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Article Research

Once a citation for an article is located using the Article Research databases, check FRESCO for the availability of the periodical title at the Frick Art Reference Library. If a periodical is not available at the Library search the WorldCat (via FirstSearch) database to locate institutions where the periodical is available. The only exception to the above is the JSTOR and Wilson Select Plus databases, which offer full-text access to their content.

Access	Title (click title to access database)	Info
On Site	ARTbibliographies Modern	Click
Web	Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts Online (AATA)	Click
On Site	Art Index	Click
On Site	Art Index Retrospective	Click
On Site	Arts and Humanities Search	Click
On Site	Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals	Click
On Site	Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)	Click
On Site	Index to 19th-Century American Art Periodicals	Click
On Site	JSTOR	Click
On Site	Newspaper Abstracts	Click
On Site	Wilson Select Plus	Click

Auction Research

Access	Title (click title to access database)	Info
On Site	Artfact	Click
On Site	Artnet.com: Price Database	Click
On Site	Artprice.com *	Click
On Site	Art Sales Catalogues Online	Click
Web	Art Sales Index	Click
Web	Getty Provenance Index — Search Sale Catalogs	Click
On Site	Gordon's Print Prices *	Click
On Site	Montias*	Click
On Site	SCIPIO: Art and Rare Book Sales Catalogs	Click

Biographical Research

Access	Title (click title to access database)	Info
On Site	Artprice.com (includes some biographies)*	Click
On Site	Britannica Online	Click
Web	Dictionary of Art Historians	Click
On Site	Oxford Art Online	Click
Web	Union List of Artist Names (ULAN)	Click

Image Research

Access	Title (click title to access database)	Info
Web	Artcyclopedia	Click
On Site	Artnet.com: Price Database (contains images)	Click
On Site	ARTstor	Click
On Site	CAMIO	Click
Web	Digital Scriptorium	Click
Web	Getty Research Insitute — Photo Study Collection	Click
On Site	Oxford Art Online	Click
Web	Smithsonian American Art Museum — Art Inventories Catalog — via SIRIS	Click
Web	Smithsonian American Art Museum — Peter A. Juley & Son Collection — via SIRIS	Click
Web	Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and the Catalog of American Portraits	Click

Provenance Research

Access	Title (click title to access database)	Info
On Site	Art Sales Catalogues Online	Click
Web	Getty Provenance Index — Search Public Collections	Click
Web	Getty Provenance Index — Search Sale Catalogs	Click
Web	WWII Provenance Research Bibliography — via FRESCO	Click
On Site	SCIPIO: Art and Rare Book Sales Catalogs	Click

* Please see a Reading Room staff member for access.

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