Bibliographic Databases

• ARTbibliographies Modern
  A bibliographic database containing abstracts of the current literature of modern art, photography and design, including periodical articles, books, exhibition catalogs, dissertations. Abstracts of articles in foreign journals are in English. Covers criticism from 1974 to present.
• Art Full Text
  Citations to articles and book reviews in periodicals, yearbooks and museum bulletins published primarily in the U.S. and Europe. Covers archaeology, architecture, city planning, crafts, landscape architecture, film, fine arts, folk art, graphic arts, industrial design, interior design, photography. Print counterpart: Art Index 1929 to present. Bobst Ref1.
• Art Index Retrospective; 1929 - 1984
  Spans 55 years of art journalism from 579 noted publications around the globe, reflecting coverage provided from 1929 through 1984. Cites sources published in French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Dutch, as well as English.
  Note: Art Index Retrospective, when used in conjunction with Art Abstracts, (indexing from 1984, plus abstracting 1994 through the present) provides access to nearly seven decades of articles.
• Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
  Citations to articles from more than 1,000 periodicals in all Western languages, including all major architectural journals published in the U.S. and Great Britain, as well as most South American, European and Japanese architecture-related periodicals. Covers 1977 to present.
• Bibliography of the History of Art; 1973 to present
  Abstracted coverage of the current literature of European art from late antiquity (4th century) to present. In English and in French.
• Index of Christian Art
  The Index of Christian Art was founded in 1917, to record every significant detail about every example of art dated to before 700 A.D. for which an illustration could be obtained. Now includes works up to 1400 A.D. It is the one of the largest and most important archives of medieval art anywhere in the world. Index contains more than 150 searchable categories of information, including artist's name, title of work, medium and provenance, bibliographic citations, and individual scholarship by the Index staff. Future plans for the computerization of the Index include electronic access to the Photographic Files.

• International Index to Music Periodicals (Full Text); 1996 to present
  IIMP Full Text draws its current content from more than 375 international music periodicals from over 20 countries, and also indexes feature music articles and obituaries appearing in The New York Times and The Washington Post. It covers nearly all aspects of the world of music, from the most scholarly studies to the latest crazes.
• RILM, Abstracts of Music Literature; 1969 to present
  RILM (Repértoire International de Littérature) abstracts of music literature is an extensive collection of bibliographic records focused on music reference and research materials, collected writings, history, theory, analysis, reviews, performance, instruments, voice, liturgy, acoustics, psychology, ethnomusicology and related disciplines. Offers international coverage of the music scene, covering books, journals, newsletters, conference proceedings, catalogs, dissertations, and reports of government and international bodies.

• ATLA Religion Index
  Produced by the American Theological Library Association (ATLA). Covers such topics as Biblical studies, world religions, Church history, and religious perspectives on social issues. Includes a full range of index citations to journal articles, essays in multi-author works, and book reviews from Religion Index One (RIO), Religion Index Two (RIT), and Index to Book Reviews in Religion (IBRR). Covers data from 1949 to the present.
• Bibliography of the Hebrew Book; 1473 - 1960
  Location: Bobst Ref1 Standalone
  A bibliography of all Hebrew Language books printed before 1960. Institute of Hebrew Bibliography.
• Database of Classical Bibliography
  Also known as L'Année Philologique; contains citations of all known scholarly works published in any language anywhere in the world concerning the areas of ancient Greek and Latin language and linguistics, Greek and Roman history, literature, philosophy, art, archaeology, religion, mythology, music, science, early Christian texts, numismatics, papyrology and epigraphy, and concerning the time period from the second millennium B.C. to roughly 500-800 A.D. Print counterpart: L'Année philologique; bibliographie critique et analytique de l'antiquité gréco-latine; 1924-.
• Index to Hebrew Periodicals
• Modern Language Association Bibliography
• Historical Abstracts
  Historical coverage of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada)
  
• Index Islamicus
  Indexes material on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world from periodicals, Festschriften and other collections in European languages. Print counterpart: Index Islamicus, Bobst Ref1.
• International Medieval Bibliography
  Covers European Middle Ages (ca. 450-1500), includes over 4,000 periodicals and 5,000 miscellaneous volumes (conference proceedings, essay collections and Festschriften.). Does not cover monographs or short reviews. The print IMB contains some information that will not appear on disk (e.g. annotations).
• FRANCIS
  An index to multilingual, multidisciplinary information in the humanities, social sciences, economics, religion, the history of art, and literature from 1984 to the present. Note: You will need to re-select all the Francis files once you connect.

Also note:

• Complete list of what Bobst subscribes to: Bobst's Databases Page
  
• List of all NYU Libraries' Humanities Databases

Library Catalogs

• BobCat, Bobst Library's Catalog
• RLIN, Union Catalog of Research Libraries (includes some international libraries)
• OCLC, Union Catalog of Libraries (includes research libraries)
• Links to New York area libraries

Full-Text, Digital Primary Sources

• NYU Libraries' Electronic Texts
  Select subject and 'Primary Text Collections' as format.
  

Research Guides

• The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies
  Sponsored by Georgetown University
• What Every Medievalist Should Know: The Bible
  A bibliography of scholarly print resources on the Bible in the Middle Ages. by Professor James Marchand. Sponsored by ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies.