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These links work off-campus - log-in required. Click on any database link below and you will be prompted for your MICA user name and password. The log-in takes you directly to the selected database. Once logged in, you can return to this page and launch another database without logging in again.

A-Z Journal List off-campus

A listing of journal titles to which the Decker Library has either print holdings or access in full-text online, plus links to begin reading each full-text journal.

Academic Search Premier off-campus

Scholarly, multi-disciplinary, full-text for 4500 journals, indexing for 8000+. Includes art, education, literature, language, linguistics, social and ethnic studies, computer sciences, engineering, chemistry, physics, and many more.
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ACM Digital Library off-campus

Full text of every article ever published by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and bibliographic citations from major publishers in computing.
user guide (PowerPoint file)


AP Images off-campus

Primary source images and media for research, available to download for use in design projects. Provides over 4.6 million photographs from 1826 to current; tens of thousands of graphics; more than 4,500 hours of audio files dating from the 1920’s; news stories and headlines dating from 1997. Content is provided by The Associated Press.


Art Full Text off-campus

Indexes art journal literature and reproductions; includes full-text for 100+ titles / Indexes 1984-present / Abstracts 1994-present.
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Art Index Retrospective off-campus

Indexes art journal literature and reproductions published 1929-1984.
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Art Museum Image Gallery off-campus

Digital images of 90,000+ artworks from European, American, and Canadian museums. Artwork includes contemporary, Native American and Inuit, ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian, and Japanese and Chinese works.
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Art Source off-campus

Covers a broad range of art and architecture subjects, with 600+ full-text journals, 220+ full-text books, and 63,0000+ images.
Includes all content from Art Full Text and Art Index Retrospective.


ARTstor off-campus

Digital images of nearly 1 million artworks from many time periods and cultures, with architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design. To access from off-campus: Visit the ARTstor website and register as a user while on-campus. This allows off-campus access with your user id and password for 120 days; return to campus and log-in to extend off-campus access.
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AskART off-campus

Includes artist biographies, images, auction prices, gallery directory, and more.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals off-campus

Indexes the current literature of architecture and design, covering international, scholarly and popular periodical literature, including publications of professional associations; US state and regional periodicals; and major serial publications in the architecture and design of Europe, Asia, Latin America and Australia.
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Berg Fashion Library off-campus

Offers searchable access to an expanding range of Berg content collections – including the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion online, e-books, reference works, images, and much more.


Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) no remote log-in needed

BHA covers post-classical Western art, architecture, and decorative arts (from late antiquity to the present) with index and abstracts. Includes 1,200+ journals, but includes all articles within its subject scope regardless of the journal's subject focus, so many journals are covered only partially. This limited portion of BHA is provided by the Getty Research Institute free of charge. Includes: BHA for years 1990-2007; IBA (International Bibliography of the History of Art) for 2008 and part of 2009; and RILA (Répertoire de la litterature de l'art) for 1975–1989.
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Business Source Premier off-campus

Full text for more than 2,300 journals in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics.
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Cinema Image Gallery off-campus

Over 150,000 digital still images from movies, television and the entertainment industry, plus over 4,000 posters and other promotional images.
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Credo Reference off-campus

Full text, fully searchable content from hundreds of reference books in a broad range of subjects - this link searches across all titles and subjects.
Search individual titles, arranged by subject. off-campus


Design and Applied Arts Index off-campus

Indexes and abstracts 500+ design and craft journals published 1973-present, plus data on over 50,000 designers, craftspeople, studios, workshops, firms etc.
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Education Journals off-campus

Full-text for 400 education journals, indexing/abstracting for more than 600.
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Encyclopedia Britannica On-Line off-campus

"One of the most authoratative information sources in the world." Includes the standard Britannica text, plus many additional resources.


ERIC off-campus

The Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC) contains more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information, plus citations and abstracts from 980+ educational and education-related journals.
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Great Buildings off-campus

Resources on architectural structures and designers around the world and across history. Includes 3-D models, photographic images, architectural drawings, bibliographies, web links, and more. The companion book, The Great Buildings Collection with CD-ROM for Windows and Macintosh is available at the Reference Desk. These allow the user to interact with over 700 buildings in 3D, locating buildings by date, location, architect and building material.


Grove Art Online off-campus

Full-text access to The Dictionary of Art, with content updated periodically. Now part of Oxford Art Online - see full description below.
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JSTOR off-campus

Full-text for 300+ scholarly journals.
Arts and Sciences III Collection: History of art and architecture, religion, language and literature, music, film studies, folklore, and performing arts. info
Arts and Sciences IV Collection: Education, psychology, business, law, and public policy and administration. info
Early Journal Content: JSTOR content published prior to 1923 in the U.S.A. and prior to 1870 elsewhere. Includes arts and humanities, economics and politics, mathematics and other sciences.  info
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Mango Languages off-campus

An online language-learning system to learn Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian and more. Create profile to track your progress.


Material ConneXion off-campus

This library of advanced, innovative and sustainable materials and processes is a resource for all studio and design disciplines: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Interior Design, Industrial Design and Packaging, Fashion, Textiles, and more.

An optional free Personal Account is available, offering advanced features, e.g, tagging and saving materials you have researched. Use this link to create a personal account; your user name must be a valid mica.edu email address.


MRC Catalog log-in required

MICA's Media Resources Collection, including slides, videos, and digital images.


National Newspapers off-campus

All full-text online - above link searches all titles simultaneously.

Or use these links to search the titles individually:
Baltimore Sun - 1990-current
Christian Science Monitor - 1988-current
New York Times - 1995-current
Wall Street Journal - 1982-current
Washington Post - 1987-current
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Oxford Art Online

Comprises four resources:
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms
The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
Grove Art Online
Oxford Companion to Western Art
user guide (PowerPoint file)


Oxford English Dictionary off-campus

Historical dictionary, 2nd ed. of the 20-volume print publication.


Rhizome off-campus

An online platform for the global new media art community. Read articles, participate in discussions, view projects, or contribute your own work by registering, using your MICA email address.


Text Finder no remote log-in needed

Locates texts collected in books owned by MICA's Decker Library.


WorldCat Libraries no remote log-in needed

Search the holdings of the largest library network in the world.