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Museum Studies

Getting Started

If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:

Journal Articles

For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.

Journal Articles: 

Key Databases

Wilson Art Abstracts

Indexes international journals in art and related fields, including a number of museum studies journals.

BMUSE: Museology Bibliography

Abstracts of journal articles, books and reports on all aspects of museology.

Google Scholar

Searches the full text of electronic journals and other web resources.

AATA Online: Abstracts of International Conservation Literature

Abstracts of literature related to the preservation and conservation of material cultural heritage.

ARTstor

Searchable database of digital images and associated catalogue data. ARTstor covers many time periods and cultures, and documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, design, anthropology, ethnographic and women studies, as well as many other forms of visual culture.

Other databases

Australian Heritage Bibliography

Lists journal articles, reports and books on Australia's natural and cultural environment.

BCIN: Bibliographic Database for the Conservation Information Network

Citations covering the areas of conservation, preservation and restoration of cultural property.

Heritage Law Bibliography

Citations (without abstracts) on legal issues for cultural and natural heritage.