Research Guides: Communication Arts: Articles

Communication Arts Journals

A sampling of research journals in illustration and visual studies. Click to see holdings in VCU Libraries and online full text access.

Applied Arts Magazine
Available online
Artforum
Available in print
Art in America
Available in print and online
Communication Arts
Available in print
Illustration: the journal of contemporary illustration
Available online
Illustration Magazine
Available online
Master Drawings
Available in print and online
Print
Available in print and online

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Top Illustration Databases

Use these arts and humanities databases to search for scholarly articles and essays on Communication Arts topics.

Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI)
International index to articles in more than 450 design and craft journals. Also contains data on designers, craftspeople, studios, schools, workshops, and firms.

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(1973 - present) VCU access only
Art Full Text
Citations, abstracts, and selected full-text for articles from periodicals published throughout the world. Also indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals. Includes selected full-text. Abstracts, 1994+; full-text, 1997+.

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1984 - present
Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels
Documents the entire spectrum of underground and independent North American and European comics and graphic novels. Includes over 75,000 pages of original material from the 1950s to today, along with interviews, commentary, theory, and criticism.
Communication and Mass Media Complete
Indexing and abstracts for over 300 journals, and selected priority coverage of over 100 more, for a combined coverage of over 400 titles in the communication and mass media fields. Includes full text for nearly 200 journals.

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(1915 - present) VCU access only
Vogue Archive
Image-rich primary source for the study of fashion, gender and modern social history. It presents a portrait of its era through photographs, articles, and advertisements. Contains every page of Vogue Magazine from 1892 to the present.

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(1892 - Present) VCU access only
ARTbibliographies Modern
Abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, PhD dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art.

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(1974 - present)
International Bibliography of Art
International Bibliography of Art, the successor to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA), covers European art from late antiquity to the present, American art from the colonial era to the present, and global art since 1945.

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2008 - present
Art Index Retrospective
Electronic version of Art Index, volumes 1-32. Contains all citations found in the print version. Supplements Art Index (1984 - present).

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(1929 - 1984) VCU access only
JSTOR
Searchable backfiles of core journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. (Backfiles end 3 - 5 years prior to current date).
Project Muse
Portal to electronic collection of about 200 journals from 30 not-for-profit publishers.

Criticism and Reviews of Contemporary Art

In addition to the art databases, try these newspaper and multidisciplinary databases to find
reviews or criticism about contemporary art and artists.

Access World News
Full text for newspapers, newswires, blogs, transcripts, and more. Sources include not only major national and international newspapers, but also local and regional sources.
Dow Jones Factiva
Comprehensive, full text up-to-the-minute news and business source from Dow Jones and Reuters. Replaces Dow Jones Interactive.
New York Times
More than a newspaper for an American city, the New York Times is an international record of national and world news, as well as personal stories of how events affect individuals.
Academic Search Complete
Comprehensive scholarly multi-disciplinary full-text database. Includes over 5,500 full-text periodicals and indexing/abstracting for over 9,500 journals. Covers science, social sciences, mathematics, engineering, and many other subjects.