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Visual Art: Find Journals / Databases / Indexes

Guide to Library Resources

Finding Journal Articles

The best source for academic assignments like critical essays, are from Peer-reviewed Journal Articles.

Journal Articles are collected in Journal Titles, which are organised by Databases.

Generally, ECU Worldsearch will simultaneously search all the Databases ECU subscribes to, but sometimes it is helpful to use the specific search capabilities of an individual Database to really narrow your research.

It is rare to search via a Journal Title itself, but they are great to browse to discover unexpected work.

Indexes are a special kind of Database

Finding Journal Articles

This page gives you direct links to subject-specific databases and journal titles.

In general, ECU Worldsearch will also find you the same resources, following the guidelines set out in Finding Books, DVDs & more in the previous tab.

However, these direct links to databases and journals let you narrow your search even more.

Note: The strategies outlined in the Finding Books, DVDs & more tab are also widely applicable in these resources, as well as most databases and search engines.

Indexes / Databases / Journals / Collections

Formerly known as Art Source, Art & Architecture Source is an art research database that covers a broad range of subjects from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design. It features full-text articles, indexing and abstracts for an array of journals, books and more.

Many researchers go direct to subject specific databases to search for articles on their topic.  Have a mind map of keywords and combinations of keywords planned for your topic before you begin searching on any database.The main databases useful for Contemporary Arts are listed here.

Check out documentaries on art and artists

Oxford publish over 300 journals in the humanities, social sciences, law, science, and medicine, two-thirds of which are published in partnership with learned and professional societies.

Oxford publish over 300 journals in the humanities, social sciences, law, science, and medicine, two-thirds of which are published in partnership with learned and professional societies.

This list of Contemporary Arts journals is a guide to the variety of journals available and is not comprehensive. Click on any journal title to access the journal in print format or link to the journal via an online database.

Here is a list of topics linking to ECU Library's journal collections in the area:

And select journals:

ECU Library provides access to streaming video and audio collections that are available over the internet as a continuous real-time stream 24/7. Streaming videos allow you to create and share clips and playlists. You can start watching the video befores the entire file has been transmitted and you do not have to download a large file onto your computer. The ECU Library sources streaming Video and Audio content from the following service providers. For more information please refer to the Video and Audio Collection Subject Guide

EduTV provides content across a range of learning areas. As well as documentaries, EduTV includes programs broadcast on pay TV channels such as The History Channel, National Geographic, BBC Knowledge and Discovery.