African Art Research Guide: Articles
A DePaul University Library Guide to African Art & Architecture
Article Databases
Use databases to search for articles related to your topic:
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Index Islamicus This link opens in a new windowIndexes literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. It is produced by an editorial team working at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. It covers publications from 1906 to the present and over 3,000 journals are monitored for inclusion, in addition to conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works and book reviews.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new windowThe full text of more than 100 journals in business, social sciences, science, and the humanities. Searchable and browsable by date.
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Project MUSE This link opens in a new windowFull-image journals in the humanities and social sciences.
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Anthropological Index Online This link opens in a new windowIndexes anthropology journals. Based on the journal holdings of the Anthropology Library at the British Museum.
Dates covered: 1957-present.
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AnthroSource This link opens in a new windowA resource for professional anthropologists developed by the American Anthropological Association, containing full text access to its peer-reviewed publications and archive.
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Art Full Text This link opens in a new windowIndexes articles from art journals and museum bulletins. Coverage begins 1984; abstracting coverage begins with January 1994; full-text coverage for selected periodicals begins in 1997. Dates Covered: 1984-Present.
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ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials This link opens in a new windowIndexes journal articles, book reviews, and essays; includes ATLA's full-text collection of major religion and theology journals. Also includes content previously available in the Catholic Periodical and Literature Index. This database is produced by the American Theological Library Association.
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Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new windowIndexes journals, books and dissertations on all time periods of world history
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Art IndexUse Art Index to locate articles from 1929-1988. Print Source.
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Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals This link opens in a new windowGuide to current literature of architecture and design. Covers international, scholarly and popular periodical literature, including publications of professional associations.
Dates Covered: 1934-present.
Featured Journals
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Critical Interventions: Journal of African Art History and Visual CultureScholarly journal focused on the arts and visual cultures of global Africa, which encapsulates African and African Diaspora identities in the age of globalization.
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African ArtsDevoted to the study and discussion of traditional, contemporary, and popular African arts and expressive cultures. Includes explorations of theory and practice, and critical dialogue. Each issue features a core of peer-reviewed scholarly articles concerning Africa and its diasporas.
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MuqarnasScholarly contributions on historical, cultural and technical aspects of Islamic art, ceramics and architecture, from all regions of the Islamic world, in the medieval and modern periods. Additional issues available in print.
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NKA: Journal of Contemporary African ArtA refereed, scholarly journal covering all areas of contemporary African and African diaspora art.