The Art Full Text database includes the Art Abstracts database and is an indexing of an international selection of publications - many of them peer-selected. The database contains indexing of 552 periodicals from 1984 onwards, abstracts for every article indexed and the full text of articles from 252 journals dating from 1997.
Content description
Art Full Text provides full text plus abstracts and indexing of an international array of publications in French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, as well as English. Coverage has been expanded to include Latin American, Canadian, Asian and other non-Western art, new artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews and feminist criticism. Full text access starts from 1997.
For a list of all the journals within Art Full Text please see: http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/Journals
Please also see the journal titles by subject area: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/coll_art_fulltext_subjects.xls
User Benefits:
- Indexing of art reproductions helps researchers focus on a single artist or find individual works.
- Links to websites cited by articles help users find related information and images.
- Intuitive, fast, precise searching makes periodicals collection more accessible and valuable.
For full product details please see: http://www.hwwilson.com/databases/artindex.htm
Main subject areas
Advertising Art, Antiques, Archaeology, Architecture and Architectural History, Art History, Computers in Art, Crafts, Decorative Arts, Fashion Design, Folk Art, Graphic Arts, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Motion Pictures, Museology, Non-Western Art, Painting, Photography, Pottery, Sculpture, Television, Textiles and Video.
Academic level
Suitable for Secondary through to Postgraduate levels.
Date range
Full text of articles: 1997-present.
Indexing of periodicals: 1984-present.
Article abstracts: 1994-present.
Updates
Daily updates on WilsonWeb; monthly updates on WilsonDisc.
Publisher's selection policy
Journals were selected from a comprehensive survey of authoritative sources: ALA Committee on Wilson Indexes; consultants prominent in art librarianship; core lists such as Magazines for Libraries, 11th edition; and a review of the holdings of prominent art libraries and other important indexing services, including Art Bibliographies Modern.
Many journals are peer-reviewed. The peer-review policy can be found at http://www.hwwilson.com/databases/Peer_Reviewed.htm
Cost
To subscribe to Art Full Text, please select one of two options:
Option A: Subscribe to Art Full Text (this includes access to Art Abstracts so there is no need to take out a separate Art Abstracts subscription). The annual subscription fees will be:
Higher Education
Further Education
Option B: Subscribe to Art Abstracts and then if you decide to upgrade to Art Full Text, pay an annual upgrade fee.
The annual upgrade fees are:
Higher Education
Further Education
Notes
Year 1 runs from 1st August 2009 - 31st July 2010
Year 2 runs from 1st August 2010 - 31st July 2011
Year 3 runs from 1st August 2011 - 31st July 2012
N.B. All prices are exclusive of vat.
An administration fee of £50 per invoice will be charged on invoices in excess of £600. This fee covers JISC Collections' administration and invoicing costs.
To find your institution's banding, please see JISC Banding
How does JISC Banding and Charging work?
Subscription
The agreement runs for three years, from 1st August 2009 to 31st July 2012. Institutions can subscribe at any time,and may terminate the agreement on 31st July 2010 or 31st July 2011 by giving JISC Collections 60 days notice to that effect.
For instructions on how to subscribe and to access the sub-licence agreement please go to the subscription page.
The agreement complies with the terms of the JISC Model Licence
For further details of the JISC Model Licence please refer to the Guide to the JISC Model Licence.
Functionality and standards compliance
Full text linking
Article citations on any of the WilsonWeb periodical databases connect users to WilsonLink, a free, integrated SFX-powered link-server that provides a seamless search of any of the library's other OpenURL-compliant databases.
From WilsonLink, users can also launch an automatic internet search for information related to the cited article via any of 12 popular search engines, including Google and Yahoo. Technical information can be found at http://www.hwwilson.com/documentation/WilsonWeb/targetURL.htm
Federated searching
The advantage of the Z39.50 query is the detailed structure provided in the query response. A Z39.50 query request can be sent that returns only a hit count and no result records. Also the Z39.50 server allows greater control over the number of records returned and the structure of the records returned.
