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subject: photography AND femin*
The Oxford DNB defines "national" as British, broadly construed to encompass large portions of the former British empire. It was first published between 1885 and 1900, and updated frequently. New biographies are added several years after the death of the subject.
Short biographies of influential people, both living and dead. Each entry links to articles about the subject in newspapers, magazines, and periodicals.
Biography in Context combines over 330,000 biographies on nearly 220,000 people from more than 625 volumes of nearly 80 sources such as Contemporary Authors, Encyclopedia of World Biography, Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television, Contemporary Musicians, Historic World Leaders, Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists, Contemporary Black Biography, Religious Leaders of America, International Dictionary of Art and Artists, and Writers Directory, with full-text articles from more than 250 magazines including American History and U.S. News & World Report.
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Indexes, abstracts and provides selective full-text for a broad spectrum of magazines, journals and newspapers.
Upgraded from Academic Search Premier in 2019.
Full text of scholarly journals, beginning with the very first issue of each title. Primarily humanities and social sciences titles.
There is a gap, typically from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the content available through JSTOR. A broad range of disciplines are represented.
The largest single periodical resource available, bringing together complete databases across all major subject areas, including Business, Health and Medical, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, and Humanities. Search across more than 30 databases at one time. Full-text available. Includes newspapers, journals, popular magazines, trade publications and more.
Historical research about the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
Full text access for all key English-language historical journals, also includes selected historical journals from major countries, state and local history journals, and a targeted selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities. Also includes book and media reviews and abstracts of dissertations.
Note: ArtSTOR has migrated into JSTOR. ArtSTOR is a database of digital images that may be used for academic purposes only. These collections are interdisciplinary, supporting research and teaching in both the humanities and social sciences.
ARTstor also contains images and collections relevant to African and African-American Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Classics, Costume Design & Fashion, Geography, History, Language & Literature, Latin American Studies, Marketing, Medicine & Natural Sciences, Middle Eastern Studies, Music, Native American Studies, Religious Studies, Theatre & Dance, and Women’s Studies. Through ARTstor, one can search, organize & save, download, or create presentations. Further privileges can be granted to those with instructor status.
An index that includes abstracts from journals and books on art and architecture from 1914 to present. Some full text available.
Abstracts over 800 journals and 220 books on art and architecture from 1914 to date, although most material is 1980 or later. About half of the articles are available as full text. Also includes over 64,000 images.
Index to older art journals that provide contemporary criticism of art, artist's interviews and other commentary. Covers publications from 1929-1984.
Art Index Retrospective allows users to search 55 years of art journalism. In addition to periodicals, users have access to data from important yearbooks and select museum bulletins. AIR includes indexing of art reproductions as well as coverage of fine, decorative and commercial art. Coverage is from 1924 - 1984.
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