See also the Art and Architecture Research Guide.

Please send any comments or suggestions about this subject portal to Kathy Dobda.

Need Help? Ask a Librarian or go to Research Help for more research options.

African Art

• African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning (an electronic exhibition catalog from the Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia)
• African Art Collection Cleveland Museum of Art)
• African Arts (index 1990-, full text 1997)
• Anthropology Subject Portal Research Databases (CSU)
• Art and Life in Africa Online (University of Iowa)
• National Museum of African Art (Smithsonian Institution)
• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Architecture

• AIA Online (American Institute of Architects)
• Architecture Visual Resources Library (University of California at Berkeley)
• Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library (Columbia University)
• Built in America (historic American buildings 1933-present; subset of American Memory)
• Cleveland Skyscrapers
• College of Architecture and Environmental Design (Kent State University)
• Cyburbia (urban planning resource directory)
• The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Guide
• National Architectural Accrediting Board
• SkyscraperPage.com: Cleveland (slow to load, please be patient)

Art Education & Standards

• American Art Therapy Association
• Americans for the Arts
• Art Schools (directory)
• Arts Education and School Improvement Resources for Local and State Leaders (U.S. Department of Education, Archived Site)
• Arts Education Partnership (coalition of arts, education, business, philanthropic, and government organizations)
• Child Safety on the Information Highway (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children)
• Cleveland Museum of Art: K-12 Teachers
• Copyright and Digital Content (Linda C. Joseph, Columbus, OH public schools)
• Education Portal (Michael Schwartz Library)
• The Incredible Art Department
• National Museum of Women in the Arts: Resources for Educators
• Ohio Fine Arts Academic Content Standards
• Smithsonian Opportunities for Research and Study
• State Arts Education Policy Database (search by state or topic)
• Teacher's Guide to Fair Use and Copyright
• VSA (Very Special Arts) Education

Art History (Directories & Resources)

• Art Crimes: The Writing on the Wall (graffiti art)
• Art History (from About.com)
• Art History Resources
• Art History Resources on the Web
• ArtSource (directory arranged by subject)
• Dictionary of Art Historians
• Distinguished Artists (links to web info of deceased American artists)
• Humanities Web: Historical Paintings
• Mother of All Art and Art History Links
• National Portrait Gallery: Portrait Search
• Resources in Art History for Graduate Students
• Smithsonian American Art Museum
• Timeline of Art History (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
• UCLA Art Library: Selected Internet Resources
• Vistas: Visual Culture in Spanish America
• Who's Who on the Web - Select Who's Who in American Art from menu on the left.
• Worldwide Art Resources (Artists, Art Movements, Biographies, Artwork)

Art Supplies & Teacher Resources

• Art Supplies Wholesale (North Beverly, MA)
• Cerebellum Corporation: Art
• Cleveland Museum of Art Online Store
• Davis Publications: Excellence in Art Education
• Dick Blick Art Supplies
• Digital Art Supplies (San Diego, CA)
• Discount Art Supplies (New Hampshire)
• Metropolitan Museum of Art Store
• National Gallery of Art: Gallery Shop
• Pearl Art & Craft Supplies (New York, NY)
• Smithsonian Education - Educators -Lesson Plans - Art & Design

Associations, Institutions, Etc.

• American Art Therapy Association
• Architecture (from Scholarly Societies Project)
• Art History Association (Indiana University)
• Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA)
• Artists' Health Insurance Resource Center
• Arts Council of the African Studies Association (ACASA)
• Association for Art History (AAH)
• Association for Latin American Art (ALAA)
• Association of African American Museums
• Association of Art Editors
• Association of College & University Museums & Galleries (ACUMG)
• Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
• College Art Association
• Fine Arts (from Scholarly Societies Project)
• International Center of Medieval Art
• International Directory of Art Libraries (from IFLA)
• National Art Education Association (NAEA)
• National Endowment for the Arts
• National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Ohio Art Education Association
• Renaissance Society of America
• Society of Architectural Historians (SAH)
• Visual Resources Association

Cleveland Museum of Art

• Annual Report
• Search Collections (Includes the May Show database & Auction Catalog Search)
• Image Library Search
• CMA Publications Index (first search Collections—above—for object number)
• "Researching Art Objects Owned by The CMA” (PDF)

CSU Art & Architecture Department

• About the CSU Art & Architecture Collection
• CSU Art Gallery
• Department Home Page
• New Acquisitions

Digital Images

• American Memory Collections: Photos & Prints
• AP Images (over 500,000 Associated Press photos)
• Art & Architecture Database (OhioLINK)
• Art Images for College Teaching (Minneapolis College of Art and Design)
• Art Project (Google)
• Artchive
• Artcyclopedia (a fine art search engine)
• ARTstor
  • ARTstor Subject Guides
• CGFA: A Virtual Art Museum
• Cleveland Memory Digital Library of Images
• Digital Archive of Architecture (Boston College)
• Digital Imaging Project (sculpture & architecture images, Bluffton College)
• Digital Library (University of Colorado)
• Great Buildings Collection (architectural images)
• New York Public Library Digital Gallery (primary source materials of digital versions of books, manuscripts, photographs, engravings, etc.)
• Ohio Outdoor Sculpture Inventory (OOSI)
• Olga's Gallery
• Time & Life Pictures (includes photographer profiles)
• Web Gallery of Art (images of European paintings and sculptures)
• WebMuseum, Paris: Famous Artworks Exhibition

