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This database offers full text plus abstracts and indexing of an international array of peer-selected publications—now with expanded coverage of Latin American, Canadian, Asian and non-Western art, new artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews, and feminist criticism. 

Art Museum Image Gallery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • High quality indexing of more than 500 periodicals as far back as 1984, many of them peer-reviewed.

  • In-depth—50 to 300 words—abstracts written by Wilson staff for every article indexed.

  • Full text of articles from nearly 200 journals as far back as 1997.

  • Visit our Journal Directory for a searchable list of the journals covered.

  • Search using the subject thesaurus developed specifically for Wilson’s art databases.

  • Coverage of fine, decorative and commercial art.

  • International in scope: covers periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Dutch as well as English–many of them peer-reviewed.

  • Indexing of art reproductions helps researchers focus on a single artist or find individual works.

  • Invaluable for students, educators, curators, art historians, and art lovers.

  • Links to websites cited by articles help users find related information and images.

  • Intuitive, fast, precise searching makes your periodicals collection more accessible and valuable.

  • Uniform name authority control (Details) makes searching easy and reliable.

  • Search with the Art Museum Image Gallery for access to 100,000+ images.

  • Search with Art Index Retrospective for more than 70 years of art history through the present day.

  • Wilson quality indexing and abstracting—done by professionals with art history qualifications—guarantees user satisfaction with search results.

  • Daily updates on WilsonWeb make research timely. (Monthly on WilsonDisc.)
     

Now Featuring WilsonLink SFX-Powered Technology

When you search Art Full Text on WilsonWeb, you get seamless links to full text articles on any of your library’s reference databases that are OpenURL compliant—at no additional charge.

 

Just click a special WilsonLink icon for automatic links to your other databases—no matter what the vendor. You don’t need additional hardware—WilsonWeb integrates your electronic collection with a supplemental search of all OpenURL compliant resources. In addition, WilsonLink provides extended services including an Internet search and document delivery options.


 

Wide range of subject coverage
Advertising Art • Antiques • Archaeology • Architecture & Architectural History • Art History • Contemporary Art • Costume • Crafts • Decorative Arts • Folk Art • Graphic Arts • Industrial Design • Interior Design • Landscape Architecture • Motion Pictures • Museology • Non-Western Art • Painting • Photography • Pottery • Sculpture • Television • Textiles • Video

Art Full Text Helps Busy Librarians Answer Questions Like These

  • What is happening with the redevelopment of Ground Zero?

  • What do Art Historians think of "The DaVinci Code"?

  • I'd like to learn about collecting photographs—where should I look?

  • I'd like to read about the impact of the Iraq War on cultural treasures in the country. Can you help me find some articles?

  • I have to write a paper on Michelangelo-- where can I find articles with illustrations of his works?

  • I would like to learn about the Japanese dyeing technique called shibori—can you help me?

  • Who won the Pritzker Architecture Prize last year?

  • How can I find some information about the Venice Biennale?

  • I saw the exhibition "The Quilts of Gees Bend" at the Whitney Museum a few years ago. Can you help me find some reviews of this show?

 

 Also Available

 

 

Art Index Retrospective: 1929-1984
Search 55 years of art journalism at a keystroke! Combine with Art Full Text and The Art Museum Image Gallery for art power searching of articles and images.

Art Museum Image Gallery
A digital library of art images and multimedia gathered from distinguished museum collections. Over 100,000 images, rights-cleared for educational use.

Art Abstracts
This database presents the same indexing and abstracts offered in Art Full Text, but without links to full text articles. The same journals are covered.
Art Abstracts is updated daily on WilsonWeb, monthly on WilsonDisc.

Art Index
This database presents the same indexing offered in Art Full Text, but without the abstracts or the links to full text articles. Art Index is updated daily on WilsonWeb and monthly on WilsonDisc, and is also available in print.

 

Praise for Art Index!

"The H.W. Wilson Company has decades of experience in indexing journals, and the quality of the database entries is very high. … Indexing is very current.... Indexing is also very thorough."--Curator (July 2008)
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"A highly viable arts resource. Couple it with subscriptions to Art Index Retrospective and...the AMICO Library...and you'll significantly enhance the lives of your serious arts researchers."
NetConnect/
Library Journal

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"An invaluable resource for students and art lovers. It will enable school library media centers that have a limited collection of art periodicals to provide access to a broad range of art literature."
School Library Journal
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"Any college, university or large public library should have this….any special museum library should purchase it…." 
American Reference Books Annual

 
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Art Museum Image Gallery
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