ART271: Destroying Images
A research guide for Professor Aleci's ART271: Destroying Images class.
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Research Tips
For your final case studies, you'll likely need to pull from a variety of scholarly and popular resources across disciplines, not only in art history. The guide below is broken up by source type and then genre, i.e. historical & contemporary newspapers, academic databases, etc. Remember to use the keywords you came up with in class to help you along your research, keeping in mind that keywords can shift depending upon the research context you're in.
Finally, remember to keep track of the keywords and resources that you've used, alongside keeping track of your found references in Zotero.
For access to The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and other contemporary newspapers, please use Nexis Uni.
Newspapers
Contemporary Newspapers & News Resources
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Lancaster NewspapersLocal newspapers, provided by NewsBank. Includes LNP Always Lancaster (covers 2014-current), Intelligencer Journal (covers 1989-2009), Lancaster New Era (covers 1989-2009), Intelligencer Journal-Lancaster New Era (covers 2008-2014), and Sunday News (covers 1989-2014).
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Access World NewsExplore issues and events at the local, regional, national and international level. Diverse source types include print and online-only newspapers, blogs, newswires, journals, broadcast transcripts and videos. Use it to explore a specific event or to compare a wide variety of viewpoints on topics such as politics, business, health, sports, cultural activities and people. Content is easily searched and sorted through an intuitive, map-based interface.
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News Research (Nexis Uni)Nexis Uni searches a wide range of news resources, including newspapers, magazines, newswires, broadcast transcripts, reviews, obituaries, and editorials. Use Nexis Uni for access to current issues of major news publications, including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Associated Press, and BBC, among others.
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Vanderbilt Television News Archive (1968- )Over one million video news segments, complete with searchable abstracts. The archive includes evening news broadcasts from ABC, CBS, and NBC, as well as news reports from Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC. Coverage extends back to August 5, 1968. No current material will be made available until at least 72 hours after the original broadcast.
Historical Newspapers
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African American Newspapers, 1827-1998One-of-a-kind record of African American history, culture, and daily life. Covers life in the Antebellum South through the Civil Rights movement and more.
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America's Historical NewspapersFully searchable, cover-to-cover reproductions of early American newspapers including titles from all 50 present states. Includes: Early American Newspapers, Series 1 (1690-1876), Early American Newspapers, Series 2 (1758-1900) and Early American Newspapers, Series 3 (1829-1922).
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Burney Collection Newspapers17th & 18th century newspapers and pamphlets published primarily in London.
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Early American Newspapers, 1690-1922Part of America's Historical Newspapers. Click here for access.
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New York Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)The New York Times Historical Archive offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. Sept. 18, 1851 - 4 Years Ago, full-text.
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ProQuest Historical NewspapersHistorical access to the New York Times (1851-2015), Chicago Tribune (1849-1996), Los Angeles Times (1881-1995), Philadelphia Inquirer (1860-2001), and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (1786-2003).
Recent access to the New York Times (2008-three months ago) and Wall Street Journal (2008-three months ago).
Research Databases
Art & Art History
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Art Full TextArticles and other text materials from a variety of art publications.
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Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science)Articles and other text materials published in scholarly journals in the arts and humanities.
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Berg Fashion LibraryAn authoritative source on world dress and fashion across cultures and throughout history. Contains major reference works (such as The Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion), eBooks, online exclusive articles, educational resources, and extensive image content from prestigious museum partners from around the world.
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Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)Articles and other text materials about European and American art from late antiquity to the present. Covers scholarship to 2008.
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International Bibliography of Art (IBA)Articles and other text materials about European and American art from late antiquity to the present. Covers scholarship since 2008. Covers scholarship since 2008.
Sociology
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Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science)Index to content from core journals in all areas of the social sciences. Provides lists of sources cited, plus publications citing the original article. Also known as SSCI. Publications from 1900 - present.
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Sociological AbstractsCovers the international literature of sociology, social work, and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Publications from 1952 - present.
Religious Studies & Philosophy
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Philosopher's IndexA comprehensive scholarly database covering books and journals published in all major fields of philosophy since 1940.
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PhilPapers: Philosophical Research OnlineA comprehensive index of philosophy books and articles. PhilPapers offers unique features such as real-time indexing of pre-prints, fine-grained classification by topic, email alerts, reading lists, advanced search functionality, and discussion forums.
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Religion Index (ATLA)Comprehensive database in religious and theological scholarship. Includes index citations, journal articles, essays in multi-author works, and book reviews from ATLA's print indexes: Religion Index One (RIO), Religion Index Two (RIT), and Index to Book Reviews in Religion (IBRR). Covers from 1949 to the present.
Multidisciplinary Resources
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Eighteenth Century Collections OnlineAccess the digital images of every page of books published in the United Kingdom and elsewhere during the 18th Century. With full-text searching of millions of pages, the product allows researchers new methods of access to critical information in the fields of history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, science and more.
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Humanities & Social Sciences Index RetrospectiveIndexes articles from English-language periodicals in a wide range of interdisciplinary fields. Covers 1907 to 1984.
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Iter Bibliography: Gateway to the Middle Ages & RenaissanceIter, meaning 'a journey' or 'a path' in Latin, is a bibliography comprised of secondary source material pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700).
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JStorA collection of full-text articles from over 3000 scholarly journals, many dating from the nineteenth-century to the last 4 or 5 years. A growing number of titles are available through the current issues, as part of their "Current Scholarship Program". Select Advanced Search to strategically search amongst 45 disciplines. Choose PDF from within JStor to properly view and print articles. For convenience, JStor is now searchable on Facebook.
Online Resources
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George Floyd & Anti-Racist Street ArtA regularly updated database of instances of street art related to George Floyd and antiracism in the US.
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HyperallergicA site for art and art historical writings and criticisms.
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Urban Art Mapping: COVID-19 Street ArtA database of street art related to COVID-19.
For more resources
Visit the individual subject area research guides, which feature more comprehensive lists of databases covering scholarly research and articles in their respective fields.
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