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Thomas J. Watson Library

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  • Watson Library

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    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

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    Monday-Friday 9:00–6:00
    Saturday 10:00-2:00

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  • 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.
    (212) 570-3788

Full Text

17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers

19th Century British Library Newspapers, Parts I and II

19th Century UK Periodicals, Series I & II

Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon (World Biographical Dictionary of Artists)

American National Biography Online (ANB)

American Periodicals Series Online

AnthroSource

Art Index (1929 – present)

ArtFact Pro (1986 – present)

Benezit Dictionary of Artists

Berg Fashion Library

Britannica Online

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

caa.reviews

CAMEO (Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online)

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

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers

The Craftsman (1901 – 1916)

DBpia

Dictionary of Art Historians

Dictionary of National Biography

DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals

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

Ebrary

ECCO: Eighteenth Century Collections Online

Encyclopaedia of Islam

ERIC

Gale NewsVault

Gallica

Grove Art Online

Grove Music Online

Gu Gong Wen Xian (NPM Periodicals)

HeritageQuest Online

IFAR Art Law & Cultural Property Database

Illustrated London News Historical Archive (1842-2003)

JAANUS

JAIRO (Japanese Institutional Repositories Online)

JSTOR

Leo S. Olschki Art, Architecture and Landscape Planning Collection

Marquis Who’s Who on the Web

MORE Archaeology and Heritage E-Journal Collection

National Geographic Magazine Archive (1888 – present)

National Palace Museum (NPM) Periodicals

New York Times Historical Newspapers from ProQuest (1851 – 2009)

Oxford Art Online

Oxford English Dictionary Online

Oxford Islamic Studies Online

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online (OLDO)

Oxford Music Online

Oxford Reference Online Premium

Parker Library on the Web

Reallexikon zur Deutschen Kunstgeschichte

Timeline of Art History

The Times Digital Archive (1785 – 2007)

The Times Literary Supplement

The Vogue Archive

Who’s Who in American Art

Who’s Who in American History

WBIS (World Biographical Information System)