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Thomas J. Watson Library

The Libraries of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  • Watson Library

    Register here to use the Library.

    For Visitors:
    Tuesday 9:30–5:15
    Wednesday 9:30–5:15
    Thursday 9:30–5:15
    Friday 9:30–6:00
    Saturday 10:00-2:00

    For Museum Staff:
    Monday-Friday 9:00–6:00
    Saturday 10:00-2:00

    Paging ends
    at 3:30pm on weekdays
    at 1:30pm on Saturdays
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    See Access and Hours for more detailed information and Holiday Closings.

  • Nolen Library

    Monday (staff only) 9:00-5:00
    Tuesday-Thursday 9:00-5:00
    (visitors: 9:30-5:00)
    Friday 9:00-6:00
    (visitors: 9:30-6:00)
    Saturday 10:00-6:00
    Sunday 10:00-5:00

    See the Nolen Library page for more detailed information on regular hours and holiday closings.

Databases A-Z

17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers

19th Century British Library Newspapers, Parts I and II

19th Century UK Periodicals, Series I & II

AAT: Art & Architecture Thesaurus Online (Getty Research Institute)

AATA Online (Abstracts of International Conservation Literature)

ACLS Humanities E-Book

Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon (World Biographical Dictionary of Artists)

American National Biography Online (ANB)

American Periodical Series Online

The AMICA Library (Art Museum Images from Cartography Associates)

Ancestry Library Edition

L’Année Philologique (1924 – 2008)

Annual Egyptological bibliography (online)

AnthroSource

Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America

Art Index (1929 – present)

Art Resource

Art Sales Catalogues online (ACS) (1600 – 1900)

Art Sales Index (1970 – present)

Art Theorists of the Italian Renaissance

Art:21 / PBS

ARTbibliographies Modern (1974 – present)

ArtFact Pro (1986 – present)

ArtForum Index (June 1962 – December 1968)

ArtNet (1985 – present)

ARTstor

AskART

Atlas: Musée du Louvre

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (1930′s – present)

BCIN: The Bibliographic Database of the Conservation Information Network

Beazley Archive

Benezit Dictionary of Artists

Berg Fashion Library

Bibliography of Asian Studies (1971 – present)

Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA, RILA, RAA) (1973 – present)

Britannica Online

The British Museum – Collections Database Search

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

caa.reviews

CAMEO (Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online)

CAMIO

Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance

The Chicago Manual of Style Online

China Academic Journals (CAJ full-text database: Series F, Literature, history, philosophy)

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers

Columbia Gazetteer of the World

Compass: British Museum

The Craftsman (1901 – 1916)

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection

Degenerate Art (Entartete Kunst)

Dictionary of Art Historians

Dictionary of National Biography

Dissertation Abstracts

DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals

Dyabola (also known as Realkatalog DAI Rom)

Early American Newspapers, Series 1-3, 1690 -1922

Ebrary

ECCO: Eighteenth Century Collections Online

Encyclopaedia of Islam

ERIC

Europa Sacra

Farber Gravestone Collection (American Antiquarian Society)

Gale NewsVault

Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

Getty Provenance Index

Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Online

Gordon’s Photography Prices (1970 – present)

Gordon’s Print Price Annual (1986 – present)

Grove Art Online

Grove Music Online

FREE: Federal Resources for Educational Excellence

Gu Gong Wen Xian (NPM Periodicals)

HeritageQuest Online

Historic Cities: Maps and Documents

Historical Clippings Finding Aid (1880 – 1980)

Humanities E-Book

Iconclass

Illustrated London News Historical Archive (1842-2003)

Images of Early Maps on the Web – Europe

Index Islamicus (1906 – current)

Index of Christian Art

Index to 19th-Century American Art Periodicals (1840 – 1907)

International Medieval Bibliography (1967 – present)

JAANUS

JAIRO (Japanese Institutional Repositories Online)

Japanese Historical Map Collection

JSTOR

Lexikon des Mittelalters online

Lugt’s Répertoire online (1600 – 1900)

Marquis Who’s Who on the Web

Mayer Auction Records

Merriam-Webster’s Third New International Dictionary Unabridged

MORE Archaeology and Heritage E-Journal Collection

National Art Education Association

National Palace Museum (NPM) Periodicals

The Nazi-Era Provenance Internet Portal Project

New York Times Historical Newspapers from ProQuest (1851 – 2008)

NYPL Digital Gallery

Online Egyptological Bibliography

Oxford Art Online