A digital library of high quality arts and humanities images covering art from all over the world and all eras. Includes art history survey, plus specialized image collections such as the Larry Qualls archive of contemporary art images and the Digital Design Collection from the Museum of Modern Art's Department of Architecture and Design. (Tip: Works best with Firefox. Requires most recent version of Java.)
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Provides biographical and professional data on over 120,000 American artists from the early 16th century through the present. Includes images, artists' biographies, and limited auction records.
An index to international journal articles covering architectural design, history and practice, landscape architecture, historic preservation, interior design, and urban planning. Includes citations from the Burnham Index to Architectural Literature. Includes publications from 1930s to the present with selective coverage dating back to the 1860s
Provides citations to journal articles, dissertations, book chapters, books, conference proceedings, and exhibition catalogs covering most aspects of European and American art and architecture from late antiquity to the present. Abstracts are in French or English. Includes citations from the following sources: the International Repertory of the Literature of Art (1974-1989), BHA (1990-2007), and the International Bibliography of Art (2008- 2009). (Tip: Free access. Available to everyone.)
A digital library of high-quality art, cultural, and historical images from museums, galleries, and private collections. Covers most aspects of art, archaeology and ethnography, history, and science medicine from prehistoric and ancient times to the present day. Content is rights-cleared for educational use in the classroom or to illustrate papers and other assignments.
Contains full text for all content from Environmental Building News published since 1992, high performance building case studies, and the complete directory of green building products listed in GreenSpec®.
High quality images of fine and decorative art from leading museums around the world. Covers art from around the world from 3000 BCE to the present. Difficult-to-find contemporary art is one of its strengths. Content is rights-cleared for educational use in the classroom or to illustrate papers, web projects and other assignments.
Access to premium content from the Chronicle of Higher Education, including the website, archives, weekly magazine, the annual Almanac, and e-mail newsletters.
Access to the premium content of the Chronicle of Philanthropy, including news, trend analysis, and fundraising strategies
A comprehensive image archive of movie, television and entertainment history covering the late 19th century to present. Includes film and television production stills, posters and lobby cards, video clips, biographical information, and more. Content is rights-cleared for educational use in the classroom or to illustrate papers, web projects and other assignments.
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