LibGuides: Art History: Article Databases

Recommended databases for articles

Identify articles in scholarly journals or popular magazines by looking up your search terms in one of the selected databases below.

You also can find a complete list of online databases organized by subject on the Library's A-Z List of Databases.

Use your Oakton username and password to login from a non-campus computer.

Academic Search Complete EBSCO This link opens in a new window
Provides a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals - of which more than 7,300 are peer-reviewed journals.
ACLS Humanities E-Books This link opens in a new window
Collection of approximately 4,300 full-text ebooks from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS).
American History Online This link opens in a new window
Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, highlighting the important people and events of the American experience.
Ancient and Medieval History Online This link opens in a new window
Explores the pre-modern world with in-depth focus on Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
Modern World History Online This link opens in a new window
Covers the people, places, and events in the broad expanse of history-from mid-15th century to the present.
Grove Art Online (Oxford Art Online) This link opens in a new window
Oxford Art Online provides access to Grove Art Online, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.
Humanities Source Ultimate EBSCO This link opens in a new window
Includes more 1,200 journals in full-text. Provides articles, essays and reviews, as well as original creative works including poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Provides access to full-text news, business, and legal publications using a variety of flexible search options. Access over 15,000 news, business, and legal sources.

The Art Story
According to their About page, "The Art Story is your guide to understanding and enjoying the best of the visual arts.
Whether you are interested in - an artist (Picasso, Michalengelo, or Kara Walker), an art movement or artistic direction (Impressionism, Performance, or Baroque), or even an art concept (The Readymade, Renaissance Humanism, or Collage) - we have specialized pages covering your topic of interest.

Each page is written to get you the information you need quickly. We focus on what is important about each topic, and what makes it interesting, striving to present you with the perfect summary."
The Dictionary of Art Historians
The Dictionary of Art Historians is a free, privately funded biographical dictionary of historians of western art written and maintained by scholars for the benefit of the public.
Khan Academy Art History
A searchable website of articles, videos, and quizzes about different topics and periods of art history.

Advanced Searching on the New EBSCO User Interfaces - Tutorial

Length: 3:27. Hit play and watch full screen or on YouTube.

What is the difference between scholarly and popular articles?

Length: 2:24