Art History

Smartphone users: Choose EBSCO Mobile, then select the database in which you want to search.

Your username and password are the same ones you use to log in to MySHU or your SHU email. If you are having login problems, please contact the Solution Center Help Desk (helpdesk@setonhill.edu or 724-830-1805).

How to search:

• In EBSCOhost databases, clicking the "Peer Reviewed" box will limit your search to "scholarly" or "academic" articles.
• Type a few keywords in the search box. Choose the words or phrases that best represent your research question or topic.
• Use the limiter options to narrow down your results list (limit the date range, source type, etc.).

Finding the article itself (an abstract is a summary, not a source!):

• Many articles are in full text; PDF format is best.
• In EBSCOhost, the "Access Options" and "Access Now" buttons will link you to the full text.
• If we do not have full-text access to an article you need, check our Publication Finder (the "Browse Journal Titles" tab on the library website) to see if we subscribe in print or a different database. If we don't have a subscription, you may request the article through interlibrary loan.

In addition to our online collections, we offer key art journals in print.  The following titles are available for all listed years in our print journal collection, located in the O'Hara Room on the ground floor of the Learning Commons:

Artforum  2000-2015

ARTnews  2000-May 2015

Graphis  1971-1980, 1988-2005

Art Index is a serial index to articles from an extensive range of art-related periodicals.  Like an index found in the back of a book, each volume of Art Index is arranged alphabetically, with users being able to search by either subject or author.  Journal titles in each entry are abbreviated, and users can refer to the key at the beginning of the volume to find the full title.  Art Index can be used to look up citations for articles on a given topic, and those articles can then be found via the library's databases or print periodicals, or through interlibrary loan if a particular journal is not in the library's collection.  Reeves Memorial Library holds every volume of Art Index from 1968-2011, available in the O'Hara Room on the lower level of the Learning Commons.

Finding images that you are permitted to use for your work is actually pretty easy. Many photographers and artists make their images available under a Creative Commons license and allow them to be used freely. There are different kinds of Creative Commons licenses, so remember:

• Make sure that the image is licensed for the type of use you intend
• Always give attribution, even if the image is in the public doman (a slide at the end of a presentation or an entry in the References list of a written work is usually sufficient)

For more information on what the different usage rights designations mean, consult the link below: