CMU LibGuides: Art: Art Reference Resources

Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
An illustrated, encyclopedic work containing 45,000 articles with bibliographies, written by more than 6,800 international scholars on all aspects of the visual arts from prehistory to the present day.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Encyclopedias and dictionaries on a wide variety of subjects.
Berg Fashion Library This link opens in a new window
A unique source covering all aspects of world dress and fashion throughout history.
Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture This link opens in a new window
An illustrated encyclopedia work supporting the artistic tradition of the Islamic world.

Art & Artists Files in the Smithsonian Libraries Collections
The Smithsonian Institution Libraries artists' files includes exhibition announcements, newspaper and magazine clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, illustrations, résumés, artists' statements, and exhibition catalogs.
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Discover the story of art and global culture through The Met collection.

UbuWeb This link opens in a new window
Important online repository for avant-garde arts, including music, film and video, poetry, writing. It has working relationships with Anthology Archives, WFMU, Roulette, and other experimental music and art organizations. UbuWeb is a completely independent resource dedicated to all strains of the avant-garde, ethnopoetics, and outsider arts.