Art & Design Research Guide: Databases, Articles & Journals

The below databases contain articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers on art and design along with some exhibition procedings. These databases require your PLNU OneLogin: 

• Academic Search Premier(opens in a new tab) - A large interdisciplinary database contains much full-text content.
• ARTbibliographies Modern (ABM)(opens in a new tab) - This database functions as a bibliography and does not provide full-text, but does provide records and abstracts for works covering all art forms, including fine art, digital art, crafts, design and photography.
• Arts & Humanities Full Text(opens in a new tab) -The database features hundreds of titles covering Art, Architecture and Design.
• Design & Applied Arts Index (DAAI)(opens in a new tab) - This database functions as a bibliography and does not provide full-text, but does provide records and abstracts for works covering all aspects of design and crafts, from textiles and ceramics to vehicle design, advertising and sustainability. Covers journal articles, exhibition reviews and news items from 1973 to the present.
• Films on Demand(opens in a new tab) - This link leads directly to films on Art & Architecture.
• International Bibliography of Art (IBA)(opens in a new tab) - Contains scholarly resources on Western art.
• JSTOR(opens in a new tab)- Journal STORage is large, interdisciplinary full-text database.  Click on the Advanced Search link and scroll down to Art & Art History and Arts.
• OmniFile Full Text Mega(opens in a new tab) - This large interdisciplinary database contains much full-text content.

The current editions of our print journals, magazines and newspapers are kept in the Reference Area. Back issues are located on the Lower Level of Ryan Library and are organized alphabetically. 

Online Access: Check the title in the Journals Directory(opens in a new tab) search on the Library's homepage to see if the Library provides online access through a database.

Print magazines and journals related to art and design available to browse are:

• Art in America(opens in a new tab) (back issues only)
• Arts and Activities(opens in a new tab) (back issues only)
• ArtNEWS(opens in a new tab) (back issues only)
• Artforum International(opens in a new tab) (back issues only)
• Communication Arts(opens in a new tab) (print only)
• Image: A journal of the Arts & Religion(opens in a new tab)
• Print (online 1995-2017(opens in a new tab) and in print 1985-2002; 2005-2017(opens in a new tab))
• School Arts(opens in a new tab)
• Sculpture Review(opens in a new tab)
• Visual Inquiry: Learning and Teaching Art(opens in a new tab)