OBO is designed to help busy researchers find reliable sources of information in half the time by directing them to exactly the right chapter, book, website, archive, or data set they need for their research. Each entry is a selective guided tour through the key literature on a topic, and most citations link back into USF Libraries' collections.
IBA is the successor to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA), and retains the editorial policies which made BHA one of the most trusted and frequently consulted sources in the field. The database includes records created by the Getty Research Institute in 2008-09, with new records created by ProQuest using the same thesaurus and authority files.
This citation index covers European and American art and architecture from late antiquity to the present. Art and architecture related books, conference proceedings, dissertations, and exhibition catalogs. Coverage: 1974-2009.
Abstracts and citations for articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, dissertations, and exhibition reviews on modern and contemporary art. Coverage: 1974-present.
Abstracts, citations, and some full text for books and journals in fine art, architecture, design, decorative and commercial art, etc. Coverage from 1921 forward.
Arts, humanities, and sciences database providing some full text access to journals, books, and primary source materials. Select coverage from 17th century to present. May not include most recent years.
Combines the library catalogs for German art history research institutes in Florence, Munich, Paris, and Rome. These catalogs are especially useful because they also index major journals and books.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global is a comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world. Offers full-text coverage and includes master's theses and foreign language dissertations.