Journal and magazines usually provide the most current information on a topic.  Journal articles are more scholarly or professional while magazine articles tend to be shorter and more general.  Newspaper articles, while not usually scholarly or professional, can give you the most current news and some additional facts on your topic. 

The Library has several magazines that focus on art: 

American Artist	ARTnews
Art in America	ArtWeek
ArtForum	Art Journal (in Ebscohost Masterfile Premier only))

To find articles on your topic, use one of the online databases listed below.  These databases usually provide full-text articles on almost every topic. Conduct your search in these databases by using subject headings and keywords similar to those you used to locate books.

For remote access to the library databases, request the Database Login & Search Options handout at the Library Reference Desk.

For historical research, the Library also has print indexes that must be used to find older articles, generally anything published before 1975.

The Internet can be a valuable source for supplementing the information you have gathered from books and periodicals. It is important that you evaluate the information you get from the Internet to determine if it is reliable and useful to your research. A few Internet sites that may be useful are listed here.

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html

ArtScene

http://artscenecal.com

Detroit Institute of Art – Ancient Art

http://www.dia.org/collections/ancient/ancientindex.html         

National Archaeological Museum of Athens: Hellenic Ministry of Culture

http://www.culture.gr/2/21/214/21405m/e21405m1.html

Perseus Project Home Page

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/

Smithsonian National Museum of African Art

http://www.nmafa.si.edu/

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