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Searching for your topic? Use databases.
Below are multidisciplinary databases that include arts content among other topics.
- Academic Search Complete
Scholarly and non-scholarly articles in all subjects. SUNY Empire Login Required
- ProQuest Research LibrarySelect Arts from the drop down menu for full-text journals on all aspects of the arts.
Below are specifically arts databases.
- Art Index
Articles on arts topics. SUNY Empire Login Required
- JSTOR
Unlike most databases, JSTOR has plenty of content published before the 1990s, but it does not have full-text for the most recent 2-3 years. Articles in all subjects, but especially good for history, area studies, the arts and humanities, mathematics, environmental science, etc. SUNY Empire Login Required
What are scholarly/peer reviewed articles?
In scholarly/peer reviewed articles:
- Author is an expert in the subject
- Content is evaluated by other experts before publication
- All information sources are cited
Some databases have all scholarly material. Others have an option to search for only scholarly/peer-reviewed articles.
- Anatomy of a Scholarly ArticleInteractive web site lets you look at different parts of a scholarly article so that you can recognize one when you see one, and know how to take it apart for meaning. From North Carolina State University.
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