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Periodical Databases Back to Top
America: History and Life 
Journal articles, book reviews, dissertations, and more about the U.S. and Canada from prehistory to the present.
Art Abstracts
Includes topics in fine arts, architecture, art history, fashion design, and more.
Education Research Complete
Indexes over 1,800 journals, with full text for over 1000 journals, in all areas of education. Includes full text for more than 130 books and numerous education-related conference papers. Provided by SUNYConnect.
ERIC
Citations and abstracts in education; also available through the U.S. Department of Education (provided by SUNYConnect).
Ethnic Newswatch
Newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Spanish language version also available.
Historical Abstracts
Periodical articles, books, and dissertations about world history from 1450 to the present, excluding the U.S. and Canada.
Humanities International Complete
Covers journals and other important resources in the humanities. Provided by SUNYConnect.
JSTOR
Archive of back issues from scholarly journals in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
Web of Science
Search for citations to scholarly journal articles in all subject areas. Conduct cited reference searches for articles that cite a previously published work. (1970 - present)
Reference Back to Top
Reference Books: Art
An active catalog link for reference books in this subject. Reference books are located in the Information Commons room (map).
Art and Architecture: Oxford Reference Online
Academic dictionaries and reference books; includes sources for design and decorative arts.
Oxford Art Online/Grove Art Online 
Art reference sources including Grove Art Online, an encyclopedia covering visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present.
Art and Architecture Thesaurus - AAT
AAT is a structured vocabulary of around 34,000 concepts, including 131,000 terms, descriptions, bibliographic citations, and other information relating to fine art, architecture, decorative arts, archival materials, and material culture.
Artcyclopedia
Collection of exhibits and museums worldwide searchable by artist, artwork, or museum.
ArtLex: Art Dictionary
Over 3,000 definitions, with numerous illustrations, quotations, and links to other resources.
AskART
Database of over 50,000 American artists, including biographies and images of paintings. Also contains a glossary, art topic essays, and information on art museums, galleries, auction houses, and more.
Grove Art Online (Now contained in Oxford Art Online)
Union List of Artist Names - ULAN
ULAN is a structured vocabulary containing around 120,000 records, including 293,000 names and biographical and bibliographic information about artists and architects, including variant names, pseudonyms, and language variants.
Web Sites Back to Top
ACLS Humanities E-Book
Searchable collection of over 2,200 academic electronic books, covering many aspects of history and the humanities (mid 1800s – present).
Artenero.com.au: The Creative Metalworking Website
Technical descriptions of metalworking techniques used in art and design. Divided into sections on basic information and detailed ("main") topics. The Basics features categories such as Designs for Casting, Bronze, Choosing a Foundry, and more. Main Topics categories include Patterns, Mouldmaking, Waxworking, Kiln & Casting, Metals, Finishing, and more.
ArtsEdNet
The Getty Center in California provides this art education Web site with lesson plans, an online discussion group, and links to related Web sites.
ARTstor
Digital images and information about works of visual art, including architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design from many times and cultures. For more information, also see An Introduction to ARTstor.
CAMIO (Catalog of Art Museum Images Online)
A growing collection of paintings, photographs, prints, sculpture, drawings, architecture, textiles, decorative arts and more, from prominent art museums (including the Albright-Knox). Images from many cultures and time periods are available.
Catalogue of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts
This site provides title, author, keyword, and date access to digitized medieval manuscript collections from Europe, North America, Japan, and Australia. Prepared by a team from UCLA.
Digital Librarian: A Librarian's Choice of the Best of the Web - Art
This is an alphabetical list of sites containing art images.
Films On Demand 
Over 5,000 academic-level educational streaming videos covering most subject areas, from Films Media Group.
Librarians Internet Index: Arts and Humanities
A searchable, annotated list of Internet resources on topics such as aesthetics, crafts, photography, textiles, and art.
LIFE Photo Archive Hosted by Google
Millions of photographs and images from the archives of Life and Time magazines.
netLibrary
Search the contents of thousands of books online.
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
The New York Public Library has developed this image database to provide free and open online access to thousands of images from the original and rare holdings of their specialized Research Libraries. Spanning a wide range of visual media, the NYPL Digital Gallery offers digital images of drawings, illuminated manuscripts, maps, photographs, posters, prints, rare illustrated books, and more.
VADS: The Online Source for Visual Arts
The Visual Arts Data Service (VADS) features a portfolio of visual arts collections with over 100,000 digital images, searchable by keyword, theme, collection, etc. From the Farnham Campus of the University College for the Creative Arts, UK.
Virtual Library Museums Pages
Provides links to museums' Web pages worldwide.
Voice of the Shuttle: Art (Modern and Contemporary)
Links to hundreds of sites including galleries and exhibitions, auctions, artists and works, art theory and politics, course syllabi, and teaching resources.
Audubon Birds of America
Digital version of John James Audubon's Birds of America from the University of Pittsburgh collection.
Government Resources Back to Top
National Endowment for the Arts
The NEA supports artists and the arts in America through grants, fellowships, partnerships, and publications.
Local Resources Back to Top
Art Conservation Department at Buffalo State College
Art Education Department at Buffalo State College
Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie County
Artvoice
Local publication.
Design Department at Buffalo State College
Fine Arts Department at Buffalo State College
Galleries and Museums
A list of local galleries and Museums by the Arts Council in Buffalo and Erie County.
Interior Design Department at Buffalo State College
Professional Organizations Back to Top
Interior Design Professional Organizations
A list of professional organizations compiled by the Interior Design Department at Buffalo State College.
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