Libraries : Art Library

Articles in 19th and Early 20th Century Periodicals

The indexes most frequently used for finding articles on art topics (Art Abstracts/Art Index Retrospective, BHA, Artbibliographies Modern ) do not cover journals published in the 19th or early 20th centuries.

Below are some indexes and bibliographies which do cover that period. Some cover art exclusively; others include art in the range of subjects they cover.

Print Indexes in the Art Library

• Original Index to Art Periodicals. Frick Art Reference Library.
  Articles from the 1850s to 1960s, including comprehensive coverage of Italian and French journals not available elsewhere.
  (ART Reference Shelf 5 N 1 .A1 F7 1983)
• Index to Art Periodicals. Art Institute of Chicago.
  Many articles before 1929 when Art Index starts and a few from the 19th century; emphasis on 19th & 20th c. painting; decorative art; Asian art; Chicago architecture.
  (ART Reference Shelf 5 Z 5937 .C55)
• Index to Nineteenth Century American Art Periodicals. Mary Morris Schmidt.
  Indexes 42 art magazines published between 1844 and 1907.
  (ART Reference Shelf 5 N 6510 .S35 1999)
• Repertoire d'Art et d'Archeologie.
  Begun in 1910, the Repertoire is a comprehensive international bibliography that includes books and articles.
  (ART Reference Shelf 5 Z 5937 R4 )
• Internationale Bibliographie der Kunstwissenschaft.
  Covers 1902-1909, 1913-1918. Sources are international in scope; subject headings are in German.
  (ART Z 5931 .I61)
• Nineteenth-Century Photography, an annotated bibliography.
  
  (ART Reference Shelf 5 TR15 .J63 1990)

Print Indexes in the Robotic Retrieval System

• Bibliography of the Netherlands Institute for Art History.
  Published from 1943 to 1974, the bibliography covers the literature of Dutch and Flemish art. It does not cover architecture.
  (RRS Z5961 .N5 N4 )
• Repertorium fur Kunstwissenschaft.
  Published from 1876 until 1931, this source lists books and articles.
  (RRS xN3 .R42)

Print Indexes in Ekstrom Library

• Poole's Index to Periodical Literature.
  The index and its supplement cover the years from 1882 to 1906.
  (Ekstrom Ref AI3 .P7 1938)
• Nineteenth Century Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature.
  The index and its supplements cover the years from 1890 to 1922.
  (Ekstrom Ref AI3 .R496)
• American Periodicals, 1741-1900.
  An index to the microfilm collections
  (Ekstrom Media and Ref. Z 6951 .H65)
• New York Times Index.
  Starts in 1851.
  (Ekstrom Ref AI 21 .N44)

Electronic Databases

• American Periodical Series
  
  Full-text of articles in periodicals published between 1741 and 1900. 1,000 titles include Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine, the first American professional journals, and several consumer magazines still in publication, such as Vanity Fair, Harper's, and Ladies' Home Journal.

• Periodicals Index Online
  
  Indexes the contents of older issues (1770-1991) of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences.
• The Wellesley Index
  
  Bibliography of articles published in 45 major 19th century British monthlies and quarterlies covering a variety of topics in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Because many articles were published anonymously, the database includes an index to the authorship of the articles with supporting evidence and brief biographical details.
• The Nineteenth Century in Print - Periodicals
  
  Part of the American Memory Project from the Library of Congress, this site provides access to a a growing number of scanned 19th-century periodicals.