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Art Abstracts (ArtAbstracts)

Leading publications in the world of the arts

Why select this database?

  • Includes information compiled by specialists with expertise in all fields of art to provide an international perspective on many art subjects.
  • Indexes major English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as European periodicals in a number of different languages.
  • Provides access to a wide range of bibliographies, notices of competitions and awards, reports of conferences, exhibition listings, review articles, interviews, and film reviews.
  • Serves as a comprehensive record of reproductions of works of art that appear anywhere in any of the indexed publications.
Database details
Subjects
archaeology industrial design
architecture interior design
art history landscape architecture
city planning museology
computer applications painting
computer graphics photography
crafts sculpture
film television
folk art textiles
graphic arts video
Sources 506

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Number of records Over 749,000
Dates covered 1984 to present
Abstracts since 1994
Updated Weekly
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Copyright

Art Abstracts, Copyright the H.W. Wilson Company, coverage beginning July, 1984. All rights reserved.

Except as otherwise provided by contract, the following are prohibited: copying the Database in machine-readable form, making multiple printouts and other uses of the Database inconsistent with the United States Copyright Law. The H.W. Wilson Company makes no warranties, express or implied, as to the database, including any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, and shall not be liable for consequential or incidental damages or lost profits or other claims related to the database or its use.

Index labels and examples of an expert search in Art Abstracts

Use a colon after an index label (for example, au:) when you are not certain of your search terms. Use an equal sign after an index label (au=) for an exact match search. You can search with an index label from any search screen. The information you type overrides any default menu selections. The following examples show sample rather than actual searches.

Search indexes Labels Examples
Keyword kw: watercolour and painting+
[keyword searches the Abstract, Notes, Source Phrase, Subject, and Title indexes]
Abstract ab: archive+
Accession number no: bart93020045
Article type phrase at= play review
[use to limit other search terms;
browse index for available types]
Author au: o'hara
ohara
Author phrase au= ohara, sheila
[last name first]
Corporate author phrase co= national gallery of ireland
Descriptor de: sea
Descriptors phrase de= seashore in art
First page pg: 2
Geographic coverage phrase gc= sydney australia
Issue is: 501
Language phrase ln= norwegian
[use to limit other search terms, browse index for available languages]
Named company phrase nc= limoges france
Named person phrase na= picasso pablo
[last name first]
Notes nt: baroque
Place of publication pl: sweden
Publication date pd: 90-91
[browse index for date formats]
Publisher pb: mcgraw-hill
Record type phrase rt= book review
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browse index for available record types]
Reviewed journal phrase rj= peer-reviewed journal
[not common in records prior to 1999]
Source so: harvard university
Source phrase so= harvard architecture review
Standard number sn: 8120814835
Subject su: dada
Subject phrase su= daily life in art
Title ti: dada and surrealism
Title phrase ti= painting a chair to change the world
Volume vo: 80
Year yr: 1997