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Use these resources at any Chicago Public Library location or from home, school, or work with a Chicago Public Library card.

Fashion Reference Collection »
Find scholarly articles from the Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion or general overviews for students in Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages.

Grove Art Online »
Search this resource through Oxford Art Online.

*Oxford Art Online »
Find articles and definitions from several sources: Grove Art Online (based on the 34 volume Dictionary of Art and regularly updated), Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Scholarly and authoritative, this resource is a great place for background information on a wide variety of topics in art.

ProQuest Magazines & Journals »
ProQuest Magazines and Journals (Research Library) helps one find magazine and journal articles on a wide range of topics. It covers over 2,600 magazines and journals; the complete text of the articles is available for about 60 percent of these. Included are popular magazines, magazines for professionals of all types, and scholarly journals. The database includes both magazines written for children and those for adults. Magazines and journals covered include American Artist, Antiques and Collecting Magazine, Artforum, and Harper's Bazaar.

ProQuest Newspapers »
Find articles from over 35 newspapers, including both local and national titles. Papers covered include the Chicago Defender, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, The Guardian, and New York Times.

Magazine and Journal Indexes

Use the resources below to search short descriptions of magazine and journal articles (as well as other print resources such as exhibition catalogs). The librarians of the Harold Washington Library Center's Visual and Performing Arts Department are happy to help you track down the complete text of articles in the Department's print holdings. As noted below, most of these indexes are available only at the Harold Washington Library Center.

Art Index/Art Index Retrospective »
Art Index/Art Index Retrospective helps researchers find magazine and journal articles of interest back to 1929.
Available at the Harold Washington Library Center.

ARTbibliographies Modern »
Use this index to find journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, PhD dissertations, and exhibition reviews. The index covers all forms of modern and contemporary art with entries dating back to 1974.
Available at the Harold Washington Library Center.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals »
Use this database to locate magazine and journal articles on architecture and design. Coverage begins in the 1930s with selected journals indexed back to the 1860s.

Design & Applied Arts Index »
Design & Applied Arts Index covers over 500 journals from 1973 to the present in all areas of design, from fashion to Web design.
Available at the Harold Washington Library Center.

International Index to the Performing Arts »
The International Index to the Performing Arts helps users find articles on subjects such as dance, film, television, drama, theater, musical theater, circus performance, opera, pantomime, puppetry, magic, and performance art.
Available at the Harold Washington Library Center.

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