Resources Online

Notes on Online Art and Architecture Research

A great starting point is Northwestern Library's Einstein Northwestern Community Only (Restricted Access Resource) , which lets you search multiple databases simultaneously. Go to CrossSearch and select "Art and Architecture" from the pull-down subjects menu on the left to see a list of databases, then click the box next to each database you want to include and enter a search term in the box. Some databases will require a Northwestern NetID and password for access from off-campus.

Links to more online resources:

Databases and Catalogs
Image Collections
Copyright Information
Other Institutions' Sites

Northwestern University Library Virtual Reference Collection

Databases and Catalogs

Art Abstracts Northwestern Community Only (Restricted Access Resource)
Art Index Retrospective Northwestern Community Only (Restricted Access Resource)
ARTbibliographies Modern Northwestern Community Only (Restricted Access Resource)
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals Northwestern Community Only (Restricted Access Resource)
BHA: Bibliography of the History of Art
Northwestern Community Only (Restricted Access Resource)
DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index Northwestern Community Only (Restricted Access Resource)
Index of Christian Art Northwestern Community Only (Restricted Access Resource)
Index to Nineteenth-Century American Art Periodicals Northwestern Community Only (Restricted Access Resource)
Projekt Dyabola: Subject Catalogue of the German Archaeological Institute in Rome Northwestern Community Only (Restricted Access Resource)

Image Collections

ARTstor Northwestern Community Only (Restricted Access Resource)
American Museum of Photography
AP Photo Archive

The Artchive

Great Buildings Collection Online
Himalayan Art Resources
Library of Congress American Memory Collections: Art & Architecture
Library of Congress on Flickr
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
Saskia Image Archive (from CARLI)
SPIRO: Architecture Image Library, University of California, Berkeley

Technical Advisory Service for Images (TASI) Image Sites Database
TASI Guide to Searching the Internet for Images

Copyright Information

U.S. Copyright Office
Artists Rights Society
Current Copyright Readings
Copyright & Fair Use, Stanford University
Copyright Management Center, IUPUI
Copyright Resources Online, Yale University

Other Institutions' Sites

American Masters (PBS)
Archives of American Art (Smithsonian)
Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library (Columbia University)
Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide
Royal Institute of British Architects
MIT Rotch Library
Yale University Art & Architecture Library
Penn State Architecture Library
Architecture Web Resources from UNLV Architecture Studies Library

Last reviewed: January 22, 2008