Photography

Lots of our resources can be found by utilizing the Library's general search bar on the Primo homepage. However, if you want to conduct a more specific search, or if you're looking to access resources not found during a general search of the catalogue, you can access databases individually.

Note: make sure you are signed in with your AUArts credentials in order to access the full content of these databases.

• Primo Homepage
  Conducting a search in Primo allows you to search multiple databases at once. You can refine your results by using the left hand "Tweak your results" menu. You can filter your results to peer-reviewed journals (which can be found under the "Availability" tab), by publication date, subject terms and more. For information on how to search using Primo, check out the Using Library Primo Guide.
• Electronic Resources (AKA: our database list)
  A list of databases that the library subscribes to including newspaper databases, eBook libraries, and image databases.

• Art, Design, Architecture Collection
  • A comprehensive survey of current publications in the fields of visual and applied arts, the Art, Design & Architecture Collection includes ARTbibliographies Modern (covering modern and contemporary art), Design & Applied Arts Index (for all aspects of design and crafts), and International Bibliography of Art (covering scholarship on western art history), together with a complementary collection of current full-text Arts & Humanities journals.
• Art Source
  • This are research database covers a broad range of subjects from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas to architecture and architectural design.
• Art and Architecture Portal (A&Ae Portal)
  • Featuring eBooks on the scholarship of the history or art, architecture, decorative arts, photography, and design. The site includes many out-of-print titles, key backlist, recent releases from academic and museum publishers and image search functionality to find related publications.
• JSTOR
  • JSTOR Arts & Science + Essentials collections have extensive coverage in the humanities, social sciences and sciences, including literature, film, art, music, religion, classical studies, history, education, economics, political science, and sociology. This collection includes Full text articles, and a broad range of subjects.
  • NEW! Artstor is now on JSTOR! The Artstor Digital Library is an image database featuring a range of images from some of the world's leading museums, photo archives, scholars, and artists in one easily-navigated repository. All images are accompanied by comprehensive metadata and are rights-cleared for educational use. Note: See My library account for details on registering and creating a personal account for full access to Artstor resources.
• Library Stack
  • Library Stack provides access to a variety of digital materials covering the topics of art, design, theory, and architecture. It is a database, archive, publisher, and distributor. The collection includes eBooks, software, books on media theory, philosophy and technology, artists' magazines, experimental fonts, podcasts, museum catalogues, essays and pamphlets, critical journals and project ephemera from the field of architecture, sound works and writings on experimental sound pieces and publications focused on the cinema.
• Oxford Art Online
  • Database allows users to access - and simultaneously cross-search - an expanding range of Oxford's acclaimed art reference works: Grove® Art Online, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, the Oxford Companion to Western Art, and the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, as well as many specially commissioned articles and bibliographies.
• World History in Context
  • This database spans world history from the ancient world all the way up to recent current events, putting issues of interest in their historical context. Multi-media content includes journal articles, primary source documents, historical maps, news sources and web links.