The links below work from computers on-campus. To access databases from off-campus, go to the Remote Access page. From that page, click on any database link, then enter your MICA user name and password (same as My MICA Portal log-in). The log-in will take you directly to the selected database for searching.
Reference Databases
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Encyclopedia Britannica On-Line
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Grove Art Online
Full-text access to The Dictionary of Art, with content updated periodically. Now part of Oxford Art Online - see full description below. -
Oxford Art Online
Comprises four resources for a comprehensive art reference tool:
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms
The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
Grove Art Online
Oxford Companion to Western Art -
Oxford English Dictionary
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Text Finder
Locates texts collected in books owned by MICA's Decker Library
Journal Databases
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Academic Search Premier
Scholarly, multi-disciplinary, much full-text online. Areas include art, education, literature, language, linguistics, social and ethnic studies, computer sciences, engineering, chemistry, physics, and many more. -
Art Full Text
Full-text online for 100+ titles / Indexes 1984-present / Abstracts 1994-present -
Art Index Retrospective
Indexes art journal literature from 1929-1984 -
Business Source Premier
Full text for more than 2,300 journals in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. -
Design and Applied Arts Index
Indexes and abstracts 500+ design and craft journals published 1973-present, plus data on over 50,000 designers, craftspeople, studios, workshops, firms etc. -
Education Journals
Full-text for 400 education journals, indexing/abstracting for more than 600. -
ERIC
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 -
JSTOR
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. Arts and Sciences IV Collection: Education, psychology, business, law, and public policy and administration. -
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature
Full-text for 150 general-interest periodicals published in North America; indexing and abstracts for 302 titles.
Image Databases
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Art Museum Image Gallery
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. -
ARTstor
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 as long as you log-in on-campus every 120 days. -
Cinema Image Gallery
Over 150,000 still images from movies, television and the entertainment industry, plus over 4,000 posters and other promotional images.
Newspaper Databases
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National Newspapers
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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