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Art: A Pollak Library Research Guide
Suellen Cox
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Articles (Current)

Periodical  Articles Articles usually provide the most current and detailed information on your topic. Articles appear in periodicals, magazines, journals, and newspapers.
Magazine articles are useful for brief, general, introductory information. Journal articles from scholarly or professional journals provide more scholarly or technical information. These articles are usually written by scholars in a particular field. Newspaper articles are good sources for current, general information.
To find references to current periodical articles, first consult one or more of the electronic periodical indexes listed below. The index(es) will provide citations on your topic, listing the following: author of article, title, journal in which the article appeared, volume and/or number, date, page numbers, and often an abstract (summary) of the article.

Write down, print out, or download the citation(s). The index may NOT indicate whether CSUF Library owns the article or articles listed. Usually, you MUST check the CSUF Library Catalog to determine if we subscribe to the journal and to get the call number (where the periodical is located on the second floor). Some full-text journals may be available electronically.

Electronic Periodical Indexes

Consult the following CD-ROM databases or online services to identify citations to articles, dissertations, research, etc. on specific topics in the field of art.

Subject Scope
Astronomy
Communications
Current Events
General Sciences
History
Humanities
Law
Psychology
Religion
Sociology
Academic Search Elite  
bulletProvides indexing and abstracting for more than 1550 scholarly and general interest journals, plus The New York Times.
bulletIt offers full text or full image coverage of more than 900 titles.
bulletAvailable on CSUF campus or remotely through the Student Portal.
Art History
Art Criticism
Art Theory
Body Art
Crafts
Design
Drawing
Electronic Art
Fine Arts
Graphic Arts
Illustration
Modern Art
Painting
Performance Art
Photography
Printmaking
Sculpture
Video Art



ARTBibliographies Modern. 1974-
bulletIncludes abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, dissertations and exhibition reviews
bulletYou can search for the work of a specific artist or artists' group, a theme, trend, or artistic movement.
bulletIncludes artists and movements beginning with Impressionism in the late 19th century, up to the most recent works and trends in the late twentieth century.
bulletPhotography is covered from its invention in 1839 to the present.
bulletNew and lesser-known artists and foreign-language literature covered.
bulletSome art journals indexed by ARTBibliographies Modern and owned by CSUF include: Afterimage, American Artist, American Craft, Aperture, Apollo, Architectural Record, Art Bulletin, Art History, Art in America, Art Issues, Art Journal, Artforum, ARTnews, Arts of Asia, Burlington Magazine, Ceramics Monthly, Contemporary Impressions, Design Issues, Design Quarterly, Emigre, Exposure, Fiberarts, Flash Art, Heresies, High Performance,  Image, Interior Design, Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, Landscape Architecture, Latin American Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Museum News, New Art Examiner, Print, Print Quarterly, Progressive Architecture, Studio Potter, and Woman's Art Journal.
bulletAvailable on CSUF campus or remotely through the Student Portal.
Archaeology
Architecture
Art History
City Planning
Crafts
Film
Folk Art
Graphic Arts
Industrial Design
Interior Design
Landscape Architecture Museology
Painting
Photography
Sculpture
Television
Textiles
Video
Art Abstracts. 1984-
bulletIndexes and abstracts more than 200 key, international arts publications and provides accurate, up-to-date coverage of this multi-faceted, interdisciplinary field.
bulletIncludes periodicals, yearbooks, museum bulletins, competition and award notices,
exhibition listings, interviews, film reviews, and more.
bulletCovers September 1984 to the present with abstracts starting in Spring 1994.
bulletAdds new records monthly.
bulletAvailable on CSUF campus or remotely through the Student Portal.
Art Images ARTstor
bulletThe ARTSTOR  Library's initial content includes approximately 300,000 images covering world art, visual art, architecture, and archeology.
bulletYou can view and analyze images through features such as zooming and panning, saving groups of images online for personal or shared uses, and creating and delivering presentations both online and offline.
bulletAvailable on CSUF campus or remotely through the Student Portal.
All areas of art Dissertation Abstracts Online
bulletCovers dissertations accepted at accredited U.S. institutions since 1861. 
bulletSelectively covers masters theses, Canadian dissertations, and British and other European dissertations.
bulletCovers 1861 to the present; includes abstracts for doctoral dissertations beginning July 1980 and for
masters theses beginning spring 1988.
bulletAdds new records monthly.
bulletAvailable on CSUF campus or remotely through the Student Portal.
All areas of art pertaining to education ERIC (EBSCO)
bulletPollak Library owns all records with ED numbers. They are located in Periodicals, 2nd floor North, on microfiche.
bulletTo check for holdings on records with EJ numbers, at the Library home page click on Find Journals by Title or search the Library Catalog  for the journal title.
bulletAvailable on CSUF campus or remotely through the Student Portal.
All aspects of art Grove Art
bulletCovers all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the 1990s.
bulletProvides instant access to 30,000 fully searchable color images.
bulletBoolean, concept, pattern and expert searching
options are available.
bulletAvailable on CSUF campus or remotely through the Student Portal.
Archaeology
Art
Classics
Film
Folklore
Journalism
Linguistics
Music
Performing
Philosophy
Religion
World History
World Literature

Humanities Abstracts
bulletIndexes and abstracts more than 300 key humanities publications.
bulletIt indexes feature articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction (including dramas and poems), and reviews of plays, operas, ballets, dance, musicals, movies, and television and radio programs.
bulletExcludes editorials, letters to the editor, news, ephemeral announcements, cartoons, and
advertising.
bulletEach record contains a bibliographic citation for an article, book review, or other item in a journal and
library holdings for the journal title.
bulletCovers January 1984 to the present with abstracts starting in March 1994.
bulletAvailable on CSUF campus or remotely through the Student Portal.
All topics, including reviews. LexisNexis Academic
bulletFull-text online news, exhibition reviews, and articles.
bulletUpdated daily.
bulletSome art journals and newspapers indexed by LexisNexis include: American Artist, Art in America, Ceramics Monthly, Design Quarterly, Interior Design, Los Angeles Times, and New York Times.
bulletAvailable on CSUF campus or remotely through the Student Portal.
Anthropology
Business
Community Health
Economics
Foreign Affairs
Geography
International Relations
Law
Medical Care
Political Science
Politics
Psychiatry

Psychology
Public Welfare
Social Work
Sociology
Social Sciences Abstracts. 1983-
bulletIndexes and abstracts more than 350 key international, English-language periodicals in the social sciences.
bulletIts records describe feature articles, biographical sketches, interviews, obituaries, scholarly replies,
and book reviews longer than one-half page; book reviews of government documents and letters to the editor are not included.
bulletEach record contains a bibliographic citation and library holdings for the journal.
bulletAvailable on CSUF campus or remotely through the Student Portal.
Art & Architecture Oxford Reference Online
bulletOnline access to Art Reference Collection.
bulletAvailable on CSUF campus or remotely through the Student Portal.

Articles (Older)

Periodical  Articles Consult the following Indexes And Abstracts To Periodical Literature to identify older articles in scholarly journals.
Indexes and Abstracts (Ind/Ab) are located in the Reference Area. Periodicals (print and microform), are located on the 2nd floor of Library North.

PRINT RESOURCES

Ref N1 A75 Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts. 1981-
Ref N1 A78 Art Index. 1929-
Ref N1 A71 ARTBibliiographies Modern, 1969-

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