LibGuides: AHVC 333/EAST 345: Art and Revolution in China: AHVC 333 Class Guide

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Gale eBooks
Online access to over 3,000 reference books in all subject areas.

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Subject Areas: General

Gale eBooks (formerly known as Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)) provides online access to over 3,000 reference books in all subject areas.

Format: Full Text Books
Database Producer: Gale Cengage.
Union List of Artist Names (ULAN)
Contains almost 300,000 artist names and associated information, helpful for determining multiple names for same person and for finding brief biographical information.

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Subject Areas: Art

The ULAN contains almost 300,000 artist names and associated information. This resource is especially helpful for determining if multiple names belong to the same person and for finding brief biographical information on lesser known artists.

Format: Catalog
Database Producer: The Getty Research Institute.

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Over 900,000 records on all subjects pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia from 1971 to the present.

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Bibliography of Asian Studies, also known as BAS, is the most comprehensive resource for research on Asia. This database contains nearly 900,000 records pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia.

BAS includes citations to western-language periodical articles, individually authored monographs (before 1992), chapters in edited volumes, conference proceedings, anthologies, and Festschriften.

Format: Full Text
Dates of Coverage: 1971 to Present
Database Distributor: EBSCO
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Format: Full Text
Dates of Coverage: Vary by title
Update Schedule: Annual
Database Distributor: JSTOR
Art Full Text (1984-present)
Index of over 400 international art publications, including periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins.

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Subject Areas: Art

Includes English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, and Swedish. Cites reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals.

Indexing coverage begins 1984.
Abstracting coverage begins January 1994.
Full-text coverage begins 1997.

See Art Index Retrospective for earlier content.
Art Index Retrospective (1929-1984)
Indexes art literature (1929-1984) covering fine, decorative, and commercial art.

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Subject Areas: Art

Content includes high-quality indexing of nearly 600 publications, many of which are peer-reviewed, and citations of over 25,000 book reviews.

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Format: Index and Abstracts
Dates of Coverage: Varies
Database Distributor: EBSCO
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Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. This scholarly collection offers unmatched full text coverage of information in many areas of academic study including: animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion & theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology, and many other fields.

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Dates of Coverage: 1887 - Present
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Database Producer: EBSCO
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Subject Areas: General

Dissertations and Theses (ProQuest) contains almost 2.5 million entries for doctoral dissertations and master's theses. The database includes citations and full text of materials ranging from the first U.S. dissertation, accepted in 1861, to those accepted as recently as last semester. Since 1997, new publications have been available electronically, and many publications can be ordered through the system for a fee. The database represents the work of authors from over 1,000 North American graduate schools and European universities.

Format: Index and full text to Dissertations
Dates of Coverage: 1861-
Update Schedule: Daily.
Database Producer: ProQuest.

New York Times (Proquest Historical Newspapers)
Full page images of the New York Times newspaper, from 1851 to three years ago., keywords: newspapers

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Subject Areas: Mass Media, U.S. History

Full page images of the New York Times newspaper, dating from 1851 to three years ago.

Format: Full Text Journals
Dates of Coverage: 1851-three years ago (moving wall)
Database Producer: ProQuest / Chadwyck-Healey.
Times (London) Digital Archives, 1785 to 2010
Full text archive of The Times of London. keywords: newspapers

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Subject Areas: Mass Media, History, Political Science, Theatre

The complete digital edition of The Times (London), 1785 to 2010.

Search using keyword searching and hit-term highlighting to retrieve full facsimile images of either a specific article or a complete page.

The entire weekday newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching.

For more coverage, see also the "Sunday Times (London), 1822-2006."

Format: Full Text
Dates of Coverage: 1785 - 2010
Database Producer: Gale
Nexis Uni
News, business, legal, medical, & reference information from nearly 5,000 sources.

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Nexis Uni provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, medical, and reference information from nearly 5,000 sources, most of them available in full text.

The service covers newspapers, magazines, wire services, federal and state court opinions, federal and state statutes, federal regulations, and SEC filings. News information is updated daily and wire services several times daily.

Subject Areas: General, Law, Political Science, Current Events

Format: Newspaper and Journal Articles
Update Schedule: Daily
Database Producer: LexisNexis Academic & Library Solutions.

CNKI: China Knowledge Resource Integrated Database
Open access database for Chinese-language articles.

Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
one of the largest museums in the Western world devoted exclusively to Asian art
Cleveland Museum of Art
The museum has an excellent Asian collection and you can see view most objects online.
Freer and Sackler Galleries
The Smithonian's Museums of Asia Art. In 2015, the Galleries put their entire collection online.
National Art Museum of China (NAMOC)
A national art museum dedicated to collection, research and exhibitions of modern and contemporary artistic works in China.
National Museum of China
China's national history and art museum

Artstor
A digital library of over 1.5 million images of art, architecture, and more.

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Subject Areas: Art

Artstor is a digital library that offers coherent collections of art images and descriptive information.

Software tools enable zooming and panning, saving groups of images online for personal or shared uses, and creating and delivering presentations both online and offline.

Users must log into personal Artstor accounts in order to download images.

Format: Images and Full Text
Dates of Coverage: Varies
Update Schedule: Annually
Database Distributor: ITHAKA / JSTOR

Picturing Power: Posters of the Cultural Revolution
Online exhibit from The Ohio State University.
Chinese Posters
Posters from the early years (1949-1965), the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) and the period of modernization (1977-1997).
Morning Sun
Website for the film, includes a section of images of the Cultural Revolution and of Mao.

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