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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
- International Medieval Bibliography (IMB) This link opens in a new windowBibliography on medieval studies, relevant for research on medieval art and architecture
- IBSS This link opens in a new windowBibliography 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.
- Kubikat This link opens in a new window
- Unione Romana This link opens in a new window
- RIBA British Architectural Library This link opens in a new window
- Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed This link opens in a new window
- Groninger Museum This link opens in a new window
- Museum Boijmans van Beuningen This link opens in a new window
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam This link opens in a new window
- Van Abbemuseum This link opens in a new window
- Van Gogh Museum This link opens in a new window
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.
eBooks
- E-books at University Groningen Library This link opens in a new window
- Getty Research Portal This link opens in a new windowThe Getty Research Portal is an online search platform providing access to digitized art history texts in the public domain.
- Art Theorists of the Italian Renaissance This link opens in a new windowA collection of art and architectural treatises in Italian, Latin and English 1470-1775