Internet Resources

The Stout Reference Library has compiled this directory of art resources available online. The directory is divided into general subject areas. Click on the directory link to access subject resources. Note that some of these resources require passwords available to patrons using Stout Reference Library computers only. Also note that many of these resources are external to the museum and the Stout Reference Library is not responsible for their content.

Internet art resources directory

Choose a link from the list below to see the appropriate resources.

Indexes and Databases

Artfact - Auction catalog records worldwide from more than 500 auction houses for fine and decorative arts.

ArtIndex - Search for citations to art literature and criticism published from 1929 to the present. Covers all periods of art from pre-historic to contemporary. Password required; use at the Stout Library only.

Artnet - Artnet's Fine Art Auctions Database provides auction sales records from over 600 auction houses since 1989. Other services include Artnet magazine, the insider's daily guide to the art market, and an online gallery directory. Password required to use the auction database; use at the Stout Library only.

Artprice.com - Worldwide auction sales records. Includes paintings, drawings, prints, posters, and sculptures. Password required; use at the Stout Library only.

Arttrak.com - The Art Trak Auction Database is the only Tribal art resource that is searchable for objects sold at auction between 1980 and the present. You can search for your object on tribe, category, auction house, sale, origin, date, sold amount, collection history, and research data. Password required; use at the Stout Library only.

AskArt.com - Extensive information about North American artists. Entries include auction price records and images. Password required to view the auction records; use at the Stout Library only.

BHA=Bibliography of the History of Art - Indexes and abstracts art-related books, conference proceedings and dissertations, exhibition and dealer's catalogs, and articles from more than 4,300 periodicals. 1973 to the present. Password required; use at the Stout Library only.

Fritz Lugt's Repertoire Online - Lugt's Repertoire is one of the most widely consulted art historical reference works and lists more than 100,000 art sales catalogues of the period 1600 to 1925 from libraries in Europe and the USA. Password required; use at the Stout Library only.

Grove Dictionary of Art - Password required; use at the Stout Library only.

Librarians' Index to the Internet: Arts & Humanities

Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index - The Art Exhibition Catalog Index has descriptive information on nearly 136,494 art works shown in over 1,057 exhibitions held in this country and Canada up through 1876 (the Centennial year). Includes American and European artists and includes all media of art works - painting, sculpture, prints, drawings, etc.

Union List of Artists Names (ULAN)

Worldcat - Access to over 1 billion records in thousands of libraries worldwide.