Research Guides: History of Art & Design: Finding Images in Art & Design

Find Images in Books and Print Journals

Reproductions of paintings, sculptures, graphics, and works of decorative art and design can be found in encyclopedias, histories, monographs, exhibition catalogs and catalogues raisonnes, in publications on museum collections or works discussing particular subjects. To locate these books search library online catalog.

To locate images in print journals search BHA, Art Bibliographies Modern and Avery Index. You can check your results against a list of journals or by using the journals locator.

World painting index by Havlice, P.
This multivolume edition indexed 1,167 art books and catalogs published in the United States and abroad starting from 1940, and provided access to reproductions of tens of thousands of paintings by thousands of artists from around the world.
Grove dictionary of art: styles and movements in Western art 1400-1900 by J.Turner
ISBN: 9780333920459
Online version of this 32-volume dictionary is available via the library website
30,000 years of art : the story of human creativity across time and space.
ISBN: 9780714847894
This book presents 1000 works in all media from the last 30,000 years.
Phaidon design classics
ISBN: 9780714843995
This three-volume set features design objects from the beginning of the Industrial Revolution to the present day.
Design now by Charlotte & Peter Fiell
ISBN: 9783822852675
This book illustrates the latest work by 90 of the world's leading designers.
Decorative arts by Miller, J.
ISBN: 9781405312905
This is a guide to the history and development of style and design from 1700 to the present day,

Find Images Using Databases at NJIT

Following resources are available by subscription and remote access to them requires UCID login.

Academic Search Premier from EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window A leading multidisciplinary research database. It provides acclaimed full-text journals, magazines, and other valuable resources from 1970 to the present time.
ArchLib Image Database from NJIT Library This link opens in a new window Searchable, locally developed database of images in architecture and design including: buildings, site plans, maps, furniture, artworks, and more.
Art Abstracts (H.W. Wilson) from EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window An abstract database covers fine, decorative, and commercial art, folk art, photography, film, and architecture and includes a database-specific thesaurus. Coverage: 1984 - present.
Artstor This link opens in a new window Artstor provides faculty and students with a complete image resource covering a wide array of subjects with the breadth and depth to add context and examine influences beyond the confines of one's discipline. Contains hundreds collections composed of over two million images (and growing).
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals from EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals indexes periodicals published worldwide on archaeology, city planning, interior design, historic preservation and architecture.
Grove Art Online This link opens in a new window Access is available for 3 simultaneous users. The Grove Dictionary of Art Online contains articles on every aspect of the visual arts - painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts and photography - from prehistory to the present day. Entries include bibliographic information with related resources.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window The JSTOR includes hundreds of core titles across disciplines including humanities, social sciences, business, science and mathematics, botany, ecology, health sciences, and more.
Material ConneXion This link opens in a new window Material ConneXion maintains the world’s largest subscription-based materials library, with thousands of innovative materials and processes across all disciplines of design. Users can search and browse by physical properties such as texture and stiffness, performance properties such as fire and water resistance, sustainability and more.
OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window A full-text database of essential publications for research across many disciplines, including art, education, humanities, and technology. It also provides indexing and abstracts for thousands of publications.
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) This link opens in a new window United States Patents. The full-text of patents are available free of charge. The database can be searched using any number of fields, including keyword, title, patent number, applicant name, and assignee name.