Research Guide for Art & Art History

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Biography Databases

• Biography Reference Center (formerly Biographies Plus)
  Full text database providing coverage on a wide range of notable people, both contemporary and historic, with additional links to books and articles about these individuals.
• Biography Collection Complete
  Over 170,000 biographies of contemporary and historic individuals from a variety of sources.
• Clara: Database of Women Artists
  Database from the National Museum of Women in the Arts provides key facts and accomplishments of major women artists along with a brief biography. Artists range from all nationalities from the 1580s to the present.

Image Databases

• ARTstor
  Digital library of more than 1 million high-resolution images of art and visual culture around the world, from prehistoric to contemporary times, with a sophisticated collection of searching, organizing and presentation tools for optimal use.
• CAMIO
  Digital collection of about 95,000 high-resolution reproductions for additional access to a wide range of images across cultures and throughout history. All content is rights-cleared for educational use in the classroom or to illustrate papers, web projects and other assignments.
• Google Images
  Search engine drawing from the vast resource of images found on the internet, but often lacking the high resolution and quality control found in our subscription image databases.