Benezit Dictionary of Artists

Benezit is one of the most comprehensive biographical dictionaries in the field of art history, including coverage of artists across all media, from painters and sculptors to calligraphers, ceramicists, illustrators, installation artists, and performance artists. It includes over 190,000 entries from the first English print edition (2006), plus revisions and new biographies exclusively available online.

Also included are artists' signatures, monograms, stamps of sale, detailed museum listings, bibliographies, exhibition information, and auction records

Benezit is updated three times per year to reflect new scholarship, additions to the bibliographies, and corrections. It is bundled with other Oxford databases, like Grove Art, and can be searched in conjunction or on its own.

Berg Fashion Library

Integrated text and image content on world dress and fashion throughout history. Includes the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, an extensive E-Book collection, an image bank, and more.

Types of material covered:  Encyclopedia articles, journal articles, images, e-books

Dates covered:  All periods of history

BHA - Bibliography of the History of Art

Includes citations from the following sources: BHA (1990-2007), the International Bibliography of Art (IBA) - 2008 to part of 2009, and the International Repertory of the Literature of Art (RILA, 1974-1989). BHA covers European and American architecture, painting, sculpture, drawing, prints and decorative arts, industrial design, folk art, photography, and performance art from late antiquity (4th C. AD) to the present. BHA no longer includes the Répertoire d'Art et d'Archéologie (RAA, 1973-1989). See RAA in print in the Library Reading Room. Abstracts are in French or English.

Types of material covered:  Journal articles, dissertations, book chapters, books, conference proceedings, exhibition catalogs

Dates covered:  1974-2007

Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago

Via JSTOR, full-text of the 1907-1951 issues of the Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago. From there, one can link to the continuing title, the Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly, which will lead to the next continuing title, Calendar of the Art Institute of Chicago, and then to the later issues of the Bulletin. All of these are availabe in full text.

Types of material covered: full-text journals

Dates covered: 1907-1982

Business Source Elite

Abstracts and some full-text articles from more than 1,060 journals covering accounting, business, management, economics, banking, finance, international business, regional business, sales, and marketing.

Types of material covered: Journal articles.

Dates covered: 1984 to the present.