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America: History and Life o n p r o x y
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Covers the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. This extensive database indexes over 2,000 journals published worldwide. In addition to covering all key English-language historical journals, this database indexes selected historical journals from major countries, state and local history journals, and a targeted selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities. (1964-)
Architectural Index o n p r o x y
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Provides indexing for a number of journals in the field. Search by architect/designer, location or magazine. (1982-)

Art Abstracts on proxy

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Art Index contains more than 200 key international, English-language arts publications. Includes periodicals, yearbooks, museum bulletins, competition and award notices, exhibition listings, interviews, film reviews, and more. (1984-, updated monthly)

Art Index Retrospective on proxy

Source List

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A bibliographic database that cumulates citations to volumes 1-32 of the printed Art Index. The database cites articles from periodicals published throughout the world. Periodical coverage includes English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Dutch. In addition to articles, Art Index Retrospective indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals. (1929-1984)

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals on proxy

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The Avery Index describes articles in over 1,000 periodicals in the fields of architecture and related disciplines from 1977 to the present, with partial coverage for earlier materials. Coverage includes architecture, architectural design, history of architecture, interior design, historic preservation, city planning, and landscape architecture. (1977-)

Bibliography of the History of Art on proxy

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BHA is the most comprehensive art history bibliography available worldwide, covering European and American art from late antiquity to the present. BHA indexes and abstracts art-related books, conference proceedings and dissertations, exhibition and dealer's catalogs, and articles from more than 2,500 periodicals. BHA includes and extends the coverage of its two predecessor art indexes: RAA (Repertoire d'Art et d'Archeologie) from 1973 to 1989 and RILA (International Repertory of the Literature of Art) from 1975 to 1989.

Dyabola on proxy

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Dyabola contains electronic subject catalogs of publications on the history of art and the ancient world. It includes the subject catalogs of the German Archaeological Institute in Rome, the Bibliography of Iberian Archaeology from the German Archaeological Institute in Madrid, and the Archaeology of Roman Provinces from RGK Frankfurt. Select interface language (German, English, French or Italian).

FRANCIS on proxy

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FRANCIS covers a wide range of multilingual, multidisciplinary information with over 4,000 journals covering the humanities (63%), social sciences (33%), and economics (4%). It is strong in religion, the history of art, and literature world literature.

Historical Abstracts o n p r o x y
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Complete reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life). Published since 1954, Historical Abstracts has long been recognized as the leading bibliography for historical study in the world. Currently over 2,000 journals published throughout the world are covered.

Index Islamicus o n p r o x y | includes Full Text
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The Index Islamicus database indexes literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. It is produced by the Islamic Bibliography Unit at Cambridge University Library. Records included in the database cover almost a century of publications, with some going back to 1906. Material cited in the Index Islamicus includes not only work written about the Middle East, but also about the other main Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, plus Muslim minorities elsewhere. Over 2,000 journals are monitored for inclusion in the database, together with conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works and book reviews. Journals and books are indexed down to the article and chapter level. (Alternate interface languages include: French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Korean). (1906-)


Index to 19th Century American Art Periodicals o n p r o x y
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The Index to Nineteenth-Century American Art Periodicals (AAI) is the only online index to art periodicals that were published in the United States during the 19th century. The 42 journals indexed represent a nearly complete coverage of art journals from this period. The vendor of this database has merged with OCLC; the database migrated onto the WorldCat interface, 9/19/07.


International Medieval Bibliography (Rice Only) (Note down-loadable IMB-fonts for non-Arabic characters in indexed literature)
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The International Medieval Bibliography was founded in 1967 with the support of the Medieval Academy of America, with the aim of providing a comprehensive, current bibliography of articles in journals and miscellany volumes (conference proceedings, essay collections or Festschriften) worldwide. The discipline areas to which the IMB is relevant include Classics, English Language and Literature, History and Archaeology, Theology and Philosophy, Medieval European Languages and Literatures, Arabic and Islamic Studies, History of Education, Art History, Music, Theatre and Performance Arts, Rhetoric and Communication Studies. (1981-)
Iter Gateway to the Renaissance u n r e s t r i c t e d
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Includes a journals database, which includes approximately 135,000 records from scholarly journals pertaining to the Renaissance (1300-1700) and Middle Ages (400-1500), as well as a monographs database (under construction), which acts as a bibliography of monographs, material published in monographs, and collected essays pertaining to the Renaissance (1300-1700) and, eventually, the Middle Ages (400-1500).


L'annee philologique (Rice Only)
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Bibliography of classical languages and literature (1996-)

SCIPIO: Art and Rare Book Sale Catalogs o n p r o x y
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SCIPIO: Art and Rare Book Sale Catalogs is the only online union catalog of auction catalog records in existence. SCIPIO provides bibliographic access to valuable sources of information on the provenance of art objects and rare books, the history of collecting, and contemporary and historical market trends. The vendor of this database has merged with OCLC; the database migrated onto the WorldCat interface, 9/19/07.



Web of Knowledge o n p r o x y previously known as Web of Science (15 simultaneous users - please remember to Log Out!) | includes Full Text
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The Web of Science is an integrated database of three citation indexes: Science Citation Index (SCI), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), and Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI). SCI and SSCI have searchable author abstracts and each database may be searched by a variety of other accesses including who the author cites. WOS permits searching one or more of the three databases. SCI on WOS coverage is from 1900 to date. SSCI indexes material from 1956 to date. AHCI indexes materials from 1975 to date. Includes ISIHighlyCited: a directory of over 250 eminent researchers in life sciences, medicine, physical sciences and social sciences. (minimum 1975- (see description))
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