The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Barnes Foundation Philadelphia
Princeton University Art Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Bucks Academic Success Center: Documentation and Citation Handouts
The Owl at Purdue: MLA Formatting and Style Guide
Oxford Art Online Contains articles, biographies, searchable images, subject guides, and timelines related to visual arts from prehistory to the present. Use this database to find background information about the time period, geographical region or related artist for your selected work.
ARTstor Repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images and related data. This databases is a good place to find an image. You can utilize a fine tune zooming feature which allows you a close up look at the detail involved in the art work.
JSTOR Contains scholarly articles focused on arts and sciences. This database is a good source for articles to assist you in analyzing your art work.
Academic Search Premier - Covers all subject and many types of resources, with both scholarly and non scholarly resources.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Academic / Scholarly Articles | Experts in the field | Other experts in the field | Library Databases |
| Magazine / Newspaper Articles | Journalists | Editors | Library Databases / Web |
| Websites | Anybody | Review not required | Web |
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