ART & ART HISTORY RESOURCES

The Art Institute of Vancouver Library carries many Art History resources that cover a variety of topics such as artists, painting, sculpting, art theory, and much much more. Search the Voyager Library Catalogue to see what resources are available.

See also Program Resources for:

• EVALUATING INFORMATION - Books, Web, & Journals
• RESEARCH, WRITING & COPYRIGHT
• PHOTOGRAPHY & DIGITAL IMAGE RESOURCES
• SCULPTURE

The Art Institute of Vancouver Library uses Library of Congress classification call numbers. Art & Art History books are generally found in the call number range as follows:

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The Art Institute of Vancouver Library is proud to offer a collection of excellent online database resources that will aid in almost all of your Art & Art History inquires. These resources are available for all Art Institute of Vancouver staff, student, and faculty member and can be accessed both on campus and remotely from your home.  Brief descriptions of each resource along with the access web links are included below, along with various "how-to" user guides and manuals (indicated in dark red) that will help you use these databases. 

**Please note that you must obtain the necessary Access USER IDs & Passwords from the library to use these resources.  Please drop by at any Art Institute of Vancouver Library location, call, or email the library staff to obtain the necessary information.**

• Credo Reference
With easy access to over 551trusted titles from over 70 of the world's leading academic publishers, covering every major subject, Credo is the ideal place to start your research.

• Getty Images
  Getty Images User Guide (PDF)
  Over 500K high quality stock imagery. Students may download up to 50 high-resolution images and an unlimited number of low-resolution imagery per quarter. Images are for educational purposes only and using them for any commercial (even non-profit) or non-coursework or non-portfolio related purposes is strictly prohibited.

• H. W. WilsonWeb Omnifile Full Text Select
  Periodical database that provides full-text articles with their accompanying indexing and abstracts on topics in the arts, applied and pure sciences, social science, education, humanities, legal and business fields. Contains full text of articles from over 2500 publications, some back to 1982.

• Oxford Art Online
  A comprehensive collection of fine art and architecture images from many of the world's most prestigious art museums, and encyclopedia articles and entries from Groves and Oxford Reference.

• Proquest Bigchalk Electric Library
  ELibrary offers a broad range of full-text and multimedia content, including a digital archive of information sources of more than 2700 full-text periodicals, international newswires, classic books, maps, photographs, and major literary, art, and reference titles.

• Proquest “Big Bundle"
  Proquest Guide (PDF)
  One stop access to over 8500 periodical magazine, newspaper, trade and scholarly publications including Proquest Research Library; ABI Complete which covers business, economics, product and competitive info, corporate and management techniques and strategies; National Newspapers 27 which provides articles from major regional dailies; and Proquest Psychology which encompasses a range of topics from over 500 leading psychology publications.

Do you know of any other resources? Having trouble finding the information that you need? Need the user access codes for these databases? Please contact the Library for help, or if you have any comments or resource suggestions.

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