Resources By Department: Art: Topic Overviews

Topic Overviews

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART An authoritative overview of the history of art, illustrated by objects from the MMA's collections. Includes the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, the Collection Database cataloguing works of art in the MMA's collections and thematic essays on a wide variety of topics in Art History. (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
ARTS AND HUMANITIES THROUGH THE ERAS (Gale Virtual Reference Library)
GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE Research resources from the J. Paul Getty Trust including Art and Architecture Thesaurus, Cultural Objects Name Authority and Union List of Artist Names.

GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY This link opens in a new window Access to the full text of over 200 authoritative electronic reference books; search or browse the collection or an individual title. Full text documents are available in HTML or PDF formats.
CREDO REFERENCE This link opens in a new window An online collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other ready-reference books covering a range of topics, such as art, business, literature, and science. With a network of cross-references that provide an easy-to-follow trail to related information contained anywhere in Credo Reference, it provides trustworthy answers—and new connections—in context.
OXFORD REFERENCE ONLINE This link opens in a new window
Complete contents of more than 40 titles published by Oxford University Press, including subject encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference books. Subject areas include Art, History, English, Religion, Philosophy, and Performing Arts.

JSTOR DAILY "JSTOR Daily is an online publication that contextualizes current events with scholarship. Drawing on the richness of JSTOR’s digital library of more than 2,000 academic journals, thousands of monographs, and other materials, JSTOR Daily stories provide background—historical, scientific, literary, political, and otherwise—for understanding today’s often-confusing world." Cited scholarly sources are linked and accessible to all users free of charge.