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Library guide Art History: Databases, dictionaries and encyclopedias

All library services and resources in the field of Art History

Subject Databases Art History

A mix of databases and useful weblinks on Art History

 

Specifically about the Middle Ages:

General databases

Dictionaries & encyclopedias

Below you find several dictionaries for interpreting and translating texts.

More reference works in the field of art & architecture via Oxford Reference.

Newspapers & news magazines

In Nexis Uni, a newspaper database, you can read articles from newspapers and news magazines from all over the world. For example Dutch, English, American, French, German and Spanish papers. Useful when you want to stay informed about language, literature, culture and politics. 

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