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

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.

ARTstor This link opens in a new window
Searchable database of more than 300,000 digital images and associated catalog data including photography, architecture, painting, sculpture and decorative arts.
Britannica Academic This link opens in a new window
The rich combination of the venerable Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools provides the variety of reliable sources that college students need to consult when conducting thorough collegiate research—all from one resource. Includes access to the Britannica encyclopedia, atlas, world data, the Classics, biographies, news, multimedia, and more.
Credo General Reference This link opens in a new window
Credo contains full text encyclopedias and dictionaries.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary archive of scholarly journal literature. 1878 + Last several years not included.
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: 1980-present (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Searchable, full text electronic access to the New York Times. Search for articles or browse by date. Can view whole page. Please see New York Times Historical for issues before 1980.