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Art Resources: Academic Journals & Articles

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Finding Articles from Academic Journals and Newspapers

'Verre et Journal' (Glass and Newspaper), Juan Gris, August 1917, Oil on plywood - Britannica ImageQuest This page has online sources for articles from academic journals and newspapers.

Academic Journals

Academic OneFile
Fine Arts (Gale OneFile)
HIstorical Abstracts with Full Text
JSTOR
Pop Culture Studies (Gale OneFile)
All WSA Databases with Academic Journals

Newspapers

Newspapers.com

Academic OneFile

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- Why search here?
  Academic OneFile has peer-reviewed, full-text articles in many subject areas, including the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts, theology, literature and more.
- What's included?
  It contains thousands of academic journals, the majority in full text HTML and PDF formats, and hundreds of podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and CBC.
- How do I cite it?
  Find the Export button on the right. Choose Direct Export to NoodleTools, and import the citation directly to your open NoodleTools project. If you choose to copy and paste it instead, be sure to grab the "Permalink" as well, and put that in the URL box underneath the quick cite box in NoodleTools.

Fine Arts (Gale OneFile)

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- Why search here?
  Fine Arts (Gale OneFile) supports research in topics in architecture, art, dance, film, music, and theatre, covering a broad range of styles, periods and movements.
- What's included?
  It includes more than 13 million articles from over 400 full-text journals and magazines.
- How do I cite it?
  Look for the Export button on the right. Choose Direct Export to NoodleTools, and import the citation directly to your open NoodleTools project. If you choose to copy and paste it instead, be sure to grab the "Permalink" as well, and put that in the URL box underneath the quick cite box in NoodleTools.

Historical Abstracts with Full Text

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- Why search here?
  Historical Abstracts provides information on world history (excluding the United States and Canada) from the 15th century to the present.
- What's included?
  It includes hundreds of history journals and books, plus useful features such as the ability to search by time period.
- How do I cite it?
  Click the ‘Cite’ button to the right, then click on either the MLA or Chicago citation. Click the ‘Cite’ button in the upper right, then select either MLA 9th Edition or Chicago 17th Edition (Notes & Bibliography) from the drop-down menu for Style. Click ‘Export Citation’, then click ‘Export to NoodleTools’. In the new window, check that the reference and project for it to be added to are correct, then click ‘Import’.

Newspapers.com

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- Why search here?
  Newspapers.com gives you access to the historical newspaper archive of Ancestry.com. NOTE: Newspapers.com can only be accessed while on the WSA campus,
- What's included?
  It contains millions of pages from over 26,100 different American newspapers from the 1700s–2000s.
- How do I cite it?
  This database doesn't supply citations. In NoodleTools, choose Database, then Newspaper, then do your best when filling out the form.

JSTOR

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- Why search here?
  JSTOR is a digital library of journals, academic ebooks, images, and primary sources in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. Use JSTOR to find historical information rather than current articles.
- What's included?
  It includes thousands of full-text scholarly articles, some dating back to the 1800s, along with open-access eBooks and the entire Artstor image collection of over 2.5 million images. JSTOR also features audio content with searchable transcripts for spoken word content.
- How do I cite it?
  Look for the Cite this item button on the left. Click the COPY button next to your preferred style, then the Export to NoodleTools link to import the citation directly to your open NoodleTools project. If you want to copy and paste the citation instead, be sure to take the "Remote Access URL" provided.

Pop Culture Studies (Gale OneFile)

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- Why search here?
  Pop Culture Studies (Gale OneFile) provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture.
- What's included?
  It includes over 4 million articles, with reviews, critical essays, interviews and more, providing useful information for researchers in social science, history, art or liberal arts classes.
- How do I cite it?
  Look for the Export button on the right. Choose Direct Export to NoodleTools, and import the citation directly to your open NoodleTools project. If you choose to copy and paste it instead, be sure to grab the "Permalink" as well, and put that in the URL box underneath the quick cite box in NoodleTools.

WSA Databases with Scholarly Journals

This list of WSA databases with scholarly journals - including links and database descriptions - can be a starting point for your research.

WSA Database with Scholarly Journals
This is a list of WSA databases with scholarly journals; it includes links to the databases along with descriptions of each resource. The databases here cover a wide range of subject matter.

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