LibGuides: Art and Design: Getting started

Best Bets for Art and Design Research

When you are doing research on art and art history topics at CSUDH, you will need to search in databases that cover more than just these topics. Below you will find some general humanities databases that include articles on art, art history, and design.

Oxford Art Online (Grove) This link opens in a new window Access to very useful general reference sources including the Grove Dictionary of Art, the Benezit Dictionary of Artists, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. It also includes peer-reviewed articles and images of artworks, buildings, and architectural plans.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window Core journals in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and mathematics. Includes some primary sources and book reviews. A great place to find older, digitized issues. Recent issues are not always available in JSTOR.
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Project Muse This link opens in a new window Full text journals and books in the social sciences and humanities. Great for literature, history, gender studies, and ethnic studies research.
Fine Arts (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window Search for articles, many of which are available full-text, in the fields of drama, music, art history and film.
Humanities (Full Text) This link opens in a new window Use this database to find full-text articles from humanities disciplines including history, literature, art history, philosophy, film studies, and more.

A Short Guide to Writing about Art by Sylvan Barnet
ISBN: 0316082147
Publication Date: 1981-01-01
Key Benefit: "A Short Guide to Writing About Art, Eighth Edition," the best-selling book of its kind, equips students to analyze pictures (drawings, paintings, photographs), sculptures and architecture, and prepares them with the tools they need to present their ideas in effective writing. Key Topics: This concise yet thorough guide to " seeing and saying" addresses a wealth of fundamental matters, such as distinguishing between description and analysis, writing a comparison, using peer review, documenting sources, and editing the final essay. Market: This book is a perfect complement to any art course where writing is involved