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Visual Art (Practice Based Art)

This guide will help you find resources for practice based visual art in the University of Melbourne Library

Develop your search terms

Do you know which search terms to use to find great articles on your topic?
Experiment with your keywords in one of these broad search options before diving into more specialised search locations.

  • Discovery searches across a large number of databases. Use Advanced Search and subject filters for the best results.
  • Proquest Central is similar to Discovery, searching across multiple databases
  • Google Scholar is a convenient search tool, but you'll need to set up Find it @ Unimelb links to effectively use Google Scholar for library research.

Once you've found a few good resources, explore some subject-specific databases and journals.

 

Why are there so many places to search?

Visit the Comparing Search Pathways guide for a quick explainer.

Art Databases

Searching in an Art Database allows you to search across a range of discipline-specific research journals and other resource types at once.

Multidisciplinary databases

Exploring a multidisciplinary database can help you find out about how your topic is considered across different disciplines and applications.

Contemporary Art Magazines

Contemporary Art Magazines are helpful for keeping up with current discourse in art. The following contemporary art magazines are available online through library subscriptions. Some may also be held in print at Southbank Library.


Print-only Contemporary Art Magazines

The following Contemporary Art Magazines are held in only print copy at Southbank Library. These magazines cannot be borrowed, but this means that they're always available for you to read at the library.

ArtsHub & ScreenHub

Using Advanced Google Search

Use the site or domain limiter in Google Advanced Search to quickly find information on websites and online publications.

For example:

Limit search results to only show results from e-flux by including site:e-flux.com or Frieze using site:frieze.com in your search. 

Screenshot of Google search of "sol lewitt" site:e-flux.com

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Found an article that looks great, but can't find it online?


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