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ART204 - Introduction to Art History - Prehistoric to Early Byzantine: Finding Articles

Prehistoric Art to Early Byzantine Period (40,000 BCE to 726 CE)

Search in Article Databases

All the electronic databases listed in this section may be accessed by going to the library's Database Page. If you are using databases from off campus, you will need your My Chemeketa user name and password.

  • Academic OneFile
    Articles from thousands of magazines, newspapers, and peer-reviewed journals. Includes the New York Times newspaper as far back as 1985.
    How to Use
  • JSTOR
    Includes Artstor images. JSTOR is an article archive. It does not include current articles. The collection includes Open Access, and Archival & Primary Source collections.
  • ProQuest Central
    Includes articles in academic journals, newspapers, and general interest magazines. Click on Databases (4) to select specific databases or subject areas to search within.
    How to use ProQuest

Using JSTOR

You may find it helpful to click on Advanced Search On the JSTOR home page.

On the Advanced Search page, if you check off Article under Item Type this will eliminate book reviews from your search results.

JSTOR advanced search example using AND, Giovanni Pisano AND Innocents

Searching in Academic OneFile

You may need to use some special techniques in Gale Academic OneFile:

You may need to combine multiple search terms to find articles on your topic. The Gale Advanced Search screen has find a form for entering multiple terms.

picture of the gale advanced search screen with terms on multiple lines

TIP: When using keywords, try truncating: theor* finds theory, theories, theoretical, etc. (* is the truncation character for Gale).

If you find an article that meets your needs, look at its description for additional terms you can use to search.

Search Suggestions

Here are some words to search with in combination, using those that apply to your work of art. Your textbook may suggest others.

Search combinations
Media, techniques, etc. Time period or style Miscellaneous
painting Byzantine church*
sculpture Carolingian cathedral*
fresco* Gothic sarcophagus
mosaic* Merovingian altar*
illumination Ottonian chapel
architecture Romanesque exhibition
earthworks Fauv* France, Italy, etc.
engraving Futurism (art), Impressionism, German expressionism, etc. Flemish, Roman, etc.