Architecture and the Arts

Resources

Databases | E-Journals | Digital Images | Other Sites

The Library subscribes to more than 10,000 electronic resources such as indexes and databases, full-text journals, scholarly reference materials, image collections; these are materials that are not available on the free Web. Resources for research in architecture and the arts are listed below.

Check the Services page for information about library instruction, how to recommend that the Library add an item to the collection, media viewing/listening stations, and scanning in the Daley Library Reserve Reading Room.

DATABASES -- Search for articles

• Architecture
• Art and Design
• Art History
• Dance
• Film and Media Studies
• Fine (studio) Arts
• Graphic Design
• Music
• Performing arts
• Theater

ELECTRONIC JOURNALS -- A list of links to electronic journals.

• Search for a journal by title
• Journals in Fine Arts and Music
• Electronic Journal Collections

RESEARCH GUIDES -- Tools for starting research in the Daley Library.

• Art resources
• Film and Television
• Music Research

IMAGE COLLECTIONS -- Find and save digital images for your projects.

Important! the Amica, Saskia, CITY2000 and Brubaker Image collections are viewed via the "Insight Browser." Firewalls, or Browser settings that block Pop-up Ads or Java, may prevent correct operation of the Insight Browser. Test your settings by turning off the Firewall and/or allowing Pop-ups and Java from this site only - then adjust your Firewall or Browser settings.

• AMICA Library - Licensed images of artworks
• Saskia Digital Archive from Scholars Resource - Licensed images of painting, sculpture and architecture*
• National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan -licensed images of artwork
• Saskia Slides - Licensed images of painting, sculpture and architecture
• CITY 2000 - Chicago In The year 2000 digital Photos
• C. William Brubaker Collection - Slides of Chicago Architecture
• Chicago Imagebase - Historical and contemporary Chicago images
• Paris - Images of Parisian architecture on an interactive map
• RomeDAI - Images of classical Rome on maps
  
• A list of sites that provide art images or image search engines

*The Saskia Digital Archive collection contains 30,000 digital images of paintings, sculpture and architecture, including images from many important collections: the Prado, the Kunsthistorisches Museum, the Uffizi, and the Louvre as well as archaeological sites in Greece, Italy, Turkey and Egypt. The images are displayed in both high resolution and thumbnail format.

Other Web resources
Architecture Information - List of Web resources related to architecture
Arts Information - List of Web resources related to the arts
UIC Architecture and the Arts home page.
Dictionaries and Thesauri - Find help with definitions and words in architecture and the arts
Film and Video - List of Web sites on film, video and media studies.
Image search engines - Search for images related to architecture and arts
Links to famous art libraries - Search the catalogs of worldwide libraries specializing in architecture and arts
Museums - Find information about local, national and international museums
Professional Organizations - Home pages of professional and academic associations
Time Lines - Find historical chronologies related to architecture and art