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About this page
On this page you will find a broader selection of resources that might be useful for your research
General databases
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Academic Search PremierMultidisciplinary bibliographic and full-text database
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Web of ScienceScience Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index
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ScopusCovers a large part of the English-language literature in science, medicine and parts of the social sciences and arts and humanities.
Interdisciplinary databases
Interdisciplinary bibliographies covering a specific historical period or subject
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ATLA religion databaseRelevant for research on religious art
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International Medieval Bibliography (IMB)Bibliography on medieval studies, relevant for research on medieval art and architecture
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IBSSBibliography for the social sciences, relevant to subjects such as sociology of art, cultural policy, architecture and urbanism
Collections art historical libraries
Many publications that are of interest to art historical research are not available in university libraries, but only in the libraries of museums and art historical institutes. The holdings of these libraries cannot always be found through SmartCat. You need to search the catalogues/databases of these institutes.
Newspapers and magazines
For current topics it is useful to search for articles in newspapers and magazines.
Nexis Uni offers full-text articles from Dutch and foreign newspapers. Articles by freelance journalists or art critics are not always included.
Delpher
Use Delpher for full text search of Dutch books, newspapers and magazines from the 17th until the 20th century from the digital collections of libraries, scientific institutes and cultural heritage organizations in the Netherlands.