It is more straightforward to page through the results one block at a time in Z39.50 and receive records in either brief or full format as desired. Technical information can be found at http://www.hwwilson.com/documentation/WilsonWeb/Z3950.htm
MARC records
All of the Art databases are available in MARC format. MARC records are available as a separate product, with weekly or monthly updates by FTP.
MARC records are not available as a display option in WilsonWeb. MARC displays provided by the Z39.50 service are not standard, although they use the MARC fields and sub fields.
Metadata standards
The AACR2, a cataloguing standard, is followed. All subject headings are controlled. Art maintains its own Subject Authority File, with Name subjects maintained in a common Wilson Name Authority File.
Search options
Users can search by 30 different operators. In addition to the usual Proximity Operators, Concept Operators combine search terms with the capacity to turn relevance on and off. Relational Operators search document fields for string searches and allow numeric and data comparisons. Evidence Operators conduct intelligent word searches with wildcards, homonyms and synonyms, while four Score Operators allow researchers to change relevancy ranking. Natural Language Operators interpret text with a free-text query parser, searching for similar texts.
1. Basic Search
Searching automatically includes the All-Smart Search (a rules-based search).
Simply enter terms, or type in a more structured Boolean search.
2. Advanced Search
When searching in Advanced Search, users can select All - Smart Search. The All - Smart Search is the mode of searching on the screen unless users enter a Boolean search. To narrow this search, users either return to, or go to the Advanced Search screen that includes a variety of limiting options.
3. Search in the Browse Mode
WilsonWeb displays an alphabetical list with the term(s) users typed placed in the context of choices found in the Browse dropdown list. In the results screen, users click directly on the desired term or phrase to retrieve search results.
4. Searching from the Thesaurus
The Thesaurus is a controlled vocabulary list of subjects and related terms used to standardize the indexing in the database. Users can select and search for synonyms, related, and preferred terms.
5. Using Search History
The results screens report users' search(es) as Active Searches, with each search displayed in literal query syntax.
Post-search options
Users can export records to EndNote and RefWorks.
Users can also email results, save searches, and set up SDI search alerts.
Users are also able to format citation records automatically in a simplified form, using the MLA and APA standards.
Usage statistics
- Meets ICOLC Standards.
- Reports by overall consortium, aggregated at the consortium level.
- Month as the primary coverage unit.
- Summary data by hour of the day.
- Dynamic aggregation of multiple months or other time periods without preset annual or other collective periods.
- Number of searches initiated from the Browse Mode and database Thesaurus are tracked
- Non-textual resources are tracked (video, audio).
- Immediately repeated duplicate searches and double clicks are NOT counted.
- Separate ID and password for Statistics Reports and for Administrative Module.
- Ability to email, print and save reports.
- Automatic email reports can be sent.
- Session Usage Report.
- Number of Logins
- Number of Searches Submitted
- Number of Database Searches
- Number of 0 Result Searches
- Number of Total Items Retrieved
- Number of Citations/Abstracts Accessed
- Usage and Peak Usage by Day of Week and Hour
- Peak Simultaneous Usage Report
- Database Usage Report
- Number of Total Items Retrieved
- Number of Turn-aways
- Turn-away Report
- Turn-aways by Customer
- Turn-aways by Hour by Product
- ISSN
- Journal Name
- IP Usage Report
- IP address
- Customer ID
- Institution
Personalisation of the online resource
Personalisation is possible for:
- Screen display
- Results display
- Saved searches
- SDI article alerts
- Language preference
- Searching parameters
- Cross-database searching
Authentication
Authentication is via the UK Access Management Federation, Athens, and IP range.
Personalisation of the online resource
Personalisation is possible for:
- Screen display
- Results display
- Saved searches
- SDI article alerts
- Language preference
- Searching parameters
- Cross-database searching
Accessibility
WilsonWeb is compliant with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, designed to improve access and functionality for individuals with disabilities. WilsonWeb also meets current international guidelines for user accessibility.
Library support information