Subject Guides: Art & Art History: ARTE 214

History of Photography Research Essay - Reference sources

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Credo provides access to subject specific dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference materials on a variety of topics and supports the development of information literacy skills through instructional articles and videos.
Coverage and Currency: 1999 to present
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Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Comprised of Grove Art Online, the Benezit Dictionary of Artists, and other reference and image resources.
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Oxford Companion to the Photograph

Peer-reviewed article sources

If you don't find what you're looking for from the four databases listed below, explore other databases using the Articles link the left-side menu of this webpage.

Art, Design and Architecture Collection This link opens in a new window
Art, Design and Architecture Collection Comprises four databases that, together, create an interdisciplinary collection of journals, books and periodicals in fine art, design, and culture, broadly speaking. The databases are ARTbibliographies Modern, International Bibliography of Art, DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index, and Arts & Humanities Database.
Art & Architecture Complete This link opens in a new window
Contains journals, images, magazines, and ebooks focusing on fine art, decorative and commercial art, and architecture. Also includes subjects like film, photography, museum studies, and archaeology, as well as Indigenous and non-Western art.
Coverage and Currency: 1915 to present
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Conditions of Use: Use of this database is restricted to members of the MacEwan University community and to users physically present in the Library. It is the responsibility of each user to ensure that they use this database for individual, non-commercial, educational or research purposes only, and do not systematically download or retain substantial portions of information.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Contains academic journals, books, and primary sources in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
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Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Contains scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences. Provides full text articles, reviews (books, performance, art, music, etc.), fiction and poetry, and enlargeable illustrations and photographs.
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Conditions of Use: Use of this database is restricted to members of the MacEwan University community and to users physically present in the Library. It is the responsibility of each user to ensure that they use this database for individual, non-commercial, educational or research purposes only, and do not systematically download or retain substantial portions of information.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Provides access to scholarly literature in a variety of disciplines and publishing formats, including academic journals and books, conference papers, theses and dissertations, abstracts, technical reports, and patents. May contain some full text.
Conditions of Use: This is an Open Access resource available to all users. This database is not specifically licensed by MacEwan University Libraries.

Keyword searches for starters

The following list of keywords corresponds to research assignment questions.

1. carte-de-visite

2. "documentary photography"

3. "man ray" ; also: photograms OR rayographs

4. photography advertising (19th Century OR 20th Century) ; also: verisimilitude (photography OR advertising)

5. muybridge ; also: muybridge criticism ; also muybridge (search as subject)

Other sources of information and images

Vogue Magazine Archive This link opens in a new window
Fully scanned magazines from 1892 to present
Coverage and Currency: 1892 to present
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Conditions of Use: Use of this database is restricted to members of the MacEwan University community and to users physically present in the Library. It is the responsibility of each user to ensure that they use this database for individual, non-commercial, educational or research purposes only, and do not systematically download or retain substantial portions of information.
Art & Architecture Archive This link opens in a new window
This full-text magazine archive presents full-colour research materials on art and architecture between the late 19th and the 21st century, including the topics of decorative arts, interior design, industrial design, and photography.
Coverage and Currency: 19th to 21st centuries
Access: Access limited to Grant MacEwan University IP addresses. Remote login with a MacEwan network user ID and password.
Conditions of Use: Use of this database is restricted to members of the MacEwan University community and to users physically present in the Library. It is the responsibility of each user to ensure that they use this database for individual, non-commercial, educational or research purposes only, and do not systematically download or retain substantial portions of information.

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