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FADA - Visual Arts: Electronic resources

This guide contains essential information sources for visual art and advice on information searching to support study and research

Know the difference

Databases provide access to high-quality peer-reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings, book chapters, dissertations and other sources.

These databases have been specially chosen for this subject area.

When carrying out your research for a piece of work, you will need to search more than one database to find all of the journal articles relevant to your topic, as each database covers different journals.

Library Platform

A library platform is a collection of electronic journals and journal databases used to conduct subject searches across electronic journals.

An institutional repository is an open access electronic archive collecting, preserving and distributing digital materials created by members of an academic institution.  (Source: University of Pretoria, Department of Library Services)