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Article Databases

Art Abstracts
Index to over 300 leading art publications including periodicals, yearbooks, museum bulletins, competition and award notices, exhibition listings, interviews, film reviews, and more; 1984--present; available via FirstSearch.
Arts & Humanities Search
Citation index for over 1,000 journals in the arts and humanities; 1980 -- present; Produced by the Institute for Scientific Information and available via FirstSearch.
Humanities Abstracts
Indexes 400 journals in the humanities (arts, literature, music and history) 1984 - present; available via FirstSearch.

General Art Resources

[BUTTON] Adam
A gateway to art, design, architecture and media information on the Internet. Searchable catalog of 2546 selected resources for academic research. http://www.adam.ac.uk/
[BUTTON] Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts
According to the website, this database provides "over 100,000 abstracts of literature related to the preservation and conservation of material cultural heritage." http://aata.getty.edu/nps/
[BUTTON] Art and Architecture Thesaurus from the Getty Institute
Subject vocabulary for describing and retrieving information on fine art, architecture, decorative art, and material culture. http://shiva.pub.getty.edu/aat_browser/
[BUTTON] Artcyclopedia
An search engine for fine arts on the Internet. http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
[BUTTON] Art History Resources on the Web
A vast collection of links compiled by Chris Witcombe, at Briarcliff, this is a clearly organized and easy-to-use site . http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
[BUTTON] Art Deadlines List
Lists national and international competitions, contests, call for entries/papers, grants, scholarships, fellowships, jobs, internships, etc, in the arts or related areas.
http://rtuh.com/adl
[BUTTON] Arts Wire
News and information for the arts community. http://www.artswire.org
[BUTTON] Artsource
A well-organized index to art sources. http://www.ilpi.com/artsource/general.html
[BUTTON] World Wide Art Resources
This database includes over 9,000 art resources. http://wwar.com/

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Museums

[BUTTON] Louvre
Take a virtual tour of the largest museum in the world. http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm
[BUTTON] Metropolitan Museum of Art
Information on the museum and its collections.
http://www.metmuseum.org
    Timeline of Art History    http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm
[BUTTON] MuseumShops.com
Books and clothing from museum shops all over the world http://www.museumshop.com
[BUTTON] University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaelogy and Anthropology
Worldwide archaeological and ethnographic collections.
http://www.upenn.edu/museum
[BUTTON] Virtual Library Museum Pages
Searchable database of links to museums all over the world, organized geographically. http://www.icom.org/vlmp/

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Art Organizations and Associations

[BUTTON] American Association of Museums
Includes AVISO online employment listings. http://www.aam-us.org
[BUTTON] ARLIS/NA
Art Libraries Society of North America. http://www.arlisna.org
[BUTTON] ArtsEdNet
From the Getty, online materials supporting education in the arts. http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/
[BUTTON] College Art Association
Includes comprehensive reviews of books in art history at CAA Reviews. http://www.collegeart.org
[BUTTON] New York Foundation for the Arts
NYFA Source provides "a searchable database of grants, services, publications and other information for performing, literary, media and visual artists." http://www.nyfa.org/source
[BUTTON] Visual Resources Association
Includes a good collection of links to copyright information on visual resources.

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Online Art Journals

[BUTTON] Arts Journal
A daily digest of arts and culture news, culled from over 100 sources. http://artsjournal.com/
[BUTTON]ARTFORUM
View the current issue of this important contemporary art journal online. http://www.artforum.com
[BUTTON] fineArt forum
A source for information on new media arts and technology. The oldest e-zine for art on the Internet. http://www.msstate.edu/Fineart_Online/home.html
[BUTTON]Communication Arts
Online version of the print magazine for the graphic arts. http://www.commarts.com
[BUTTON]Journal of Contemporary Art
Interviews, projects and discussions online. http://www.jca-online.com
[BUTTON]Leonardo
Online journal of art, science, and technology. http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-journals/Leonardo/

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Photography

[BUTTON] American Museum of Photography
Online exhibits from the history of the daguerreotype to the portraiture of dogs. http://www.photographymuseum.com/
[BUTTON] George Eastman International Museum of Photography
Photography, motion picture and technology collections accessible via this site, including a history of photography. http://www.eastman.org/
[BUTTON] Images of the Southwest
A photography collection from the University of Arizona library http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/images/images_of_the_sw.html
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Architecture

[BUTTON] Architecture and Building Resources by Topic
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas has collected an excellent collection of resources related to all things architecture.  http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/rsrce/webrsrce/contents.html
[BUTTON] Spiro
Searchable database of the Architecture Slide Library at the University of California, Berkeley, over 13,000 thumbnail images. http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/query_forms/browse
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Image Collections

[BUTTON] American Memory Project
The Library of Congress' searchable digital library representing the American history in manuscripts, movies and photographs. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
[BUTTON] Smithsonian Institution Art & Design
View multiple online exhibitions on topics as wide ranging as gardens, photography, and Latino art.   http://www.si.edu/art_and_design/
[BUTTON] Perseus Project
Over 33,000 images of the ancient world, through art and archaelogy. Good visual library of coins, vases and architecture. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/art&arch.html>
[BUTTON] WebMuseum Network
Includes images, artists' biographies, and special exhibits. http://sunsite.unc.edu/wm/
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Regional Arts

[BUTTON] The Collector's Guide: Sharing the Art of New Mexico
Provides online art tours of Santa Fe, Taos, and Albuquerque, and details on museums, galleries, studios and other information for art collectors. http://www.collectorsguide.com
[BUTTON] Idea of the Icon: NMSU Retablo Collection
View one of the largest collections of retablos (religious art of the Southwest) in North America. http://crl.nmsu.edu/Research/Projects/retablos/Newretablo.html
[BUTTON] Museum of New Mexico
Links to the institution's many museums and monuments. http://www.museumofnewmexico.org/
[BUTTON] Museum of International Folk Art
Features online exhibits of Hispanic arts and folk arts from all over the world. http://www.moifa.org/
[BUTTON] New Mexico's Cultural Treasures
A database of New Mexico museums, parks and monuments with a calendar of events. http://www.nmculture.org/HTML/direct.htm

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