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The Edmon Low Library offers books, research databases, and journals online and in print for researching art and design. Get help via chat or contact the librarian with your research questions.
Art & Architecture Complete
Full-text coverage of 380 periodicals and 200+ books. Includes cover-to-cover indexing for 780+ academic journals, magazines, and trade publications; selective coverage for 70 additional publications; and 63,000+ images
Artforum Archive
Six decades of Artforum International (1962-2020), the leading contemporary art magazine featuring coverage of international art in all media, with reviews, interviews, and reporting on artists, exhibitions, and art world trends.
JSTOR
Full-text access for over 17 million journal articles, books, documents, and research reports in a variety of disciplines. JSTOR's AI-based interactive research tool is currently in beta. Users can visit this page for more information and sign up to use the tool.
JSTOR Images
With approximately 300 collections composed of over 2 million images, scholars can examine wide-ranging material such as Native American art from the Smithsonian, treasures from the Louvre, and panoramic, 360-degree views of the Hagia Sophia in a single, easy-to-use resource. Get help Searching: Images on JSTOR
Archivision
The Archivision Digital Research Library currently comprises over 100,000 images of (landscape and regular) architecture, archaeological sites, gardens, urban design, and art.
Archives of American Art
Since 1954, the Archives of American Art have collected and preserved more than 20 million letters, photographs, diaries, financial records, audiovisual recordings, and more in order to provide primary sources that encompass the last 200 years of U.S. visual arts. The collection is updated every year, as new art is produced, and older items are digitized.
Archives of Sexuality and Gender
The Archives of Sexuality and Gender houses both personal and historical collections that explore the growth of the LGBTQ community since 1940. With interviews, gay and lesbian newspapers, and periodicals, the Archive explores topics such as the AIDS Crisis, the Stonewall Riots, and how these events affected both individuals and organizations in the LGBTQ community at that time.
Black Studies Center
Consisting of scholarly journals, historical indexes, and reference books, the Black Studies Center provides information from the Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, the Black Studies Periodicals Database, The Chicago Defender (1910-75), the Black Literature Index, and more.
Bibliography of the History of Art
Beginning in 1991, this bibliographical database covers European and American visual arts materials, including articles from over 1,200 journals that cover material published between 1975 and 2007.
OpenBibArt: History of Art Bibliography
OpenBibArt reviews the literature on arts from Late Antiquity to the present day, providing access to close to 1.2 million of records (not full text) of periodicals, books, exhibition and auction catalogues, published between 1910 and 2007. It is a collaboration between the INHA, GRI, and the Inist-CNRS.
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African American Newspapers, Series 1
Digitized collection of 280 African American newspapers from 35+ states, covering 1827–1998. Fully searchable with articles, ads, obituaries, editorials, and more.
Indigenous Newspapers in North America
Including national periodicals to local community and student publications, the database contains a diverse collection of print journalism from the indigenous people of U.S. and Canada. It contains more than 9,000 individual editions published between 1828-2016, with 45 unique titles that are bilingual and indigenous-language editions, such as the Hawaiian, Cherokee, and Navajo languages.
Bloomsbury Fashion Business Cases
Bloomsbury Fashion Central is a vibrant online platform catering to interdisciplinary fashion and dress research. Peer-reviewed content features major reference works, scholarly eBooks, case studies, lesson plans, and exclusive articles. With curated images, runway photos, and video content, it offers a comprehensive educational resource endorsed by industry and academic experts.
Ethnic NewsWatch Collection
Provides full-text access to current ethnic and minority press newspapers, magazines, and journals, plus historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989.
Newspaper Source Plus
Provides a full-text digital collection of the world's major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers, newswires, and news magazines. In addition, it offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources.
New York Times Historical
Explore a comprehensive collection of archive materials from The New York Times, spanning from 1851 to four years before the current year. This collection contains a diverse array of content including front page stories, full articles, advertisements, obituaries, editorials, sports, cultural insights, letters to the editor, and more.
Vogue Archive
The Vogue Archive offers the entire collection of U.S. Vogue from 1892 to the present, featuring articles, editorials, covers, and ads. Its precise indexing includes company and brand names, dress items, and image contributors. Indexed full-page photos are provided by Conde Nast, making it valuable for research in art, design, fashion history, and more.
World Newspaper Archive
Representing the largest fully searchable collection of historical newspapers from around the globe, the World Newspaper Archive was created in partnership between Readex, a division of NewsBank, and the Center for Research Libraries to advance research opportunities across a wide range of academic disciplines.