The Art Institute of Chicago

Illinois Digital Archives

Includes digitized collections from Libraries around the state of Illinois, including exhibition catalogs from the Art Institute of Chicago.

Types of material covered: An assortment of primary documents.
Access note: Free access. Available to everyone.

Illinois Newspaper Project

Find which Illinois libraries own historic newspapers. No full text; just location information.

Access note: Free access. Available to everyone.

Index of Christian Art

Descriptions and some images of approximately 80,000 works of Christian Art are included in this index. Both searching and browsing are available.

Types of material covered: Records of works of art, subject records, and citations that support the works of art. Also, some images are available.
Dates covered: From early apostolic times up to the mid 16th century

International Bibliography of Art

Successor to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA). Covers European art from late antiquity to the present, American art from the colonial era to the present, and global art since 1945.

Types of material covered: Abstracts of journal articles
Dates covered: Some articles from 1990-2007, but mostly content written from 2008 to the present