Guides: Museum and Heritage Studies: Key resources

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International Handbooks of Museum Studies
A multi-volume reference work providing a state-of-the-art survey of museum studies.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Very large database of journal articles from all subjects. Use the subject filter to limit results to museum and heritage topics.
ARTstor This link opens in a new window
Search through more than a million high quality art, humanities, and social science digital images.
ARTbibliographies Modern This link opens in a new window
A specialist index covering all art forms (fine art, photography, digital art, crafts), including their display in museum and gallery contexts. Full texts of the articles listed here has to be searched for separately.
Index New Zealand This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary index of articles about New Zealand and the South Pacific.

Museum Practice by Conal McCarthy (Editor)
Museum Practice covers the professional work carried out in museums and art galleries of all types, including the core functions of management, collections, exhibitions, and programs.