CMU LibGuides: Art: MFA Thesis: Articles & Databases

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Art & Architecture Thesaurus® Online
Library of Congress Subject Authority Headings
Library Search for Arts, Design and Architecture Research
Guide from Arizona State University Library

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Recommended Resources

Art & Architecture Source This link opens in a new window
Full text journal articles with international coverage, books, image collection and more with a focus on the visual arts and architecture.
Art and Architecture Archive This link opens in a new window
A full-text archive of magazines comprising key research material in the fields of art and architecture, dating from the late-nineteenth century to the twenty-first. Subjects covered include fine art, decorative arts, architecture, interior design, industrial design, and photography. Database Guide
ARTbibliographies Modern This link opens in a new window
Citations and abstracts for journal articles, exhibition catalogs, exhibition reviews, books, dissertations and essays; covers 1974 to present. Database Guide
Artforum Archive This link opens in a new window
Backfile of one of the most influential magazines in the contemporary art world.
Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) This link opens in a new window
Authoritative source abstracts and bibliographic records for articles, news items, and reviews published in design and applied arts periodicals from 1973 onwards. DAAI covers designers and the development of design and the applied arts since the mid-19th century. Database Guide
UbuWeb This link opens in a new window
Important online repository for avant-garde arts, including music, film and video, poetry, writing. UbuWeb is a completely independent resource dedicated to all strains of the avant-garde, ethnopoetics, and outsider arts.

ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Full text of journal articles, conference proceedings, and reviews published by the Association for Computing Machinery.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Academic database covering peer-reviewed journals, book series, and conference proceedings - includes scientific, medical, technical and social science topics, with emphasis on citation analysis.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
O'Reilly for Higher Education This link opens in a new window
Thousands of best-selling, top-rated IT, computing, technology and business books by leading authors. Database Guide

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
Dissertations and theses from around the world, from 1861 to the present, with full text for most added since 1997.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Articles in important academic journals from all disciplines (latest few years not available); also eBooks from leading academic publishers, as well as some images.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
Provides access to databases across all major subject areas, including business, health and medical, social sciences, arts, humanities, religion, education, science, and technology.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the literature of the sciences, social sciences and the arts & humanities providing indexes and links to cited references for each article.

New York Times This link opens in a new window
Full text access to New York Times, 1980 - present. For historical access, go here. New York Times Online articles are here. Fully searchable full page images of issues from 2008 - current (with a 3-month embargo) are available here.
Wall Street Journal (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Articles in major US business newspaper,1984-present, Eastern edition. Historical issues (1851-2006) are here, and Wall Street Journal Online articles are here. Fully searchable full page images from 2008 - current (with a 3-month embargo) are here. Other editions are also available. Type wall street journal in the Publication Browse to see options.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Digital Edition This link opens in a new window
Major daily newspaper of Pittsburgh, PA. First-time CMU users must register. CMU users see detailed access instructions
ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Full-text and full-image articles from old editions of major American newspapers, and some Canadian. Dates vary based upon title, but most range from 19th-late 20th centuries. Titles can be searched individually under "Change Databases."
Newspapers.com World Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides online access to historical newspapers, dating from the early 1700s into the early 2000s. Contains full runs and portions of runs of well-known regional and state titles to small local newspapers in the United States and other countries.
Independent Voices This link opens in a new window
An open access digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals, drawn from the special collections of participating libraries.

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.

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