Research Guides: Art History Research: Read & Research

Catalogues raisonné

A catalogue raisonné is a reference work that provides comprehensive coverage of an artist's work.

Finding Catalogues raisonné in the UCCS Catalog
If you want a comprehensive list of Catalogues raisonné in our collection, use "Catalogues raisonné" as a subject term in your search.

These are some reputable, open web collections of research resources.

Guggenheim Museum Online Collection (via Internet Archive)
MetPublications
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's online publication collection
National Gallery of Art online editions
Diver deeper into the National Gallery’s collection with insights from the world’s leading art historians and conservators. Online Editions provide authoritative resources for scholars and anyone exploring art history.
The Canadian Online Art Book Project
"Founded in 2013, the Canadian Online Art Book Project is a growing digital library of books–all original works commissioned by the Art Canada Institute–by the country’s leading art experts on artists who have made a critical contribution to the evolution of the nation’s art history."

Use these databases to find books and articles on artists or other art topics.

Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for more than 3,430 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. This database is updated on a daily basis.
Asia Studies Humanities
This database brings together full-text articles and papers on Asia and the Pacific covering topics in the arts, culture, history, language, literature, philosophy and religion.
BHA and RILA
This free database searches the BHA (Bibliography of the History of Art/Bibliographie d'histoire de l'art) and the RILA (Rpertoire de la litterature de l'art). The Getty Web version includes all records with abstracts in French or English and all subject terms in French and English.
JSTOR
Full-text of hundreds of core journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Coverage often includes the entirety of each journal with the exception of the current two-three years.
Project MUSE

Project MUSE covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and many others. Includes journal and eBook collections.