Subscription Databases
Oxford Art Online

service/publisher:  Oxford University Press		 Entire text of the 34-volume reference work The Dictionary of Art which covers art topics throughout history.  Includes other works such as The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Dictionary of Art Terms.  Great image and biography searches!
Academic OneFile

service/publisher:  Gale

Provided by the New York State Library, NOVELNY connects New Yorkers to 21st century information. NOVELNY is supported with temporary federal Library Services and Technology Act funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The New York Library Initiative is a proposal for permanent state funding for NOVELNY, a pilot project for the Statewide Internet Library.
 Contains information from about 12,000 sources including magazines, journals, newspapers, reference works, transcripts and podcasts.

Full-text of The New York Times from 1985-present.

*To narrow your results to a certain academic area, go to the advanced search, choose "Browse Publication Subject" and select the academic area you're researching.
General OneFile

service/publisher:  Gale

Provided by the New York State Library, NOVELNY connects New Yorkers to 21st century information. NOVELNY is supported with temporary federal Library Services and Technology Act funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The New York Library Initiative is a proposal for permanent state funding for NOVELNY, a pilot project for the Statewide Internet Library.		 Contains information from about 12,000 sources including magazines, journals, newspapers, reference works, transcripts, and podcasts.

Full-text of The New York Times from 1985-present.

Travel guides.

*To narrow your results to a certain academic area, go to the advanced search, choose "Browse Publication Subject" and select the academic area you're researching.

Search Engine for Images
picsearch
http://www.picsearch.com
Photo Editing
Copyright Free Photos
Tools
Kuler (color themes)
http://kuler.adobe.com
Sites on Specific Art Topics
  African Masks

Medieval Art (includes manuscripts)

 Photography

General Art Sites
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Use this custom search engine to search all of the links below (refresh your browser if you can't see the search box).

Art History Resources on the Web
Organized by time periods.  Includes a list of museums and galleries by country.
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html

Art Links on the World Wide Web
Extensive list of art history links sorted by time period, nationality, and movement.
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/Artweb_frames.html

The Artchive
Contains an alphabetical listing of artists and schools (click on the Mona Lisa) as well as critical essays.
http://www.artchive.com/core.html

Artcyclopedia:  The Fine Art Search Engine
Search by artist, title of work, museum, movement, medium, subject, or nationality.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/index.html

Best of History Web Sites - by Thomas Daccord
Contains links to MANY sites in the areas of world history, U.S. history and art history.  Some sites include primary sources, lesson plans and/or maps.
http://www.besthistorysites.net

ARTLEX Art Dictionary
Dictionary of visual art, with links to other resources.
http://www.artlex.com

National Gallery of Art
http://www.nga.gov

Timeline of Art History
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm

Web Gallery of Art
Contains information on European painting and sculpture from the Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque periods (1150 - 1800).
http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp

Web Museum, Paris
Includes an artist index and themes index (click on "Famous Artworks" to access these).
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/

WWW Virtual Library:  Museums around the World
Links to all kinds of museums, sorted by subject or country.
www.icom.org/vlmp/world.html