The Cooper Union Library: Art & Architecture: Art Resources

Art & Architecture Research Databases

Artstor This link opens in a new window
A repository of images of art, architecture, and design. PLEASE NOTE: The Artstor website will be retired on August 1, 2024. Content, key resources, and functionality are moving to JSTOR. Follow this link for more information.
Art & Architecture Source This link opens in a new window
Covers subjects from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design. Providing over 600 full-text journals, more than 220 full-text books, and a collection of over 63,000 images.
Art & Architecture ePortal This link opens in a new window
Features important works of scholarship in the history of art, architecture, decorative arts, photography, and design.
Material ConneXion This link opens in a new window
Information on materials and processes, including polymers, cement-based materials, glass, metals, ceramics, natural materials, and carbon-based materials. All the materials are juried into the database by a panel of material specialists and knowledgeable professionals.
To register for an individual login account:
1. Go to https://www.materialconnexion.online/
2. Enter your Cooper email address and a password, then click Submit.
3. Confirm Cooper as your domain
4. Complete the registration form on the next page.
The benefits of creating an account are the creation of Material Boards! You can save materials and then export those lists to excel or share them with other Cooper Union users. Also allows you to see recently viewed materials on the home page and browse the database from any off-campus location without first going through the library website.

Art Research Databases

Art Index Retrospective This link opens in a new window
Index to articles published from 1929-1984. Subjects covered: Advertising Art, Antiques, Archaeology, Architecture and Architectural History, Art History, Crafts, Decorative Arts, Folk Art, Graphic Arts, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Motion Pictures, Museology, Non-Western Art, Painting, Photography, Pottery, Sculpture, Television, Textiles.
Bibliography of the History of Art This link opens in a new window
Getty provides public access to Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) 1990-2007, and Répertoire international de la littérature de l'art (RILA) 1975-1989. BHA and RILA cover European and American visual arts material including citations to articles from over 1,200 journals.
Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) This link opens in a new window
EAI’s Educational Streaming Service is a unique subscription-based resource that transforms EAI’s Online Catalogue into a “digital textbook.” Almost 1,200 titles by 65 artists are currently available for streaming via this digital delivery platform. Eventually, the Service will encompass EAI’s entire collection of 3,800 media artworks.
Interaction of Color This link opens in a new window
Users must set up an individual login account. Access the text, plates, and commentaries—including videos of experts discussing Josef Albers's work. View and interact with the plates, access your bookmarked plates, chapters, and saved designs.
Ubu Web This link opens in a new window
Founded in 1996, UbuWeb is a pirate shadow library consisting of hundreds of thousands of freely downloadable avant-garde artifacts. By the letter of the law, the site is questionable; we openly violate copyright norms and almost never ask for permission.