Electronic Databases
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- Academic Search Premier Abstracts and full text journal articles in all subject categories from more than 4,650 journals.
- Arts Full Text Indexes and abstracts from leading art journals.
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index A citation index can be searched by author, topic and citation.
- Humanities Full Text Covers the fields of art, history, communications, language and literature, literary and political criticism, philosophy and religion. Full text.
- Readers' Guide Full Text
Indexes and abstracts from more than 400 popular journals, from as far back as 1983. Also available in print, Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, 1900 - 1982 (Reference Area)
- General Electronic Databases
Print Resources
- Architectural Index (Reference Storage)
- Graphic Arts Bulletin (1986-1997) (Reference Storage)
Comprehensive Sites on Art
- American Museum of Photography
- AskART.com A comprehensive centralized database about American artists.
- Artcyclopedia A guide to museum-quality art on the Internet, including short biographies.
- Art Images for College Teaching Extensive collection of public domain images available on the web.
- ArtsNet Arts Link Database A comprehensive list of visual art sites.
- Art History Resources on the Web Site is maintained by Chris Witcombe, Professor of Art History at Sweet Briar College, Virginia. Sites on Prehistoric Art, Museums, Galleries, etc.
- ARTLEX For artists, students and educators in art production, criticism, history, aesthetics, and education.
- Artist Index From WebMuseum.
- Fine Art Forum: Resource Directory Over 1000 art resources that can be accessed via the Internet, WWW, gophers, ftp sites, mailing lists, and other types of resources are included.
- Gateway to Art History Browse art sites by period or art movement.
- Glossary of Painting Styles From WebMuseum.
- Imagesite
- Internet Art Resources
- National Endowment for the Arts Guide to the NEA, funding opportunities, arts service organizations, and NEA publications.
- National Gallery of Art Collection
- World Wide Arts Resources The World Wide Art Resources site serves as an information gateway to extensive arts resources available on the World Wide Web, including: fine arts, performing arts, art history, art education, and museum and gallery exhibitions.
Related Sites at UW-Platteville/Karrmann Library
Art at UW-Platteville
- The Art Office is located in 180 Doudna and the contact person is Dan Fairchild. For a listing of courses or for more information on this program, call (608) 342-1143.
- John Berg is the Karrmann Library's liaison to the Arts program.Contact John at (608) 342-1355 for individualized consultations and/or library instruction sessions in Art. His e-mail address is bergjo@uwplatt.edu.