Databases & E-Reference Materials

Art History: The Key Concepts is a systematic and reliable reference guide to the disciplines of art history and visual culture.

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.

This bibliographic database indexes scholarly literature regarding fine, decorative, and commercial art. It includes over 600 indexed publications and over 25,000 indexed book reviews. Subjects covered include art history, folk art, motion pictures, pottery, textiles, photography, non-western art, painting, archaeology, and more. 

American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language (ARTFL) covers classic works of French literature, non-fiction prose, and technical writing from the 13th through the 20th century. Some full text is available.

General database covering all subject areas, including business, science, humanities, social science, medicine, technology, and popular culture. Provides citations to more than 12,600 academic journals and magazines.

Repository of over two million images that include collections from a wide variety of civilizations, time-periods, and media. The images are drawn from different sources, such as museums, archaeological teams, photo archives, slide collections, and art reference publishers.

Artstor's content, key features, and functionality are moving to JSTOR. The Artstor platform will be retired on August 1, 2024. 

ArXiv.org is an open-access repository containing over 2 million electronic preprints and postprints. ArXiv.org is maintained by Cornell University, but does not perform peer-review on submitted preprint articles. Scientific fields covered include mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, physics, electrical engineering, economics, and statistics. 

Asahi Shimbun AJW is an English language, open access, digital version of The Asahi Shimbun AJW, Japan's daily newspaper. AJW originally stood for Asahi Japan Watch, but now it represents Asia and Japan Watch to better reflect the editorial policy of offering in-depth coverage of China, the Korean Peninsula and the rest of Asia, in addition to extensive coverage of Japanese politics, business, and society.

This database is an online tool for locating articles across all disciplines of civil engineering. It provides access to more than 80,000 full text articles from ASCE Journals and Proceedings.

Content from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, including journals, conference papers, and eBooks. Full text is available.