Resources for Research
Art Library Guides
- Art History (Research Guide)
- Finding Art Images (Research Guide)
- Vernacular Architecture (Research Guide)
- Wisconsin Artists Research Bibliography
Selected Library Resources (including databases licensed for UW-Madison users only)
- Art Full Text
- Art Index Retrospective
- Art Museum Image Gallery
- ARTbibliographies Modern
- ARTstor
- Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
- Bibliography of Asian Studies
- Bibliography of the History of Art
- Book review options: see 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), the online Art Retrospective does not include older book reviews
- Chicano Database
- DesignInform, including Design Abstracts Retrospective
- Design and Applied Art Index
- Dissertation database options: non-UW-Madison dissertations
- Dyabola (web version)
- Grove Art Online
- Index of Christian Art
- Index to Nineteenth Century American Art Periodicals
- InSitu Visual Resources Database
- International Bibliography of Art
- International Medieval Bibliography
- JSTOR: Journal Storage Project
- Libraries worldwide: information and links
- Oxford Art Online (includes Grove Art Online)
- 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 Enterprise
- 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
- ArtDeadline.com
- Art Deadlines List
- Art History Resources on the Web, by Chris Witcombe
- ArtSource
- Contemporary Artists Index (names included in group exhibition catalogues)
- 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
- Kubikat (Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence+)
- Perseus Digital Library (Public Version)
- Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS)
- Union List of Artist Names Online, Getty Research Institute
- UW-Madison Arts Collection
- artlibraries.net (Virtual Catalogue for Art History)
- 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
National Art Education Association
Art Museum Network
American Association of Museums
Art Libraries Society of North America
International Foundation for Art Research