Online Resources
The MFAH libraries maintain a broad selection of subscription databases as well as free online resources devoted to art research. Access to these resources is freely available to MFAH members, docents, and the general public in the reading rooms of both the Hirsch and Powell libraries. Below you will find a selection of these resources. Please note that some of these sources must be accessed on-site.
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Style Manuals
Britannica: Academic Edition (on-site use only)
The Chicago Manual of Style (on-site use only)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Merriam-Webster Unabridged (on-site use only)
Oxford Art Online (on-site use only)
Books & Periodicals
Art Index Retrospective & Art Abstracts (H.W. Wilson) (on-site use only)
ARTbibliographies Modern (on-site use only)
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (on-site use only)
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)
Contemporary Artists Index, Cleveland Institute of Art
Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) (on-site use only)
Designinform (on-site use only)
Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture (public version)
Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS), Library of Congress
International Bibliography of Art (IBA) (on-site use only)
JSTOR (on-site use only)
Making of America, Cornell University Library
Museology Bibliography (BMUSE)
Répertoire de la litterature de l'art (RILA)
WorldCat (on-site use only)
Newspapers & Online News Sources
Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808–1980 (on-site use only)
Local Library Catalogs
National & International Library Catalogs
artlibraries.net (union catalog of more than 30 art libraries in the United States and Europe)
Conservation
AATA Online Abstracts of International Conservation Literature
AIC American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
BCIN Bibliographic Database of the Conservation Information Network
CAMEO: Conservation & Art Material Encyclopedia Online, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston