Course resource help for History of Art

Finding journals and journal articles for art history (pdf or word versions of the guide are available)

You can use LibrarySearch to find journal articles: type in your topic and then use the search tools menu to limit the format to article. Guide to finding journal articles on a topic using LibrarySearch - PDF.

When you want to find more specialised and specific journal articles, you may want to try using a database. Searching a database will help you find journal articles (and sometimes books, book chapters, reports and other published materials) that are scholarly, academic and peer-reviewed, and suitable for your assignments and research.

JSTOR

Full text archive including some 19th century journals and over 23,000 nineteenth century British pamphlets on sociopolitical and economic issues.

Art Full Text

Includes art and art history ejournal articles from 1997 onwards. It is particularly useful for recent journal articles and for journals not covered by JSTOR (for example, Art History and the Journal of the History of Collections). Art full text has very good coverage for contemporary art.

British Architectural Library Catalogue

Royal Institute of British Architects' British Architectural Library Catalogue provides references to books and journal articles on architecture.

Bibliography of the History of Art

This free database includes comprehensive references to art history books and journal articles published between 1975 and 2007.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals

Covers all aspects of architecture. This is the biggest index of architecture articles in the world and is a US publication, so subject terminology and spelling may be different to British practice.

Oxford Art Online

An encyclopaedia covering the visual arts from prehistory to the present day.

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Useful for information about British artists, patrons etc.

British Periodicals

An archive of hundreds of full text periodicals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth, covering history, literature, music, philosophy, drama, archaeology, architecture, science, art and the social sciences.

Seventeenth-eighteenth century Burney Collection newspapers

17th and 18th century pamphlets, proclamations, newsbooks and newspapers published in England, Ireland and Scotland, plus a selection of papers from British colonies in the Americas and Asia. Newspapers include the London Chronicle, the London Morning Penny Post and the British Chronicle. Gale.

British Cartoon Archive

Caricatures and cartoons going back to the 19th century.

Find all our books and electronic books using LibrarySearch (the search box on the Brookes Library webpage). Search and then select Book from the Search tools menu on the left. You can further limit your search to eBook if you only want electronic books. More information about our electronic books can be found on the ebooks webpage.

• Video guide to using LibrarySearch to find books
• Finding a book when you know the author/title - PDF
• Finding a book on a topic - PDF

• Module reading lists are a useful way to find the readings for your module. You can find your reading list on the Reading Lists home page by searching your module code, module name, or module leader's name.
• You can also find your reading list in the top right corner of the module page on Moodle.
• Be sure to check whether an item on your reading list is 'Essential', 'Recommended', or 'Optional' - that will help you prioritise your reading.
• Don't forget - reading lists can also be a good starting point for finding resources for your assignments.

The Library has access to several databases contains fine quality images for your use.

• ARTstor - a very large collection of high quality art history images, particularly good for works in US museums.
• Bridgeman Education - a wide range of art history images, particularly good for works in British collections.
• British Museum Collection search - thousands of images of prints, drawings and other items in the British Museum collection.
• Yale Center for British Art - images of the Center's paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints.
• Art UK - this site aims to cover the UK's public art collections, concentrating first on oil paintings.

Libraries

• SOLO - the University of Oxford library catalogue (includes the Bodleian Library and the Sackler Library)
• Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library: website with opening hours, floor plans etc.

Museums and galleries

• National Art Library at Victoria and Albert Museum
• Ashmolean Museum
• Christ Church Picture Gallery
• Museum of Modern Art Oxford Collection
• National Gallery
• Tate
• Victoria and Albert Museum

Newspapers

Seventeenth-eighteenth century Burney Collection newspapers - 17th and 18th century pamphlets, proclamations, newsbooks and newspapers published in England, Ireland and Scotland, plus a selection of papers from British colonies in the Americas and Asia. Newspapers include the London Chronicle, the London Morning Penny Post and the British Chronicle.

The Guardian and The Observer (1791-2003) - the complete digital edition of both newspapers, 1791-2003, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations.

Nineteenth century British Library newspapers - contains digital editions of a wide variety of national and regional British newspapers from the 19th century.

Times Digital Archive - the complete digital edition of The Times newspaper, 1785-1985, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations.

British cartoon archive - caricatures and cartoons going back to the 19th century.

There are links to other useful historical resources on our Primary sources for History reading list.

Factiva - international news database providing an archive of 10,000 sources from 152 countries in 22 languages. Leading national and local newspapers are all included.

TV

Box of Broadcasts - an off-air recording and media archive service that stores recorded TV and Radio programmes in an archive for all users to enjoy. The archive currently offers over 45,000 TV and radio programmes covering all genres. Users can record programmes, watch programmes from the archive, create clips and compile their favourite shows into playlists and share these with others.

Screenonline is a service produced by the bfi (British Film Institute) which is dedicated to the history of film and television in Britain. It provides access to a range of resources including still images, analyses, biographies, posters, press books, student guides and pointers to resources for further study. Staff and students of Oxford Brookes can also access video clips and recorded interviews from the collections of the bfi National Film and Television Archive. Note that these clips can only be accessed from Brookes PCs - there is no off-campus access to these features.

Encyclopaedias

• Oxford art online - contains the online version of the Grove Dictionary of Art.
• Oxford dictionary of national biography - useful for information about British artists, patrons etc.

Art gateways

• The Mother of all Art History Links Pages - a US collection of links relating to the academic study of Art History.

Other resources

• Oxfordshire Society of Architects Collection
• Getty Union List of Artist Names browser - brief biographical details on a very large range of artists.
• Association for Art History - promotes art history, produces art history publications, provides information about jobs and events.

• 2015-2016 onwards: These are available for download by Brookes students and staff from the Past Examination Papers collection on RADAR.
• When on RADAR, log in, then select Search, enter the module name or number and limit your search to Examination papers.
• Please note that some exam papers are not available because they have been prohibited from publication. In particular, there are no copies of any exam papers which contain multiple choice questions.
• Preparing for exams: a list of books and other resources to help you get ready to tackle examinations