Databases & E-Reference Materials

Includes materials on traditional art, art history, archaeology, architecture, fashion design, interior design, visual art, folk art, film, and non-western art. Materials indexed include journal articles, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. Includes multi-lingual material.

Indexes periodicals published worldwide on architecture, archaeology, interior design, and historic preservation. Covers the international scholarly and popular periodical literature, including the publications of professional associations, US state and regional periodicals, major serial publications in the architecture and design of Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Australia.

This encyclopedia discusses the fundamental principles, theories, and methodologies that impact nanosystem design innovations in nanostructured materials, nanodevices, and system architectures. Emphasis is on the potential and impact of the nanotechnology field.

Signed biographical articles which describe and assess the careers of Irish individuals in all fields of endeavor, including politics, law, religion, literature, journalism, architecture, painting, music, the stage, science, medicine, engineering, entertainment and sport.

Provides access to works from history, geography, various social sciences, fine arts, music, art, architecture, medicine, science, technology, literature, language, religion, philosophy, and law. Resources include books, pamphlets, broadsides, and reference works. Significant English-language and foreign-language titles printed in the UK, along with important works from the Americas, are included. ECCO is based on The English Short Title Catalog (ESTC).

Focusing on architecture from all regions of the world, this three-volume set profiles the twentieth century's vast chronicle of architectural achievements, both within and well beyond the theoretical confines of modernism. The text examines the complexities of rapidly changing global conditions that have dispersed modern architectural types, movements, styles, and building practices across traditional geographic and cultural boundaries.

The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art deals with all aspects of American art and architecture from Native American art to Colonial art to contemporary American art. Includes articles on all subject areas in American fine art, including biographies of major artists, architects and patrons, architecture, painting, new media, photography, sculpture, installation art, performance art, new media art, art education, and more.

A comprehensive reference resource for the visual arts of the Classical period. This encyclopedia provides art historical and cultural information about art forms, artists, rulers, philosophers, architecture, renowned works of art, archaeological sites, and stylistic developments. Encompassing over four thousand years of artistry and innovation, the text spans every art form, medium, and civilization from Cycladic, Minoan, Helladic, and Etruscan art to the fall of the Roman Empire.

This reference work offers over 1,600 entries on Islamic art and architecture ranging from the Middle East to Central and South Asia, Africa, and Europe and spans over a thousand years of history. Entries provide in-depth art historical and cultural information about dynasties, art forms, artists, architecture, rulers, monuments, archaeological sites, and stylistic developments. In addition, over 500 illustrations of sculpture, mosaic, painting, ceramics, architecture, metalwork, and calligraphy illuminate the rich artistic tradition of the Islamic world.