Both of the following are available through UNC E-Indexes and Databases.

http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid/

These resources are available on campus from any of the libraries or off campus to students, faculty, and staff with a valid UNC-CH 9-digit PID (Person ID) or to AHEC users affiliated with UNC-CH with an AHEC Digital Library account.

Some helpful keywords to use when searching these indexes and databases are:

Museum(s)

Exhibition or exhibit

Design

Art

Tip:  When possible, enter in more than one or two search terms in order to retrieve concise and appropriate results.  It may help to limit results to English language articles.  

Art Bibliographies Modern

Description: The scope of ARTbibliographies Modern extends from artists and movements beginning with Impressionism in the late 19th century, up to the most recent works and trends in the late twentieth century. Photography is covered from its invention in 1839 to the present. A particular emphasis is placed upon adding new and lesser-known artists and on the coverage of foreign-language literature.  Covers relevant aspects of modern and contemporary art, video art, computer and electronic art, artists' books, illustration, and the traditional fine arts of painting, printmaking, sculpture, and drawing. Extensive abstracting of the latest literature available. Provides international coverage of artists and artistic movements. (Source: vendor web site.)

Sample Articles:

“Displaying and communicating the museum.” Exporre 22 (1994) : 5.

Rabinowitz, Richard. “Exhibit as Canvas.” Museum News 70:2. (1991) : 34-8.

Art Index

Description: Art Index indexes and abstracts more than 300 key international arts publications and provides accurate, up-to-date coverage of this multi-faceted, interdisciplinary field. It includes information compiled by specialists with expertise in all fields of art to provide an international perspective on many art subjects. Indexes major English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as European periodicals in a number of different languages.  It provides access to a wide range of bibliographies, notices of competitions and awards, reports of conferences, exhibition listings, review articles, interviews, and film reviews.  Relevant subjects include: interior design, architecture, art history, museology, painting, photography, sculpture, folk art, textiles, graphic arts, and industrial design. (Source: vendor web site.)

Sample Articles:

“The exhibition: lecture or conversation?” Curator 37 (1994) : 185-97.

Guy, Meredith. “Careers in exhibition design” Design 432 (1984) : 74.