Resources for Research
Art Library Guides
Selected Library Resources (including databases licensed for UW-Madison users only)
- Art Full Text
- Art Index Retrospective
- Art Museum Image Gallery
- Art Theorists of the Italian Renaissance
- ARTbibliographies Modern
- ARTstor
- Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
- Bibliography of Asian Studies
- Bibliography of the History of Art
- Book review options: College Library Guide; Memorial Library Guide; also note that 1929-1984 art-related book reviews can be located via the print volumes of the Art Index (Art Library Reference Room, call number Z5937 A78)
- Chicano Database
- Design Abstracts Retrospective
- Design and Applied Art Index
- Dissertation database options: information and links
- Dyabola (web version)
- Grove Art Online
- Index of Christian Art
- Index to Nineteenth Century American Art Periodicals
- InSitu Visual Resources Database
- International Medieval Bibliography
- JSTOR: Journal Storage Project
- Libraries worldwide: information and links
- Palmer's Full Text Online (London Times)
- PIO: Periodicals Index Online (formerly PCI: Periodicals Contents Index)
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Tribune (1849-1985)
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Times (1881-1985)
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Times (1851-2003)
- Times (London) Digital Archive (1785-1985)
- Web of Knowledge (Web of Science), includes Arts and Humanities Citation Index
- WorldCat
Campus Resources (local organizations and information sources)
- Art History Department (note their section: Other Important Links)
- Art Department
- Arts Institute
- Arts on Campus
- Bolz Center for Arts Administration
- Department of Special Collections, UW Memorial Library
- Chazen Museum of Art
- In Situ Visual Resources Database
- Material Culture at UW-Madison
- Portal Wisconsin
- Silver Buckle Press
- Tandem Press
- Visual Culture at UW-Madison
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Wisconsin Union Art Galleries
- Writing Center and its online Writer's Handbook
Internet Resources (publicly available)
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus On Line, Getty Research Institute
- Art Deadlines
- Art History Resources on the Web, by Chris Witcombe
- Art in Context
- ArtSource
- Dictionary of Art Historians, Duke University Libraries
- Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture
- Health Hazards in the Arts, Rochester Institute of Technology
- Historical Research in Europe: A Guide to Archives and Libraries
- Perseus (Public Version)
- Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS)
- Union List of Artist Names Online, Getty Research Institute
- Virtual Catalogue for Art History (VKK)
- Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database
- Wisconsin Historical Society's Research Portal
- Worldwide Books (commercial site with database of exhibition catalogues)
- Yahoo Arts Directory
Professional Organizations
College Art Association
Art Museum Network
American Association of Museums
Art Libraries Society of North America