Google Scholar
Some students prefer searching Google Scholar to identify relevant articles and then using the library to actually find the full text articles themselves. Many of the library's resources can be accessed through Google Scholar if your change some of your Google settings. Here is how.
Wikipedia
Wikipedia and whatever else looks academically appropriate can be used to get some basic knowledge on the place and time period in which the work was created. You do not need to cite things that are considered common knowledge. Basic Googling is a good first place to start gathering important key words to use to search later.
JSTOR: Search JSTOR for your artist's name and/or subject of the piece
Need help? See the "How to Search JSTOR" guide.
Best Databases for Art Research @ CCBC
- Art Full Text This link opens in a new window
Articles about fine, decorative, and commercial visual art as well as photography, film, and design.
- Biography Reference Bank This link opens in a new window
Biographical articles about people in the news, arts, literature, sports, and history.
- Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window
Articles and ebooks about humanities topics like arts, history, language, law, literature, philosophy, and politics.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Journals, books, images, and primary sources about many subjects.
- World History This link opens in a new window
Get background information about a particular place and time period here to enrich your understanding of the world in which your selected works were created.
Video Databases
- Digital Theatre +
Videos of and articles about theatrical productions, interviews, masterclasses, and analyses of plays, musicals, and opera.
- Kanopy
Videos including documentaries and international films. NOTE: titles can be requested within Kanopy without creating an account. Click Request Access at the bottom of the film's title card and complete the form with as much detail as possible..
- Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
Videos on many subjects from PBS, HBO, BBC, History Channel, and others.
Help!
Need help finding articles? Call the Library Reference Desk:
Catonsville 443-840-2730
Dundalk 443-840-2592
Essex 443-840-1425
Need technical help?
Call Library Tech Support 443-840-2720
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