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Full-Text and Image Resources

Use these resources on any Chicago Public Library computer or on non-Library computers with your Chicago Public Library card.

CAMIO (Catalog of Art Images Online) »
Search for images of fine and decorative art from museums.

EBSCO Magazines & Journals »
Find articles from general interest magazines and scholarly journals.

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.

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 Newspapers »
Find articles from hundreds of newspapers and newsfeeds from around the world. Papers covered include the Chicago Defender, Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald (Arlington Heights), New York Times, USA Today, Globe and Mail (Canada), The Times (London), The Times of India and Daily Yomiuri (Japan).

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, many of these indexes are available only on Harold Washington Library Center computers.

Art Index/Art Index Retrospective »
Art Index/Art Index Retrospective helps researchers find magazine and journal articles of interest back to 1929. Full text is available in the database for some recent articles (1997–present).

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 only on Harold Washington Library Center computers.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals »
Use this database to locate articles of interest 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 only on Harold Washington Library Center computers.

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 only on Harold Washington Library Center computers.