Research Guides: Visual Arts: Key Resources

Key Resources

Key resources are your best bet when you're looking to get started with research right away. Please read the descriptions carefully and if you are needing further support, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at the library!

Artstor on JSTOR
- Images including painting, photography and sculpture.
- Artstor content is now hosted on the JSTOR platform. To manage images in JSTOR’s workspace, users may wish to register for an individual JSTOR account. If you already have an Artstor account, this is now your JSTOR account.
- Permitted uses
- Subjects include, art, architecture, music, religion, anthropology, literature, world history, American Studies, Asian Studies, Classical Studies, Medieval Studies, and Renaissance Studies.
- Guides for Artstor on JSTOR are available, including video tutorials and steps for
  working with images.
Getty Museum Collection
- Digital images from the Getty available free of charge. Rights are held by the Getty or are in the public domain and can be used for any purpose. No permission is required.
- Terms of Use from Publisher Site
Project MUSE
- Literature and criticism across the humanities and social sciences
- Coverage: 1993-current
- Permitted Uses
Art Index Retrospective
- Contemporary (1929-1984) art history and art journalism in leading English-language sources.
- Find contemporary criticism of art at the time of debut, track the body of work of an artist or movement, find artists interviews and other commentary.
- Permitted Uses
- Includes some French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Dutch sources.
Oxford Art Online
- All aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to present day.
- Find biographies, subject entries, bibliographic citations and image links and images.
- Includes The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, Grove Art Online, Oxford Companion to Western Art and Encyclopedia of Aesthetics.
- Limited to 3 simultaneous users.
- Permitted Uses
iPortal: Indigenous Studies Portal Research Tool
- Collected resources with a focus on First Nations and Indigenous peoples of Canada, and a secondary focus on North American materials and beyond.
- Includes books, articles, theses and documents as well as digitized materials such as photographs, archival resources, maps, etc.