Finding Books | Finding Biographical Information | Finding Journal Articles | Organizations

• Oxford Art Online
  Full text multidisciplinary database includes Grove art online, Oxford companion to Western art, Encyclopedia of aesthetics, Concise Oxford dictionary of art terms, Grove dictionary of art online and covers all aspects of art and artists.
• Contemporary women artists (1999)
  Avery Reference N40 C76
  Barnard Reference N8354 .C66 1999
  
• Dictionary of women artists (1997) 
  Avery Reference N40 D57
  Barnard Reference N43 .D55 1997
• North American women artists of the twentieth century : a biographical dictionary (1995)
  Avery Reference  N40 N79
  

Try searching in CLIO under the name of specific artists [last name, first name] using a subject search. Examples:

Cassatt, Mary
Gentileschi, Artemisia

• Art Full Text
  A major periodical index to the arts. This database covers 1984 to the present and is the second part of a two- part index to art periodicals in Western European languages.  Beginning in 1994, abstracts are included. After the late 1990s, some full text is available (lacking illustrations).  The earlier index is:
  
• Art Retrospective
  Index covers 1929-1984.  
• ARTBibliographies Modern
  Citations and abstracts for publications on modern and contemporary art (late 19th century to the present).
• n.paradoxa
  "... the only international feminist art journal exploring feminist theory and contemporary women's art practices published in two separate editions online (quarterly, since Dec. 1996) and in print." The web page provides access to some information from the current issue, but it also has a large number of links to web sites about women and art with great international coverage. n.paradoxa also includes a list or worldwide organizations.

For Women's Studies journals, use

• Gender Studies Database
  Useful terms to search: Art, Women Artists, Women Painters, Women Sculptors

For more resources for arts, explore

• Columbia University Libraries' Databases (reference works & indexes)
  Use the subject term: Arts, Architecture & Applied Arts

• ARTstor
  Digital images of architecture, painting, photography, sculpture, decorative arts, design and material culture
  

• Artwomen.org
  "We seek dynamic exchanges of views on visual art and feminist cultural production across and between disciplines." Artwomen.org has public forums about a variety of topics.
• Guerrilla Girls
  Guerrilla Girls are a group of women artists and art professionals who make posters about discrimination.
• National Museum of Women in the Arts
  The Museum is "dedicated exclusively to recognizing the contributions of women artists. Includes some images and information about artists in the collection.
• Women's Studio Workshop
  A not-for-profit artists' space located near Kingston, NY. The WSW home page provides information about its activities, programs, and internships.