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 (same as the MyMICA Portal log-in). The log-in takes you directly to the selected database for searching.
Once logged in, you can return to this page and launch another database without logging in again.
For instructions on using the remote access system, see Remote Access Directions.
 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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Art Full Text off-campus - Art journal literature and reproductions; includes full-text for 100+ titles / Indexes 1984-present / Abstracts 1994-present.
INFO | USER GUIDE | SEARCH Art Full Text & Retrospective together
Art Index Retrospective off-campus - Indexes art journal literature and reproductions published 1929-1984.
INFO | USER GUIDE | SEARCH Art Full Text & Retrospective together
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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ARTstor off-campus - click on Search and Browse for Images
Digital images of ~300,000 artworks from many time periods and cultures, with architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design. Another way 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 90-days.
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AskART off-campus - Includes artist biographies, images, auction prices, gallery directory, and more.
Corbis Image Library off-campus - 620,000 digital images from popular art, historical, nature, and science collections for use in class assignments, presentations, lesson plans, Web coursework, and much more. Individual registration with MICA's subscription code is required; visit or contact the Media Resources Collection or Decker Library Reference desk to obtain code. Once registered, the user has access by logging-in at the site, from on- or off-campus.
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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 (Educational Resource Information Center) off-campus - 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.
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. Arts and Sciences IV Collection: Education, psychology, business, law, and public policy and administration.
MRC Catalog off-campus - MICA's Media Resources Collection, including slides and videos
National Newspapers off-campus - All full-text online - this link searches all titles simultaneously.
Or use these links to search the titles individually:
Oxford English Dictionary off-campus - Historical dictionary, 2nd ed. of the 20-volume print publication.
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature off-campus - Full-text for 150 general-interest periodicals published in North America; indexing and abstracts for 302 titles.
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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.
Science Resource Center off-campus- An in-depth science database focusing on key concepts including: Earth Science, Science and Technology, History of Science, Science as Inquiry, Life Science, Space Science, Physical Science, and much more.
TextFinder - Locates texts collected in books owned by MICA's Decker Library.
WorldCat Libraries - Search the holdings of the largest library network in the world.
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