Library Databases

This database includes full-text coverage of 380 periodicals and more than 220 books. In addition, Art & Architecture Complete offers cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 780 academic journals, magazines and trade publications, as well as for over 230 books. The database also provides selective coverage for 70 additional publications and an Image Collection of over 63,000 images provided by Picture Desk and others.

 

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Years Available: Mostly 1990s to current

Art Full Text indexes and abstracts articles from periodicals published throughout the world. Coverage includes English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, and Swedish. In addition to articles, Art Full Text indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals.

Years Available: Indexing begins in 1984, selected full text begins in 1997 - current

The ARTstor Digital Library provides more than one million images with tools for teaching and research. Its collections comprise contributions from outstanding museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, photo archives, and artists and artists' estates from all over the world.

 

The collections encompass a wide variety of subject areas, including art, architecture, music, religion, anthropology, literature, world history, American Studies, Asian Studies, Classical Studies, Medieval Studies, Renaissance Studies, and more.

 

Downloading an image now requires that you be registered and logged in.  UNF students, faculty and staff will not need to log in on the ARTstor page.  You will be automatically logged in if you are on campus.  Log in to the library from off campus before linking to ARTstor.  You will need to register if you wish to downloage images.

Years Available: Varies

This database contains journal articles on architecture since 1934, covering the history and practice of architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, historic preservation and interior design and decoration.  Covers archaeology, architecture, architectural design, city planning, furniture and decoration, historic preservation, history of architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture.

Years Available: 1934 - current

OCLC's Catalog of Art Museum Images Online — is a growing online collection documenting works of art from around the world. Images, text and multimedia represent a broad range of works of art from the collections of prominent museums, highlighting the creative output of cultures around the world, from prehistoric to contemporary times, and covering the complete range of expressive forms.

Online reference service made up of full-text dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographies, quotations, reference books, etc.

A collection of over 50,000 ebooks covering many topics. It includes academic, scholarly books, encyclopedias and reference books.

With more than 100 full-text magazines and journals covered in databases such as the Wilson Art Index and RILM, this collection provides researchers with resources to support research in areas such as drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.

Years Available: Varies

FRANCIS offers extensive bibliographic indexing for over 2.5 million records dating back to 1972. Produced by Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (INIST-CNRS), the database provides multidisciplinary and multilingual coverage of humanities and social sciences. Source documents include journal articles, books, conference proceedings, dissertations, and reports.

Years Available: 1972 - present

Humanities Full Text is a bibliographic database that cites articles from English-language periodicals, plus the full text of selected periodicals. Periodical coverage includes some of the best-known scholarly journals and numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines. Full-text coverage begins in January 1995.

Years Available: 1995 - current

HIC indexes more than 2,300 journals plus unique full-text content, much of which is not found in other databases. The database includes full text for more than 1,200 journals.

 

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Indexing 42 art journals published in the United States during the 19th century, this database thoroughly covers articles, art notes, stories, illustrations, poems and advertisements from these periodicals. Index to 19th-Century American Art Periodicals offers essential information on artists and illustrators, painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, architecture and design, exhibitions and sales, decoration and collecting, making it an invaluable resource for art history research, as well as a valuable source of information on popular culture and industry.

Years Available: 19th Century

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Coverage varies by journal, usually from 1996-98 through the current year. Online fulltext access to journals published by the Oxford University Press.

 

 UNF may not subscribe to all journal titles offered through this site.

Years Available: Varies from 1996-1998 to current

Full text of over 300 journals in the humanities and social sciences.

 

UNF has access to all the journals with the green icon.

SCIPIO: Art and Rare Book Sales Catalogs (© 1997 The Research Libraries Group) describes art auction and rare book catalogs for sales from the late sixteenth century to scheduled auctions not yet held. Records include the dates and places of sales, the auction houses, sellers, institutional holdings, and titles of works. Coverage:   Late 16th Century - current, updated daily.

Years Available: Late 16th Century - current

VAST is a multidisciplinary collection of streaming video that covers the following areas and more: art, architecture, business, counseling and therapy, dance, economics, education, ethnic studies, ethnography, gay and lesbian studies, health, history, humanities, law and public safety, literature, opera, philosophy, political science, rehabilitation and sports medicine, feature films* (including contemporary world cinema and silent films), psychology, religion, science, theater, musical performance, and women’s studies.