A-Z Database List
A-Z Database List
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Historical Newspapers
- New York Times, Historical (1851-3 year ago) This link opens in a new windowFull page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. Learn more about this database
- Saint Louis Post-Dispatch (1874 - 2003) This link opens in a new windowContains full text of the newspaper St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1874-2003 including its title variants. Learn more about this database
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Two local library systems (St. Louis Public Library and St. Louis County Library) have access to Newspapers.com. For either system, you can live anywhere in the St. Louis metro area in Missouri and get a library card for free.
The Newspapers.com database offers more than 10,000 digitized newspaper titles for large and small communities in the U.S. as well as newspapers in Canada, Australia, Ireland, the British Isles and Panama, from the early 1700s into the early 2000s. Includes the St. Louis Globe Democrat. Date ranges vary by publication.
SLCL (get a card). Newspapers.com
SLPL (get a card). Newspapers.com
Vogue Archive
The Vogue Archive is a complete searchable archive of American Vogue, from the first issue in 1892 to the current month, reproduced in high-resolution color page images. Every page, advertisement, cover and fold-out has been included.
Tip: Use Advanced Search to find images by garment type, designer or brand names and photographer or illustrator.
Remote Resources for Art and Architecture
Art journals in the WU Catalog | Art Ejournals
Art & Design Databases
find articles, reviews, case studies and more
- ARTbibliographies Modern (1974 - ) This link opens in a new windowJournal index covering a large range of modern and contemporary art. Learn more about this database
- Arts Premium Collection This link opens in a new windowThe Arts Premium Collection provides cross-searchable access to thousands of journal titles, ensuring deep searches of extensive international collections in specialist subject areas not covered in more general databases. Includes the Art, Design & Architecture Collection. This collection includes the specialist indexes ARTbibliographies Modern (covering modern and contemporary art), Design and Applied Arts Index (for all aspects of design and crafts) and the International Bibliography of Art (covering scholarship on Western art history), together with a complementary collection of current full-text journals, Arts and Humanities Full Text.
- Art Full Text (1984-) This link opens in a new windowArticles from major art and architecture periodicals, with an emphasis on those in English. Includes a total of 378 periodicals with the full text of 93 journals back to January 1997. Updated monthly.
- Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (1934-) This link opens in a new windowJournal index covers more than 1,000 periodicals published worldwide on archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation, as well as architecture. Learn more about this database
- Center for Health DesignOrganization dedicated to improving healthcare design. *WUSTL users can gain access to research literature by creating an account with your @wustl.edu email and indicating that you are affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis. The 'Insights & Solutions' includes research reports and issue briefs, interviews, case studies, design strategies, lessons learned, infographics, key point summaries, and webinars.
Art History Databases
- Art Index Retrospective (1929-1984) This link opens in a new windowJournal index of over 600 major art and architecture periodicals .
- Art Full Text (1984-) This link opens in a new windowArticles from major art and architecture periodicals, with an emphasis on those in English. Includes a total of 378 periodicals with the full text of 93 journals back to January 1997. Updated monthly.
- OpenBibArt This link opens in a new windowIncludes a wide range of citations from among nearly 1.2 million journal articles, books, and exhibition and auction sales catalogues published between 1910 and 2007 on topics in the arts and archeology from late Antiquity to the mid-2000s. Cross-search information from four combined datasets: Répertoire d’Art et d’Archéologie (RAA), The National Institute for Art History (INHA), Répertoire International de la Littérature de l’Art/International Repertory of the Literature of Art (RILA), and the Bibliographie d’Histoire de l’Art/Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA).
- International Bibliography of Art (2008-) This link opens in a new windowIBA is the successor to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA), and includes the most recent index records that were created by the Getty Research Institute as part of BHA. Covers the history of art, decorative arts, museum studies, and conservation. Learn more about this database
- Anthropology Plus This link opens in a new windowCitations to articles and essays in anthropology and archaeology, from works published in English and other European languages, 19th century to present. Contains both Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and Anthropological Index, Royal Anthropological Institute, UK.
Multidisciplinary Databases
- Academic Search Complete (1975-present) This link opens in a new windowCovers topics in most areas of academic study. Full-text provided for over 10,000 publications, with over 7,850 peer-reviewed. Abstracts and indexing available for over 13,780 journals in the collection.
- Project MUSE Premium collection This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive collection of peer reviewed, interdisciplinary journals from leading university presses, not-for-profit publishers and prestigious scholarly societies.
Journals can be searched individually, in groups, or all together.
Art Exhibition Reviews
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowSearch newspapers for exhibition reviews.
Ex. Select News tab, Source Type: All News
"kiki smith" and "art review"
"kiki smith" and exhibitions
- ArtBibliographies ModernSearch art journals for contemporary art exhibition reviews.
Ex. "rashid johnson"; Document Type: Exhibition Review. - Art Full TextSearch art journals for exhibition reviews.
Ex. "ellen galagher"; Doc. Type: Exhibit - GoogleSearch the open web for exhibition reviews.
Ex. "rashid johnson" review
What is a scholarly article?
- Anatomy of a Scholarly ArticleGuide from NCSU identifying various parts of a scholarly article.
- Peer Review in 3 MinutesAlso from NCSU, a quick tutorial on peer review.
- Scholarly Journals vs Popular MagazinesChart explaining differences between scholarly, popular, and trade journals.
