Subject Guides: Design: Articles / Databases

Finding Journal Articles

There are three main ways to find the articles you need:

(Use this method if you need to find your own articles for an assignment).

Find an article in a database [PDF] [Video]

(Use this method if you already have a reading list with the details of an article, e.g. author, article title and Journal title).

Find an article in my reading list [PDF] [Video]

(Use this method to find open access scholarly articles as well as articles in some Ara databases).

Using Google Scholar to find articles in Ara databases [PDF] [Video]

Start here for definitions of key terms and background information.

Britannica Academic
The online version of the famous encyclopedia. Contains articles, images, videos, biographies, statistics, and an interactive atlas. Great source of primary sources. Valid fact checked information.
Gale eBooks (Formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library)
A multidisciplinary online reference collection you can search anywhere at anytime. Gale eBooks combines the convenience of an online search engine with the authority of a 50 year publishing legacy.
Oxford Art Online (OUP)
All forms of fine art and artists including NZ and Pacific content. Incorporates Grove Art Online, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics & The Oxford Companion to Western Art.
Oxford English Dictionary (OUP)
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language.

Art & Architecture Complete (EBSCO)
Covers a wide variety of subjects, including antiques, art and art history, interior and landscape design.
Art Full Text (EBSCO)
A comprehensive resource for art information, covering fine, decorative and commercial art, folk art, photography, film, and architecture
Australia / New Zealand Reference Centre Plus (Extended access ends 30th June 2022)
Contains full-text leading Australia/New Zealand magazines, and newspapers, including the Australian Financial Review. Also contains local biographies, reference books, and an image and video collection.
Gale Academic OneFile
The premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals. This comprehensive resource covers all subject areas.
Gale OneFile: Communications and Mass Media
Focuses on all aspects of the communications field: key subjects covered include advertising and public relations, linguistics, and literature.
Gale OneFile: Fine Arts
This collection will provide support for research in areas such as drama, music, art history, and filmmaking

LitFinder
Access to full text poems, short stories, essays, speeches, plays, novels and other written works of more than 80,000 authors from over 660 nationalities.

ProQuest Central
ProQuest Central brings together multiple databases onto one platform to create one of the largest multidisciplinary research databases available. The collection includes thousands of full-text scholarly journals, newspapers, dissertations and case studies.

All Library Databases
This link will bring you to a page with ALL of Ara's subscribed databases. Ask a librarian for help with choosing one if you need guidance!

Google Scholar is a good place to look if you can be specific about what you need.