LibGuides: Art Deco: A Research Guide: Electronic Resources & Periodicals

Looking for Journals or Magazines

Wondering if the library has a particular journal, magazine or newspaper?

Use the catalog's Journal Title search function to find magazines, journals, and newspapers that are held in our research library.
Journals and Magazines of the time period may serve as some of the best resources.
Some recommended Journal titles are listed below:

Apollo (magazine)
Call Number: JQN 05-2
ISBN: 0003-6536
Publication Date: 1925-
Art & décoration.
Call Number: JQN 05-13
ISBN: 0004-3168
Publication Date: 1897-
Gazette des beaux-arts.
Call Number: MAA (Gazette des beaux-arts)
ISBN: 0016-5530
Publication Date: 1859
Gazette du bon ton : art, modes & frivolités. by Edited by Lucien Vogel; some later issues edited by Marcel Astruc.
Call Number: 3-MMA (Gazette du bon ton)
Publication Date: 1912 to 1925
L'art décoratif: revue de la vie artistique, ancienne et moderne.
Call Number: 3-MAA (Art Décoratif)

Electronic Resources

The following is a list of some of the art databases that can be of assistance when looking up information on the Art deco movement and style. They can be found under Articles & Databases from the Library’s website. Please keep in mind that not all will be available outside the Library.

Interested in what resources you can access from home?
- View our guide: Art Resources from Home.
Interested in a more comprehensive guide to our Electronic Resources?
- View our guide: Electronic Resources at the New York Public Library.

Design and Applied Arts Index
International index to design and craft journals. Dates of Coverage: 1973-present. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

Contains nearly 120,000 annotated references from more than 450 design and craft journals, and data on nearly 50,000 designers, craftspeople, studios, workshops.
Art Full Text This link opens in a new window
Indexes and abstracts articles from an international selection of periodicals including French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, and English-language journals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. Dates of Coverage: Indexing 1984-present, Abstracting 1994-present, Full-text 1997-present. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

This database is only accessible at the following NYPL locations: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL); All Branch Libraries
Art Index Retrospective
Indexes articles in periodicals, yearbooks, and museum publications, 1929-1984.**Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

This database is only accessible at the following NYPL locations: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL); All Branch Libraries
ARTbibliographies Modern This link opens in a new window
Provides full abstracts of journal articles, books, exhibition catalogs, dissertations, and reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art. Dates of Coverage: 1974-present. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

ARTbibliographies Modern: Abstracts of the Current Literature of Modern Art, Photography and Design is published biannually. After 1988 coverage of architecture is less emphasized. Important essays in books and exhibition catalogs are indexed separately. The bibliography is international in scope and includes periodicals, monographs, dissertations, and exhibition catalogs. Nineteenth-century art developments that continue into the twentieth century are also included.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Indexes articles on architecture in its broadest sense, including archaeology, decorative arts, interior design, furniture, landscape architecture, and city planning from 1930s to present. Dates of Coverage: 1934-present. Includes a large number of architects' obituaries, a rich source of biographical information. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

This database is only accessible at the following NYPL locations: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL); Mid-Manhattan Library at 42nd Street
Oxford Art Online
Oxford Art Online offers users the ability to access the vast content of Grove Art Online, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms all in one interface.**Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Allgemeines Kunstlerlexikon (AKL)
Allgemeines Kunstlerlexikon Online (Artists of the World Online) is biographical reference guide to artists. It contains up-to-date, authoritative information on over one million artists.**Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

This database is only accessible at the following NYPL locations: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL); All Branch Libraries
Academic Search Premier
A multi-disciplinary database of more than 4,600 magazines and journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to the full-text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for 8,470 journals.**Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
ARTstor
ARTstor is a nonprofit resource that provides access to more than one million images in the arts, architecture, and other fields in the humanities and sciences.**Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

This database is only accessible at the following NYPL locations: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL); Mid-Manhattan Library at 42nd Street
AskART
AskArt covers American artists providing biography, images, citations, museums owning their work and galleries representing the artist's work. AskART also provides access to auction results. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

This database is only accessible at the following NYPL locations: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building and available only in Room 300, the Art & Architecture Division.
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A searchable, digitized archive -- from the first date of publication to the last three to five years -- of major scholarly journals in many academic fields.**Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

This database is only accessible at the following NYPL locations: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL); All Branch Libraries