Art and Architecture Collection > Art History: A Research Guide

Locating Journal Articles

Periodical indexes for art history may be found in the Library’s Selected Electronic Resources page under the category “Art & Architecture.” The following electronic indexes provide access to key journal articles in the discipline:

Art Index Retrospective
Indexes articles in over 420 international periodicals, yearbooks, and museum publications for the period 1929-1984.

Art Full Text
Continues the indexing of Art Index from 1984 to the present, with full text coverage for some, but not all, titles.

ARTbibliographies Modern
Indexes and abstracts periodical article, books, dissertations, and exhibition catalogues relating to twentieth century art, design, and photography movements.

Bibliography of the History of Art
Includes and extends the Repertoire d’Art et d’Archeologie from 1973-1989 and the International Repertory of the Literature of Art from 1975-1989 and covers American and European art from antiquity to the present through articles from over 2500 periodicals, books, conference proceedings, dissertations, and exhibition catalogues.

Index to Nineteenth-Century American Art Periodicals
Specific index to art periodicals published in the United States between 1840 to 1907.