Art & Art History Research

Email: reference.desk@kbcc.cuny.edu
Call: 718-368-5632
Come to the Reference Desk (main lobby on Library 2nd Floor)
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Robert J. Kibbee Library
2001 Oriental Blvd.
Brooklyn, NY 11235
P: (718) 368-5632 F: (718) 368-5482

Library locations for books in:	Floor #
Sculptures Look for Call #'s beginning with NB1-1952	6th
Paintings Look for Call #'s beginning with ND25-3416	6th
Museums, Galleries, etc. Look for Call #'s beginning with N400-3990	6th
Art History Look for Call #'s beginning with N5300-7418	6th
Reference Books The Reference section is in back of the Information Desk	2nd

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Newspapers, magazines and scholarly journals covering all academic areas of study. Recommended starting point for research in periodical literature in most fields of study.
Art Abstracts (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
Indexing and abstracting from 1984 covering fine, decorative and commercial art, folk art, photography, film, and architecture. Also includes a thesaurus specific to the database.
Humanities Source This link opens in a new window
Full text articles related to literary, scholarly and creative thought
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journals covering the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Includes letters, oral histories, government documents images and 3-D models. Features the Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin and the MoMa newsletter among others.
Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Searchable reference works on visual art from prehistory to the present.

Art Museum Image Gallery This link opens in a new window
Art images and related multimedia from museums. Includes art from the cultures of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, including Native American and Meso-American peoples. Time periods cover 3000 B.C. to the present.
Artstor This link opens in a new window
Contains digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences that can be downloaded for research and pedagogical purposes.

Metropolitan Museum Journal
The Metropolitan Museum Journal presents richly illustrated studies of works in the Museum's collection, including prominent as well as lesser known pieces, and relating them to works in other collections.
Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin is a quarterly publication, geared to a general audience, that focuses on works in The Met's collection or exhibitions displayed at the Museum.

Gale Ebooks This link opens in a new window
Entries from encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference works in all subjects. Preferred starting point for online research.

Student Resources: Subject Research Guides