Databases A–Z

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Databases are accessible to Gallery staff with their username and password. Email [email protected] for questions about using these resources or conducting research. 

* indicates databases that are included in Mercury's search results.
^ indicates databases that are open access and do not require a username and password.

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A

AATA: Abstracts of International Conservation Literature^

Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Online*

American National Biography* 

Art & Architecture ePortal (Yale)*

Art Bibliographies Modern*

Art Discovery Group Catalog^

The ARTFL Project: French Language Treasury*

Arthistoricum.net^

Art Index / Art and Architecture Source (EBSCO)*

Artnet*

Artprice*

Artstor*

Art Theorists of the Italian Renaissance*

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals*

B

BCIN: Bibliographic Database of the Conservation Information Network^

Benezit Dictionary of Artists*

Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA & RILA)^

Brill's Art Sales Catalogues Online*

Britannica Academic*

C

CAMEO: Conservation and Art Materials Encyclopedia Online^

Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture^

Chicago Manual of Style*

Conservation Online^

D

Dictionary of Art

Dictionary of Art Historians^

Dictionary of National Biography*

Dissertations and Theses*

E

EBSCO Art Index / Art and Architecture Source*

G

Gale OneFile: News*

Getty Provenance Index^

Grove Art Online*

I

Index of Medieval Art (formerly Index of Christian Art)

Index to 19th-Century American Art Periodicals*

Ingenta^

International Bibliography of Art*

Iter Gateway to the Middle Ages & Renaissance*

J

Joconde: French National Museums Collection Database^

JSTOR*

L

Library of Congress Catalog^

M

Merriam Webster Dictionaries*

N

Nineteenth Century (Index to Library Microfiche 30)

Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers*

O

Oxford Art Online*

Oxford English Dictionary*

P

Project Muse*

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global: The Humanities and Social Sciences Collection*

R

Reader's Guide*

S

SCIPIO Auction Catalogs

Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog^

V

Vocabolario degli Accademici della Crusca^

W

Who's Who

WorldCat (OCLC)

Terms & Conditions of Use for Electronic Content

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