Art Journals in Print
Art Journals at BGSU
Scholarly and Popular in Art
Scholarly journals include articles that cite sources and are written by experts. Popular magazines usually do not. However, a lot of writing about contemporary art does not fall neatly into these two categories. Exhibition reviews, interviews, and portfolios of artists' work are not scholarly articles, but they are still valuable resources for artists and students of contemporary art.
Find traditional scholarly articles by using the limiters in Summon and EBSCO.
For other articles, ask yourself:
- was this written by an expert?
- is this source trustworthy?
- can I verify the information in this article elsewhere?
Best bets for coverage of art journals
Search the full text of many journals at once for the most efficient way to find articles on a particular artist or subject. These are the best to start with.
- Art Full Text & Art Index Retrospective
Indexing for hundreds of international art publications, including peer-reviewed journals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, with full text provided for many.
- JSTOR
Over a thousand full-text scholarly journals and books covering all subjects in the humanities, sciences and social sciences. History, economics, art, literature, and mathematics are particularly strong. All journal titles are archived back to the first issue, many dating from the early 1800s. JSTOR now also hosts the complete ArtSTOR collection.
Finding newspaper articles
Newspapers contain profiles, exhibition reviews, obituaries, and more. Pay close attention to coverage dates for online newspapers! To find a specific newspaper by title, use the "Journals by Title" link under "Search & Find" on the library's home page.
- New York Times Historical
The entire contents of the New York Times from 1851 to three years ago.
- ProQuest Global NewsstreamAn online newspaper resource that includes international, national and regional papers such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, The Guardian, El Norte, Jerusalem Post, and South China Morning Post.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
The database formerly named LexisNexis Academic is now called Nexis Uni! Contains full-text newspapers, business information, and legal publications, including current news, company profiles, industry information, and federal and state laws and legislation.
Biographical sources
- AskART.comA good place to find information about lesser-known artists, view reproductions of work. Entries include bibliographies. Students can purchase full access for 24 hours for $13.50, but much of the site is available for free.
- Archives of American ArtFrom the Smithsonian, includes digitized images, letters, and more as well as descriptions of primary source materials in the Archives, many of which have been microfilmed and can be borrowed through Interlibrary Loan.
- Oxford Art Online
Oxford Art Online includes the peer-reviewed, regularly updated Grove Art Online, The Benezit Dictionary of Artists, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, providing access to thousands of articles spanning ancient to contemporary art and architecture, as well as images of works of art, structures, plans, and artist signatures.
Access limited to 3 users at a time. - Biography Reference BankBiographical information on approximately half a million people, from antiquity to the present, plus thousands of images.