Journal Articles - ART 370 | Museum Studies - LibGuides at Lebanon Valley College

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Museum Studies
Contains bibliographic citations to information on the role and function, history and philosophy, and nature and structure of museums.
AATA Online
AATA Online is a comprehensive database of over 135,000 abstracts of literature related to the preservation and conservation of material cultural heritage.
BCIN
Bibliographic Database of the Conservation Information Network, is the Web's most complete bibliographic resource for the conservation, preservation and restoration of cultural property.
CAMEO
The CAMEO database contains chemical, physical, visual, and analytical information on over 10,000 historic and contemporary materials used in the production and conservation of artistic, architectural, archaeological, and anthropological materials.

America: History & Life Full Text This link opens in a new window
Use this database to locate articles pertaining to the history-- including art history--of the United States and Canada.
BHA & RILA This link opens in a new window
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) and Répertoire de la litterature de l'art (RILA) cover European art from late Antiquity to the present; American art from the European arrival to the present and Christian and European art in Africa, Asia, and Australia. RILA covers the years 1975 – 1989; BHA from 1990 - 2007.
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.
Historical Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Covers world history, from the 15th century to the present. Indexes many museum issues, indexes Journal of the History of Collections.
Humanities & Social Sciences Retrospective, 1907 - 1984 This link opens in a new window
Covers journal articles published between 1907 and 1984 in the broad areas of the humanities and social sciences.
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.
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.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Difficult to search. JSTOR offers full-text access to art and art history journals. JSTOR does not provide current issues; it provides access to journals typically 1-5 years prior to the current date. Limit to art history in area content when searching.
Covers the arts and humanities, education, law, social sciences, biology, general science. Does not provide the latest 3-5 years.
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.

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