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Repository for public domain and in copyright content from a variety of sources, including Google, the Internet Archive, Microsoft, and partner initiatives.

Covers a broad range of related subjects, from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design. International in scope. Contains full-text, detailed indexing, and abstracts.

Provides full abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, and exhibition catalogs and reviews on all forms of modern & contemporary art. 1974 - present.

Find abstracts for articles about the arts, architecture, art history, design, video, landscape architecture and more from 1929-1984 only. Citations contained in printed Art Index volumes 1-32, published 1929-1984.

Comprehensive listing of journal articles on architecture since 1934, covering the history and practice of architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, historic preservation and interior design and decoration.

Design and applied arts index (DAAI) is the leading source of abstracts and bibliographic records for articles, news items, and reviews published in design and applied arts periodicals from 1973 onwards. An indispensable tool for students, researchers, and practitioners worldwide, DAAI covers both new designers and the development of design and the applied arts since the mid-19th century, surveying disciplines including ceramics, glass, jewelry, wood, metalsmithing, graphic design, fashion and clothing, textiles, furniture, interior design, architecture, computer aided design, Web design, computer-generated graphics, animation, product design, industrial design, garden design, and landscape architecture.

International Bibliography of Art is the successor to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA). Includes abstracts and indexes (1945-) for books, articles, proceedings, and catalogues. This database is a specialist bibliography available for the study of modern and contemporary art. Covers all art forms, including fine art, digital art, crafts, design and photography. Features full abstracts and indexing from art journals published from the late 1960s onwards. Pro Tip: use the Source Type menu to select Scholarly Journals to limit your results to scholarly articles. Limit to peer reviewed articles within your search list.

Comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts and architecture worldwide from prehistory to the 1990s.
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Indexes high-impact science, social science, engineering, art & humanities research journals, 1899-present. 1975 - present.

Over 100 reference sources in a single cross-searchable interface plus key titles from the acclaimed Oxford Companion series.

An international online community for architects, planners, urban designers, and scholars, with a focus on Muslim cultures & civilizations.

The Getty released the Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)® as Linked Open Data. The data set is available for download at vocab.getty.edu under an Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC BY 1.0).

A single access point to millions of books, paintings, films, museum objects and archival records that have been digitised throughout Europe. It is an authoritative source of information coming from European cultural and scientific institutions.

Search over 13.3 million records of museum objects, archives, and library materials including more than 2.5 million online media files from the Smithsonian Institution.