Databases
Full Text Magazine Databases

This page outlines additional databases you can use for research. Each database is different in subject scope, interface and search capabilities. Databases with IP address authentication may be used by currently registered students from off-campus. You will be prompted for your full name and ID number before being forwarded to the database site.

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Full Text Magazine Databases | Online Reference Books | Stock Photography Database | Art and Design Magazine Indexes | Fashion Subscription Databases | Advertising Subscription Databases | Business & Company Information | Faculty Development

Proquest

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  • Full-Text.
  • Search from home - IP Address authentication.
  • Covers broad range of subjects, including current events, business, sciences, humanities, sociology, etc.
  • Access articles from over 3000 magazines titles.

  • Full-text.
  • Search from home - IP Address authentication.
  • An excellent tool when researching fine arts, popular culture and film related topics.
 
Online Reference Books

Oxford Reference Online

  • Full-Text.
  • Search from home - IP Address authentication.
  • General reference. Contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press.

  • Full-Text.
  • Search from home - IP Address authentication.
  • General art history reference.
 
Stock Photography Database

Corbis Education Collection

  • A collection of online photographs covering a variety of subjects.
  • Photos are available in multiple resolutions and can be downloaded for class projects. (Educational Use Only)
  • Contact the library for current subscription code to create your own account.
Art and Design Magazine Indexes

Design and Applied Arts Online

  • Not full-text - abstracts only. Will need to use library's current magazine holdings to find actual article.
  • Search from home - IP Address authentication.
  • An excellent tool when researching design and applied art topics, typography, and graphic design.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals

  • Not full-text- abstracts only. Will need to use library's current magazine holdings to find actual article.
  • Search from home - IP Address authentication.
  • The only comprehensive American guide to the current literature of architecture and design, the Avery Index now surveys more than 2,500 US and foreign journals
Fashion Subscription Databases
  • Full-Text.
  • Search from home.
  • PIN number required for self-registration. Current PIN numbers are distibuted in relevant Fashion courses.
  • Fashion news, runway shows and trend research.


  • Full-Text.
  • Search from home - IP address authentication.
  • Fashion news. The online version of the print Women's Wear Daily.
Advertising Subscription Databases
  • Search from home - IP address authentication.
  • Detailed profiles of nearly 13,500 advertising agencies, including their accounts, fields of specialization, breakdown of gross billings by media, contact information on agency personnel.

  • Search from home -IP address authentication.
  • News, opinion, and high quality quicktime video of recent and past advertisements.

  • Search from home - password required.
  • Email library@academyart.edu to request a password.
  • Adweek, Brandweek and Mediaweek directories.
  • Research advertising agencies, product names, media market facts and figures
Business & Company Information
  • Search from home - IP address authentication.
  • comprehensive company, industry, and market intelligence

Faculty Development

Journal on Excellence of College Teaching

  • Full-Text.
  • Search and read from home - IP Address authentication.
  • Informative journal for faculty and the faculty development department.
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