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Art and Architecture

Featured Databases

AP Photo Archive
An electronic library containing the AP's current photos and a selection of pictures from their 50 million image print and negative library.
(Available to KSU authorized users) Off-Campus: [OhioLINK Authentication]

Art Full Text
Covers over 400 leading international art publications and can be searched by artist's name, work of art, title of publication or article, or subject. Off-campus access is also available.
(Available to KSU authorized users)

Art Index Retrospective
Includes coverage prior to Art Full Text. Off-campus access is also available.
(Available to KSU authorized users)

ARTbibliographies Modern
Contains information about modern art, photography and design from 1974-present
(Available to KSU authorized users)

ARTstor
A database of nearly 1 million digital images. Images can be viewed or downloaded using a Macromedia Flash player. Users will need either Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or Explorer 7.0 as well as a downloadable applet. Users will need to register individually with ARTstor in order to download images (ARTstor will prompt users to login or register when attempting to download images).
(Available to KSU authorized users)

Avery Index to Architecture Periodicals
Indexes more than 1,000 periodicals published worldwide on archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation, as well as architecture.
(Available to KSU authorized users)

Berg Fashion Library
Provides integrated text and images on world dress and fashion covering historic periods. The resource includes the Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, e-books, e-journals, museum directories, reference works, and images
(Available to KSU authorized users)

Bibliography of the History of Art
Covers European and American art from late antiquity to the present; it indexes and abstracts art-related books, conference proceedings and dissertations, exhibition and dealer's catalogs, and articles from more than 2,500 periodicals.

Index to 19th Century American Art Periodicals
Indexes 42 art journals published in the US during the 19th century and offers information on popular culture and industry, artists and illustrators, painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, architecture and design, exhibitions and sales, decorations, and collecting. Off-campus access is also available.
(Available to KSU authorized users)

OhioLINK Digital Resource Commons
Provides widespread access to images, sounds, video, numeric data, and other types of media information for the community and the world.
(Available to KSU authorized users)

Oxford Reference Online
Contains entries from over 100 major discipline-related dictionaries and other publications from Oxford University Press. Coverage includes the sciences, foreign languages, art and architecture, politics, business, literature and more. Off-campus access is also available.
(Available to KSU authorized users)


Internet Sites

Art & Architecture Thesaurus Online
Art Cyclopedia
Artsource
New York Foundation for the Arts
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Getty
Great Buildings Collection
Image Search
Perseus Digital Library
Sotheby's
Voice of the Shuttle Art & Art History Page
World Wide Web Virtual Library: Museums
Yahoo Art History

Museums

Akron Art Museum
Art Tower Mito
Butler Institute of American Art
California Museum of Photography
Canton Museum of Art
Cleveland Museum of Art
Dia Center for the Arts
Los Angles County Museum of Art
Louvre Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
National Gallery of Art
WebMuseum, Paris

Local Resources

Libguides:

Books and Audio/Visual Materials in KentLINK ...
with a subject heading of art
with a subject heading of architecture

Periodicals in KentLINK ...
with a subject heading of art--periodicals
with a subject heading of architecture--periodicals

Books and Audio/Visual Materials in OhioLINK ...
with a subject heading of art
with a subject heading of architecture

Periodicals in OhioLINK ...
with a subject heading of art--periodicals
with a subject heading of architecture--periodicals

Electronic Journals for Arts and Humanities

Recent Stark Campus Library Art Purchases

Recent Stark Campus Library Architecture Purchases

Stark Campus Department of Art Web Page
Kent Campus Department of Art Web Page