Journals

• Art, Architecture & Applie Arts: Architecture
• Arts & Crafts
• Fine Arts - General
• Gardens, Landscape Architecture & Parks
• Decorative Arts
• Drawing, Design & Illustration
• Photography (Visual Arts)
• Print Media
• Sculpture
• Visual Arts - General

Local Resources

• Cleveland Artists Foundation
• Cleveland Institute of Art
• Cleveland Public Library: Fine Arts
• The Cleveland School
• Cleveland State University Art Department
• LAND Studio (Landscape Art Neighborhoods Development
• Ohio Arts Council
• The Sculpture Center
• Society of Northern Ohio Professional Photographers
• Western Reserve Historical Society
• Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio (arts program for teachers)

Museums & Exhibitions

• Akron Art Museum
• Allen Memorial Art Museum (Oberlin College)
• American Folk Art Museum
• Art Institute of Chicago
• Art Project (Google)
• Butler Institute of American Art (Youngstown)
• Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh)
• Cincinnati Art Museum
• Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Cleveland Museum of Art: Ingalls Library
• Columbus Museum of Art
• Database of Virtual Art
• For Every Thing a Season: Jewish Ritual Art in Cleveland
• The Frick Collection
• Gallery Guide: Portal to the Fine Arts
• Guggenheim Museum
• J. Paul Getty Museum
• Library of Congress Exhibitions
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art
• Milwaukee Art Museum
• Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland
• Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
  • Painting & Sculpture
• MuseumSpot
• Smithsonian American Art Museum Online Exhibitions
• Smithsonian Institution (links to Smithsonian museums)
• Tate Online
• Toledo Museum of Art
• Victoria & Albert Museum (London)
• WebExhibits (online exhibits to improve cultural literacy)
• WebMuseum, Paris
• Wexner Center for the Arts (Ohio State University)
• Yahoo! Arts: Museums

Photography

• American Museum of Photography
• Center for Creative Photography (Univ. of Arizona)
• International Center of Photography
• National Museum of Photography, Film & Television (England)
• URC/California Museum of Photography (Univ. California Riverside)

Primary Sources & Critical Thinking

• Archives of American Art
• For Teachers (Library of Congress)
• Repositories of Primary Sources (University of Idaho)
• Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in Visual Arts (Pamela J. Eyerdam)
• Visual Materials as Primary Sources (Yale University Library)

Reference Sources

• African American Artists on Disc (Access in Michael Schwartz Library Reference Dept. only)
• Art & Architecture Thesaurus (vocabulary developed by the Getty)
• ArtLex (art dictionary)
• Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford University Press)
• Dictionary of Architecture (Oxford University Press)
• Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art (Oxford University Press)
• Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (structured vocabulary for art history)
• Grove Dictionary of Art Online (start research here)
• Multilingual Glossary for Art Librarians (IFLA)
• Oxford Dictionary of Art (Oxford University Press)
• Union List of Artist Names (database of biographical and bibliographical info on artists and architects by the Getty)

Research Databases

• Core Research Databases:
  • Art Full Text (OSearch)
  • Art Full Text (EBSCOhost)
  • Art Index Retrospective
  • ARTbibliographies Modern
  • ARTstor
  • Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
  • Bibliography of the History of Art (includes RILA from 1975 to 1989)
  • CAMIO (Catalog of Art Museum Images Online)
  • Digital Resource Commons
  • Grove Art Online (part of Oxford Art Online)
  • Humanities International Complete
  • Oxford Art Online
    
• Additional Databases:
  • Education Research Complete
  • Electronic Journal Center (OhioLINK): Arts and Humanities
  • ERIC
  • FRANCIS
  • Index to 19th Century American Art Periodicals
  • Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
  • MLA International Bibliography
  • SCIPIO: Art and Rare Books Sales Catalogs

Research Guides

• Researching Objects Owned by The CMA at the Ingalls Library (PowerPoint Document)
• Writing About Art (by Marjorie Munsterberg)
• Writing about Art and Art History (select "Download the Guide")

Teaching Art

• Art History for Kids
• Art Lesson Plans & Activities
• Art Teacher on the Net
• ArtsConnectEd (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Walker Art Center, and MCI)
• ArtsEdge (from the Kennedy Center)
• Cleveland Museum of Art: K-12 Teachers
• Education at the Getty
• National Gallery of Art: Education
• National Museum of African Art: Teacher Resources (Smithsonian)
• Smithsonian American Art Museum: Office of Educational Programs