LibGuides: AR 347-01: History of Photography: Home

ARTstor is no More!

On August 1, 2024, ARTStor's content, key resources and functionality moved to JSTOR. Searching between art works and art criticism is now seamless!

For more details, check out ARTstor's user guide to the site migration, which includes checklists, videos and other training materials.

Getting Started

This guide is designed to help you locate resources and materials for photography research. Use the tabs to find resources by category.

Use the databases below to access a variety of resources for background research, including newspapers, scholarly and popular articles, dictionaries, and encyclopedias.

NOTE: Monmouth University now has access to the New York Times from 1851 to the present via the Times desktop platform. You must have MU login credentials to set up your free account.

Britannica Academic This link opens in a new window Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, magazines and periodicals. Includes access to the Britannica encyclopedia, atlas, world data, the Classics, biographies, news, multimedia, and more.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Full text encyclopedias and dictionaries.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window Use JSTOR to search images or scholarly journal articles - to search images, click the "images" tab.
Newsstream (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Full text of U.S. and international news sources. Includes coverage of major U.S. and international newspapers such as The New York Times and the Times of London, plus hundreds of other news sources and newswires

New York Times Monmouth University now has access to the New York Times via the Times desktop platform. You must have MU login credentials to set up and access your free account.