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Art

Art History
Biographies of Artists
Color
Digital Images and Stock Photos
Drawing
Graphic Design
Library Databases for researching Art and Design topics
Museums & Online Collections
Online Journals

See also: Period Design


Art History
Artcyclopedia
Art Nouveau World Wide
By the People, For the People posters of the WPA
History of Art collection from the WWW Virtual Library of Art
Mother of All Art & Art History Links
Perseus Digital Library art and architecture of the Greco-Roman World
Retrolounge
SmARThistory.com an online art history textbook site
Taoism and the Arts of China
Timeline of Art History: World regions broken down by time period from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Biographies of Artists
Artist Biographies from the Timelines of Art History
American Masters a PBS series about famous Americans
Artcyclopedia: Search for a specific artist, or browse by art movements 
Modern & Contermporary Artists and Art
National Museum of Women in the Arts, and Clara, the database of women artists (international scope)
Oxford Art Online. This online database provides biographies and criticism of major art works and artists throughout history. See your library staff for access.
World Wide Art Resources

Library Databases
ProQuest Central Full-text articles from over 8,000 periodicals and journals on a wide variety of topics. Include depth of coverage in journals for specific trades and industries and international news.
Academic Search Premier Full-text articles from academic journals related to general education subjects, including social and hard sciences, communications, area studies, history and media. The focus for this collection is published research.
LexisNexis Academic Full-text news and media articles from a wide range of local, regional and national news outlets, plus full-text legal content, laws, codes and statutes.
Oxford Art Online Full-text popular art reference titles, including Grove Art Online, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Artist biographies, criticism of major works and articles about movements, periods and forms. The portal also includes links to images, galleries and online collections.
Points of View Reference Center Full-text essays presenting multiple sides of hot and controversial issues. The essays present a balanced approach and include content from all sides of the spectrum and from a wide range of sources.
Computer Source Premier Covers the IT, MIS, software and hardware industries and includes product and software reviews.
Business Source Premier Full-text articles from academic journals related to all aspect of business, economics and finance. Includes the trade journals from nearly every industry.
NetLibrary Full-text online books

Museums & Collections
Art Crimes: the Writing on the Wall (graffitti)
Art Image Browser
Art Lex dictionary of visual arts
Art Resource is a fine art photo archive with links to museum sites and galleries
Art on the Web searchable index of online art resources
Costume Gallery Research Library
Dezignare Directory of Art and Design Museums
Digital Library for the Deocrative Arts and Material Culture
Directory of Illustration
Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus
MoMA: Museum of Modern Art
Museum Computer Network
Museum of Comics and Cartoon Art
National Gallery of Art
Smithsonian Archives of American Art
VoS: Voice of the Shuttle: Modern and contemporary art resources

Online Journals
Absolute Arts current trends
American Society for Aesthetics
Art a Go Go
ArtDaily.com
ArtForum
Arts Journal
ArtNet
The Art Newspaper covering issues affecting art throughout the world
Asian Art Newspaper for collectors & galleries
Axis contemporary art resources
Communication Arts
Latin Art Journal
Writing About Art