The Art Institute of Washington Library sources for research include the following databases. Members of The Art Institute of Washington community can access the databases off-campus by e-mailing the Library Help desk for the key to unlock the online username/password list.
A hard copy of database usernames/passwords can also be obtained at the Library Circulation Desk.
Wilson OmniFile: Full Text Select Edition and
Art Museum Image Gallery: Special Collection (AMIG)
http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww
Wilson OmniFile: Full Text Select Edition is a multidisciplinary, 100% full-text database providing full text articles, with their accompanying indexing and abstracts, from the following Wilson periodical databases: Art Full Text, Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Biological & Agricultural Index, Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, Library Literature & Information Science Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, Wilson Business Full Text. Coverage begins in 1994.
AMIG contains 155,000 images of work spanning 3000 B.C. to the 20th century with full bibliographic records. The images are available in low, medium and high resolution and are all rights cleared for educational use. AMIG is searchable simultaneously with Wilson OmniFile FT.
Proquest: ABI/INFORM Complete, Research Library, Psychology Journals, National Newspapers (27)
http://proquest.umi.com
ABI/INFORM Complete contains over 3,700 journals and The Wall Street Journal, Eastern Edition, EIU ViewsWire, Going Global Career Guides, Author Profiles, 14,000 ProQuest business dissertations, and over 2,800 full-text titles covering business and economic conditions, corporate strategies, management techniques, and more.
The ProQuest Research Library database covers the top 150 core academic subject reference areas (e.g. Arts, Health, Military, Multicultural, Women’s interest, etc.). It includes more than 3,880 titles—over 2,620 in full text—from 1971 forward in the following formats: scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers.
ProQuest Psychology Journals abstracts and indexes more than 620 titles of psychology and psychosomatic publications, with over 520 titles available in full text and includes 4,000 full text dissertations. Users get access to charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphical elements essential to psychological research.
The National Newspapers (27) collection includes national and leading regional papers such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA TODAY, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, The Atlanta Journal- Constitution, Barron's, The Boston Globe, The Guardian, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Washington Post.
eLibrary
http://elibrary.bigchalk.com
eLibrary offers a broad range of full-text and multimedia content that supports student inquiry. The easy-to-use interface helps students find answers from more than 1,500 full-text magazines, newspapers, books, and transcripts, plus thousands of pictures, maps and more.
Getty Images - Royalty-free
http://gettyimages.com
Getty Images - Royalty-free is made up of more than 500,000 non-digitally watermarked images. Students have access to unlimited standard and 50 high-resolution downloads each quarter. Access is by username and password only. Sign the GETTY LICENSE AGREEMENT form to obtain the User Name and Password (download the form from below or ask at the Library Circulation Desk).
Directions for Gettying started
Getty Images Student License Agreement form
Catalog of Art Museum Images Online (CAMIO)
http://camio.oclc.org
CAMIO contains about 95,000 works of art from leading museums around the world ranging from 3000 BCE to the present and representing Asian, African, Latin American, Western and contemporary art. Content includes high-resolution images of photographs, paintings, sculpture, decorative and utilitarian objects, prints, drawings and watercolors, jewelry and costumes, textiles, books, installations, and architecture—plus audio-video and mixed media.
Stylesight
http://stylesight.com
Stylesight contains all the information a merchandiser and designer needs in the fields of fashion design, trend analysis, forecasting, reporting, merchandising and apparel manufacturing along with the daily buzz. Create trend boards and slideshows from the database’s 2 million images covering Women's, Men's & Children's fashion, Interiors, Designer Collections, store window displays, Vintage, Denim, Color, Trade Shows, Celebrity Fashion, Flats Sketches, and original Graphic Design. New content is added daily. Access is by username and password only.
Safari Tech Books Online
http://my.safaribooksonline.com/home
Safari Tech Books Online features over 4,500 titles covering the technologies most essential to users including certification, enterprise computing, Java, Linus/Unix, Web development, Windows, XML, and more. Users can search hundreds of books simultaneously online choosing titles from over 20 imprints, including: O'Reilly, Addison Wesley Professional, Adobe Press, Cisco Press, IBM Redbooks, Microsoft Press, and more.
Design and Applied Arts Index Online
http://www.csa.com
The DAAI currently contains over 130,000 annotated references from more than 500 design and craft journals published from 1973 onwards, and data on over 50,000 designers, craftspeople, studios, workshops, firms etc., making the largest database of its kind in the world.
Grove Art Online
http://www.oxfordartonline.com
Grove Art Online provides web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art (Grove, 1996, 34 vols.), with ongoing additions of new material and updates to the text, plus extensive image links and all the sophisticated search advantages possible with an online reference source.
Hoover's
On Campus:premium.hoovers.com/subscribe
Off Campus: http://www.hoovers.com
Hoover 's, Inc., delivers comprehensive company, industry, and market intelligence that drives business growth. Its database of 12 million companies, with in-depth coverage of 40,000 of the world's top business enterprises, is the core of its business tools and services.
First Research
http://aii.firstresearch-learn.com
First Research provides up-to-date industry intelligence with insight and information of more than 600 industry segments. Highlights include prepared questions to gain an edge in interviews, vital web links and acronyms, and an “Industry Prospector” tool to locate industries that best fit your sales or marketing initiative. Access is by username and password only.
RedBooks Online
http://www.redbooks.com
The Agency Database contains detailed profiles of nearly 13,500 U.S. and international advertising agencies, including accounts represented by each agency, fields of specialization, breakdown of gross billings by media, contact information on agency personnel and much more. Access is by username and password only.
Oxford Reference Online Premium
http://www.oxfordreference.com/
Oxford Reference Online brings together language and subject reference works from one of the world's biggest reference publishers into a single cross-searchable resource.
Restaurant TrendMapper
http://www.restaurant.org/trendmapper
Restaurant TrendMapper is a subscription-based Internet service that provides detailed real-time analysis of the economic and demographic trends that impact the restaurant industry, as well as forecasts of key restaurant industry indicators on the national and state levels. Access by username and password only.
Academic Market Research
http://academic.marketresearch.com
MarketResearch.com Academic provides thousands of full-text market research reports, many with global coverage, from industry-leading publishers. Students are able to find both current and historical information on many markets and industries – from Consumer Goods and Food and Beverage to Life Sciences and Technology.




