Fine Arts Databases from Proquest at Avery Library

Proquest Research Databases (for Columbia University affiliates, or visitors to the library) contain periodical indexes useful to Art Historians. The search entry titled The ARTS includes cross-searching of 24 databases. You can view and change the databases searched by clicking on the “24 databases” tab at top. 1. ARTBibliographies Modern (ABM): This database is the only […]

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Fine Arts Databases from Ebsco at Avery Library

EBSCOHost Research Databases (for Columbia University affiliates, or visitors to the library) contain periodical indexes useful to Art Historians. To access this conglomerated resource, get into CLIO, type “ebscohost research databases” and click on the first URL found under the CATALOG section. Once in, click on the words “CHOOSE DATABASES,” deselect all (unless you are […]

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NEW AUCTION CATALOG DATABASES NOW IN CLIO*

Auction catalog databases are essential in Museum Libraries, but in fact, they can be critical for Art Historical researchers as well.  We now have two new databases that might be good tools for our researchers: SCIPIO  : art and rare books sales/auction catalogs: This database provides bibliographic access to art auction and rare book sales […]

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New Multimedia Architecture Resource

On Architecture is an online audiovisual service providing a detailed panorama of the world’s main authors, works, experiences related to the field of architecture. The collection features original videos, such as interviews, buildings and installations, all of this enriched with a selection of complementary material about the main authors and figures of contemporary architecture.Once you […]

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Cabinets of Curiosities

When Europeans became intrigued by the exotic in the sixteenth century, they began building systematic, even obsessive compulsive collections of natural, unusual, or rare artefacts gathered from all over the world.    Known as Wunderkammer or Cabinets of Curiosities, these collections became increasingly popular over the next several centuries, yielding insights into the attitudes of collectors […]

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Featured Research Resource: International Bibliography of Art (IBA)

If you are in search of scholarly publications that cover the global region and span the of subject Fine Arts and Architecture, ProQuest's International Bibliography of Art (IBA) is the resource for you. IBA covers European art from late antiquity to the present, American art from the colonial era to the present, and global art […]

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Avery Library open on MLK

  Please note that Avery Library will be open on Monday, January 16th with the following exceptions: Avery Classics, Drawings & Archives, Art Properties, Avery Index and Bibliographic Services will be closed. We will operate with minimal public service staff levels to accommodate researchers for the day. See our hours. […]

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