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ART FULL TEXT & ART RETROSPECTIVE |
Art Full Text is a database that
indexes and abstracts articles from magazines published
throughout the world. Some full-text coverage is also
included. In addition to articles, Art Full Text indexes
reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed
periodicals. Indexing coverage begins 1984; abstracting
coverage begins with January 1994. The abstracts range
from 50 to 300 words and describe the content and scope
of the source articles. Full-text coverage begins in
1997.
Art Retrospective
(for
older articles)
has no full text but
cumulates citations to the print version of Art Index
published between 1929-1984. The database cites articles
from periodicals published throughout the world.
coverage includes English-language periodicals,
yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as periodicals
published in French, Italian, German, Spanish, and
Dutch.
Subjects Covered
Advertising Art, Antiques, Archaeology, Architecture and
Architectural History, Art History, Computers in Art,
Crafts, Decorative Arts, Fashion Design, Folk Art,
Graphic Arts, Industrial Design, Interior Design,
Landscape Architecture, Motion Pictures, Museology,
Non-Western Art, Painting, Photography, Pottery,
Sculpture, Television, Textiles, Video.
T hese databases aren't the best place to search for
images (Grove's, EBSCO Image Collection, and
Internet image searches would be better), though some
images appear in the Acrobat (pdf) versions of the
articles. They're best for finding criticism and other
information on works of art. Art Full Text is one of the
few databases which indexes Fashion Theory.
First select the
databases you want to search, then click
Art
Full Text and Art Index Retrospective 1929-1984
on the
DIGITAL
LIBRARY under Art & Design Topics.
[FIT Username/Password required for
access.]
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Sample Search for info on Seurat's
"A Sunday on La Grande Jatte" |
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To begin a search in Art
Full Text, enter your search term(s) after
"Search for:"
No need to use all the words in the
artist's and the painting's names. Just SEURAT JATTE
will do.
After "as:" on the right, choose
ARTIST.
Names of many paintings are
indexed in the author field, but not all. If this
search doesn't turn up enough hits try using
"Keyword" or even "All-Smart Search." A keyword
search looks through the citation and abstract,
while All-Smart Search looks at the full text as
well.
In this example, we are searching
for information on SEURAT JATTE as a Artist search.
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You
will get a list of citations to articles from the
various sources available.
Click the title of the one you want to open.
None of these have full text
available (see symbols at the top of the screen).
You can read an abstract online, but to see full
text it will be necessary
to find out if we have the article in Periodicals
Services (6th floor).
You
could have limited your search to full text articles
by clicking on "Limit to: Full Text" on the search
page.
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Sample Search for
BARKCLOTH |
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This screen shows all your choices
for searching for BARKCLOTH in different fields.
Keyword might be the best choice for this search,
since the Subject headings in Art Full Text are very
limited (if you click on Browse at the left and type
in a Browse for: term, you can see some of these
listed). All the fields available for searching are
shown in the dropdown box above.
Results can be sorted by relevance
or by date using All-Smart Search. Date sorting is
the default for a Keyword search.
This is the results screen for the
BARKCLOTH search. Articles 4, 5 and 6 above have
full text available.
Art Full Text is an excellent
place to look for information on SARIS (meaning an
article of clothing in India) in the Keyword field.
The Index is flexible and will look for both SARI or
SARIS whichever one you type in.
You may print, save or email the article to yourself using any
email address.
To start of new search, click Advanced Search
(recommended) or Basic Search.
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