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Welcome to the research guide for ART 372: Rubens vs. Rembrandt! On this guide you will find links to subject specific databases that have been curated for your class. We will also be using this guide to navigate to links to our class activities.
Citation: Rembrandt van Rijn. 1633. Rembrandt with a Cap and a Gold Chain. Place: Musée du Louvre. https://library.artstor.org/asset/LESSING_ART_10310119647.
Citation: Peter Paul Rubens. 1638-1640. Self-portrait. painting. Place: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien. https://library.artstor.org/asset/LESSING_ART_10310119919.
Art Specific Databases
Below you will find a list of art-specific databases that contain places to find peer-reviewed journal articles, ebooks, and images. Each database contains access to a variety of art and art history content.
- Art & Architecture SourceArt Source covers a broad range of related subjects, from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design. Providing over 600 full-text journals, more than 220 full-text books, and a collection of over 63,0000 images, it is designed for use by a diverse audience, including art scholars, artists, designers, students and general researchers.
- ArtstorArtstor features an unparalleled range of images from some of the world’s leading museums, photo archives, scholars, and artists in one easily-navigated repository. Artstor has moved to JSTOR. Registration on JSTOR is required to access your personal Workspace to save images and articles, organize your saved items with folders, share folders, and export your research.
- Bibliography of the History of ArtIncludes articles from over 1,200 journals. Consists of both BHA (covering 1990-2007), the International Bibliography of Art (IBA), covering the years 2008 and part of 2009, and the Répertoire de la litterature de l'art (RILA), one of the predecessors of BHA, with records that cover 1975–1989.
- Frick Art Reference Library Periodicals IndexArticles selected for indexing from 300 periodicals focus on art history and works of art. The index features access points important for research, including artists, artworks, private and public collections, exhibitions, and reproductions; coverage is from mid-1850 to the late 1960s.
Interdisciplinary Databases
This is a selection of databases that cover the humanities and social sciences
- JSTORFull text of older issues of journals. Access includes Arts & Sciences I-XV, Business I Collection, Health & General Sciences Collection, and the Life Sciences Collection.
- Project MUSEHundreds of full text journals in the humanities and social sciences.
- Academic Search CompleteAcademic Search Complete, designed specifically for academic institutions, is among the most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.
- Humanities SourceHumanities Source is designed to meet the needs of students, researchers and educators interested in all aspects of the humanities. The collection includes full text for more than 1,400 journals, with citations to over 3.5 million articles, including book reviews, and indexing back to 1907.
- Google ScholarArticles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Click "more" below to customize Google Scholar to access USF library journal subscriptions.
Finding a Full-Text Article from a Citation
You can paste the title of the article right into the Fusion search box in "quotations."