Articles - ART 260 | The Photograph - LibGuides at Lebanon Valley College

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You'll get the best results if you search for articles in a subject database that focuses on your topic.

Two good starting points for photography: BHA & RILA or Art & Architectural Source.

Searching for articles emphasizing history? Try America: History and Life or Historical Abstracts.

Image Source: Jacob Riis. Bandit's Roost. 1888. Wikimedia Commons.

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Art & Architecture Source This link opens in a new window
Largest full-text art research database covering fine, decorative and commercial art, as well as various areas of architecture and architectural design.
With strong international coverage, it offers access to over 600 full-text art journals, more than 220 full-text books, and a collection of over 63,0000 images.
BHA & RILA This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journals covering art history--European and American art from late antiquity to the present. Covers photography. Citations only. Bilingual.
Index to scholarship on Western art from late antiquity to the early 21st century, with a focus on European art from the medieval through modern periods. Includes foreign language scholarship.

Covers scholarly material published between 1975 and 2007. Contains records for art-related books, conference proceedings, dissertations, exhibition and dealers' catalogs, and articles from over 1200 periodicals in many languages. Does not provide full-text.
Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Large multidisciplinary database of full-text journals, magazines, and newspapers.
America: History & Life Full Text This link opens in a new window
Journal articles pertaining to the history-- including photography--of the United States and Canada.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Google Scholar is a search engine that searches the full text of scholarly journals across many subject areas, or disciplines. A significant problem with Google Scholar is the secrecy about its coverage. Still...a useful source to check.
Should *never* be the only database you search. Use it to supplement more comprehensive and authoritative library databases.
Historical Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Covers world history from the 1400s to present day. Excludes US and Canada.
Humanities Source This link opens in a new window
Access scholarly journal articles (and magazine articles) in the humanities.
Covers archaeology, art, classical studies, communications, dance, film, folklore, gender studies, history, journalism, linguistics, literature, literary and social criticism, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion, theology.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to art and art history journals. Difficult to search--searches the full-text of the journal articles. For more relevant results, search for your on keywords within the titles. JSTOR does not provide current issues; it provides access to journals typically 1-5 years prior to the current date. To focus only on ART, choose Advanced Search, select Art and Art History.
Covers the arts and humanities, education, law, social sciences, biology, general science. Does not provide the latest 3-5 years.

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