NVC Research Guides: Photography: Online Databases

Photography Collections in ARTstor

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Find articles and artist information

The online databases give you access to thousands of scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers and materials from books. The databases are available 24 hours a day and are constantly being updated and added to.

Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
This is your place to go for background and art historical information on your photographer or on photography in general.
Biography in Context This link opens in a new window
Great place to find artist biographies.Comprehensive database of biographical information on more than 185,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Great full-text database for finding fine arts journal articles.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Film database with lots of short movies/documentaries on photography - just do a search for PHOTOGRAPHY and you will get over 100 videos.

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Find Images

The BEST resources for images and photography research are the online art databases available through the NVC Library. These databases are where you should always look FIRST when doing your research.
The images that you find in the online databases listed below are of the highest possible quality. Also, when you are using the databases you know your images are from credible sources.

ArtStor This link opens in a new window
ARTstor gives you access to over 1 million images. And includes incredible photography collections such as the Magnum Photos Collection. Search for a particular photographer or browse by classification at photographs from around the world.
Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Online version of 34 volume set, covers all forms of the visual arts including painting, sculpture,architecture, graphic and decorative arts, and photography from prehistory to the present day.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Film database with lots of short movies/documentaries on photography - just do a search for 'photography' and you will get over 100 videos.