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Art: Finding Articles

Department Research Guides identify and define standard information retrieval tools for a specific department. Each guide was created and is maintained by the library liaison for that department. We encourage you to recommend resources for the guides.

Journals

To see if WIU has access to articles from a specific journal, look for the journal title in our journal list linked below:

Find Journals at WIU

Interlibrary Loan

If you need access to an article not available through WIU Libraries, you can request a copy of the article electronically through ILLiad. Visit http://www.wiu.edu/libraries/interlibrary_loan/ for information on using ILLiad.

Art Article Databases and Indexes

These databases focus on the fine arts and index (aka collect and sort) many magazines, journals, and newspapers that publish articles on fine arts topics.

Other Article Databases of Possible Interest

These databases don't necessarily focus on the fine or visual arts, but contain some articles about fine arts topics. Some are multidisciplinary (meaning they cover many different areas of interest) and some are from disciplines that overlap with art history (history, other humanities).

Find It @ WIU

When you are looking at search results in most databases, notice the Find it! button. If you do not see a link to PDF Fulltext, Linked Fulltext, or HTML Fulltext, you may click on the Find it! button (or plain text link "Find It! @ WIU Libraries") to see whether or not we have access to an article through another database, publisher, or website.

Depending upon the database you are searching, the Find It option may appear as either a grey button, a hyperlink, or both:

When you click on either the button or text link, you'll be taken into WestCat. In order to see if we have available fulltext access, you'll need to Sign In to your I-Share account (ecom username and password).

In this case, we do NOT have immediate access to the article. Instead, you are given a link to login to ILLiad and then fill out an article request form. The citation information should be auto-filled for you. If you get an error message with the ILLiad logon, use this form instead.

Here is an example of an article for which we DO have immediate access. Simply click on an availability link to be taken to the fulltext.

Have problems when trying to get online access to journal content?  This complex system connects many different databases with many different journal providers. If you experience a problem with linking, scroll down the page in WestCat and click on Report a Problem under Additional Info. You can also use one of the contact options listed at http://www.wiu.edu/libraries/help/