to the present. Click "more" to see the full list of databases included in this collection.
- Artstor
Artstor images and collections will be available on the JSTOR platform starting August 1, 2024.
Please note: To download and save images, you must register for your own personal account (click "Register" for first time users on the upper right of the screen). The GC does not have an institutional login.
Artstor is a rich database of over 2.5 million images of art and architecture from 300 museums, libraries, artists, scholars, and photo archives around the world. In addition to its core collections, Artstor offers public collections consisting of roughly 1.3 million freely accessible images, videos, documents, and audio files cataloged, managed, and shared by various institutions. Images in Artstor may be freely used in noncommercial educational and scholarly activities. Artstor’s images are now also discoverable in JSTOR. See the “Artstor on JSTOR” guide.
- Avery Index to Architectural PeriodicalsA comprehensive index of articles from over 2,500 journals published worldwide on architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, landscape architecture, and historic preservation. The database contains more than 800,000 records from the 1930s to the present with selective coverage dating back to the 1740s. It also includes nearly 13,000 citations for architects' obituaries.
- Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) and Répertoire international de la littérature de l'art (RILA)The Getty provides access to the Bibliography of the History of Art, 1990-2007 (BHA) and the Répertoire international de la littérature de l'art, 1975-1989 (RILA). These citation databases, which can be searched together, index books, journal articles, conference proceedings, dissertations, festschriften, exhibition catalogs, reviews, and dealers' catalogs published between 1975 and 2007 on European and American visual arts from late antiquity to the early 21st century. The BHA and RILA cover painting, sculpture, drawing, prints, decorative and applied arts, popular and folk art, architecture and industrial design, and film from over 1,200 journals. See more about the BHA and RILA, and the list of indexed journals.
- Burlington Magazine IndexRegistration is free but required. The BMI is updated quarterly and currently covers the period 1903-1977. All the editorial content of The Burlington Magazine - articles, letters, reviews, calendars - and its illustrations are included with direct links to the full text in JSTOR.
- Electronic Arts Intermix Educational Streaming Videos
Electronic Arts Intermix's (EAI) Educational Streaming service provides full-length, streaming videos by artists. The artists represented range from influential figures in video art — such as Nam June Paik, Carolee Schneeman, Martha Rosler and Joan Jonas — to emerging multidisciplinary artists, including Paper Rad, Cory Arcangel and Takeshi Murata. The collection speaks to the rich history of single-channel video art, from artists' earliest analog video experiments of the 1960s to new digital media practices.
The list of artists with streaming videos is here, and the whole EAI collection is described in the broader artists catalog which includes items that are not available remotely. Unfortunately, these films are not searchable in OneSearch.
- Gale Fine Arts & Music CollectionMore than 250 journals covered in databases such as the Wilson Art Index and the Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM) index are available in full text.
- Grove Art OnlineSearch the Grove Dictionary of Art via the Oxford Art Online platform. Grove contains entries on artists, architects, craftsmen, patrons, movements, locations, and periods, as well as bibliographies for further research and thousands of searchable images made available through Oxford’s partnerships with museums, galleries, and other outstanding arts organizations. Browse through Timelines of World Art, Subject Guides or Resources for Educators created by organizations like MoMA and the Met. Create an optional subscriber account to save searches.
- JSTORA digital library containing journals, books, images, and primary sources. The GC’s subscription includes JSTOR’s Arts and Sciences I-XII collections of scholarly journals across the social sciences and humanities. Coverage begins with the first issue of almost every journal and continues through varying periods within the last five years. Also included are more than 700 freely accessible collections of illustrations, letters, literary documents, newspapers, magazines, photographs, postcards, and yearbooks; open access alternative press publications from the latter half of the 20th century; and thousands of research reports. 3+ million images in Artstor are also now discoverable in JSTOR. Browse content by subject, title, or collection, or search across the full resource. Register for a free personal account to save materials and organize your work.
- Oxford Art OnlineOxford Art Online is a platform for searching across the following art reference works listed below. Create an optional subscriber account to save searches.
- The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms
- The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (2nd ed.)
- The Oxford Companion to Western Art
- And the Grove Dictionary of Art, which can also be searched separately at Grove Art Online
- (CUNY does not subscribe to the Benezit Dictionary of Artists)
- The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms
- America: History & LifeAbstracts of articles covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. The database indexes 1,700 journals from 1964 to present and includes citations and links to book and media reviews.
- Historical AbstractsHistorical Abstracts covers the history of the world (excluding the U.S. and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, the history of education, and more. Indexes more than 2,300 academic historical journals in over 40 languages from 1955 to the present. Includes links to full text, where available.
- Making of America (Cornell)Digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
- Nineteenth Century Serials EditionComplete runs of five nineteenth-century periodicals and a decade of a sixth. Includes advertisements. Free access provided by King's College, London.
- Academic OneFileProvides full-text articles in all subject areas from over 19,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources as well as thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR (National Public Radio) and CNN, and videos from BBC Worldwide Learning. Subjects covered include biology, chemistry, criminal justice, economics, environmental science, history, marketing, political science, and psychology.
- Academic Search CompleteA multi-disciplinary database with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, the database includes indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and more than 13,200 publications, such as monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. While full text is available as far back as 1887 for a few titles, the text of most titles is available only for the past decade or two.
- Alternative Press IndexThe API indexes over 300 alternative, radical, and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines from 1991 to the present. International and interdisciplinary in scope, the API spans the social sciences and humanities with a focus on the practice and theory of socialism, national liberation, labor, indigenous peoples, LGBTQ issues, feminism, ecology, democracy, and anarchism.
- Contemporary Culture Indexccindex indexes small run and scholarly journals covering architecture, art, cinema, cultural studies, design, literature, music, philosophy, social sciences and photography.
- Humanities SourceOver 1,500 full-text journals dating back to 1907. Includes millions of records covering archaeology, art, communications, dance, film, folklore, history, journalism, linguistics, literary and social criticism, classical studies, area studies and gender studies. Should be included in any humanities search.
- LGBTQ+ SourceFull text from over 150 LGBTQi (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning and Intersex) journals, magazines, and newspapers and over 150 books. The database includes comprehensive indexing and abstract coverage as well as a specialized LGBTQ+ Thesaurus containing over 10,000 terms.
- Project MuseThe CUNY and Graduate Center subscriptions provide access to the full text of nearly 400 journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences along with over 70,000 e-books and 4,600 open access books. Select “Browse All Muse” and filter by Access type “Only content I have access to” to see subscribed and OA content. Or look for the green check mark and OA icons that appear next to accessible titles when searching across the platform. E-books are also available via the separate link to Project Muse E-Books.
- Social TheoryMore than 150,000 pages of content by such major theorists as Theodor Adorno, Jean Baudrillard, Simone de Beauvoir, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Émile Durkheim, Michel Foucault, Jürgen Habermas, Karl Marx, Robert Merton, Dorothy E. Smith, and Talcott Parsons. Search across the resource or browse authors, titles, theories, or subjects.
All Graduate Center Databases
The databases you see on this page are just a small subset of all of the databases (collections of resources) available to you through the Graduate Center Library. See the full A-Z list to see all databases from every discipline.