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Recommended Databases for Art History

JSTOR
JSTOR is a digital library of academic content in many formats and disciplines. The collections include top peer-reviewed scholarly journals as well as respected literary journals, academic monographs, research reports from trusted institutes, and diverse primary sources.
Arts & Humanities Database(Proquest)
Arts & Humanities Database complements the ProQuest Arts and Humanities portfolio, providing online access to 400 contemporary specialist arts titles combined with journals from related fields including ethnic studies, women’s studies, sociology, cultural studies, and more.
Fine Arts (Gale OneFile)
Periodical database for serious students of drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.
Calisphere
Calisphere is a gateway to digital collections from California's great libraries, archives, and museums. Discover over 1,700,000 images, texts, and recordings—and counting.
Online Archive of California
The OAC is a website that provides free public access to detailed descriptions of primary source collections (artwork, manuscripts, papers, historic photographs, and so on) maintained by more than 200 libraries, special collections, archives, historical societies, and museums throughout California -- including collections maintained by the 10 University of California (UC) campuses.

The OAC is a core component of the University of California's California Digital Library (CDL) and is administered by the Publishing and Special Collections Group.
Smithsonian Open Access
You can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking. With new platforms and tools, you have easier access to more than 3 million 2D and 3D digital items from our collections—with many more to come. This includes images and data from across the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo.
Films on Demand
Access to thousands of video titles in a variety of disciplines.

A-Z list of Art Databases
A list of article databases that are connected to Art available through the Cypress College Library.

Sample of Art Journals at the Library

Artnews
Call Number: Periodicals
Artforum
Call Number: Periodicals
Apature
Call Number: Available in print & Online

ISBN: 9781597115698
American Craft
Call Number: Periodicals
Architectural Digest
Call Number: Periodicals
Ceramic Monthly
Call Number: Periodicals
Ceramic Review
Call Number: Periodicals