CSU Library Art Subject Guide

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Art Subject Guide

Databases and Journal Indexes
Print Sources
Internet Resources
Journals and Magazines

Databases and Journal Indexes

The following databases are only available to faculty, staff, and students of Charleston Southern University:

Academic OneFile (InfoTrac) DISCUS icon

A general database that contains full text and indexed articles from magazines, newspapers, books and journals in most disciplines

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOHost) PASCAL icon

A general, multi-disciplinary database that contains full text and indexed articles from magazines, newspapers, books and journals

Britannica Online
Contains the well-respected Encyclopaedia Britannica with over 73,000 short and book-length articles on every subject. This online resource also includes a multimedia database with thousands of photographs, illustrations, and sound files; links to thousands of Web sites reviewed by Britannica editors to ensure their quality and appropriateness; hundreds of video clips; links to selected magazines and journals; Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus; the World Data Analyst which combines detailed statistics with powerful tools for analysis and display, features a unique collection of in-depth information about the countries of the world, and allows you to create interesting and information comparative charts and tables; more than 4000 quotations from both historical and contemporary men and women on a wide variety of topics; and a selection of 225 works by 140 authors to introduce you to the great writing and ideas of the Western world.

CAMIO
OCLC's Catalog of Art Museum Images Online is a growing online collection documenting works of art from around the world, representing the collections of prominent museums. CAMIO highlights the creative output of cultures around the world, from prehistoric to contemporary times, and covering the complete range of expressive forms, including photographs, prints, sculpture, paintings, decorative arts, utilitarian objects, drawings, watercolors, costume, jewelry, textiles, architecture, and more. CAMIO is licensed for use by students, faculty, and researchers at subscribing institutions. Works of art may be used for educational and research purposes during the term of the subscription, if they are properly credited. Images may not be published or otherwise distributed.

EBSCO eBook Collection
A collection of over 21,000 electronic books available in full text online. These titles may be searched in the library's catalog or directly in the EBSCO database. Formerly known as NetLibrary, titles in this collection cover all subject areas.

Expanded Academic (InfoTrac) DISCUS icon

A general database that contains full text and indexed articles from magazines, newspapers, books and journals.

General OneFile (InfoTrac) DISCUS icon

A general database that contains full text and indexed articles from magazines, newspapers, books and journals in most disciplines ranging from architecture to biology and history to mathematics.

New York Times
Selected full text of the New York Times from 1985 to the present is available in several of the library's databases, with complete digital coverage from 2008 to three months ago available in ProQuest Digital Microfilm. In addition, the library keeps the last 8 weeks of the newspaper in paper format, and has 1851 to 2009 on microfilm. To locate the correct resource for the date you need, see this list.

Oxford Reference Online Premium
Combines language and subject reference works together to form a large reference library. It contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works.

SIRS Knowledge Source DISCUS icon

A comprehensive database portal which is comprised of several distinct reference databases including SIRS Researcher, SIRS Government Reporter, SIRS Renaissance, SIRS WebSelect, SIRS Discoverer, and Discoverer WebFind. SIRS provides relevant, credible, full text information on social issues, science, history, government, the arts and humanities.

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Print Sources

Artists' and Illustrators' Encyclopedia (Ref. N33 .Q5 1977)

Dictionary of Art (Ready Ref. N 31 .D5 1996) 34 vols.

Dictionary of Art Titles : The Origins of the Names and Titles of 3,000 Works of Art (Ref. N 33 .R56 2000)

Dictionary of Christian Art (Ref. BV150 .A66 1994)

Encyclopedia of World Art (Ref. N 31 .E533) 16 vols.

Oxford Dictionary of Art (Ref. N 33 .O93 1997)

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Internet Resources

ArtLex: Art Dictionary

Mother of All Art and Art History Links
Sponsored by The University of Michigan School of Art and Design

Museum of Modern Art

National Gallery of Art: the Collection
The National Gallery of Art houses painting, sculpture, decorative arts, and works on paper from the Middle Ages to the present. Records on all of the more than 110,000 objects and images of more than 6,000 objects in the collection are available online.

National Museum of Women in the Arts
The National Museum of Women in the Arts is the only museum in the world dedicated exclusively to recognizing the contributions of women artists.

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Smithsonian Archives of American Art

Tate Gallery

Timeline of Art History (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Web Gallery of Art

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Journals and Magazines

The following journals are available in the CSU library:

American Artist

American Craft

American Journal of Art Therapy

Apollo