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AATA Online& (Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts Online) is a free research database containing abstracts of literature related to the preservation and conservation of material cultural heritage. It has been managed and published by the Getty since 1983. AATA Online contains over 148,000 records and adds approximately 4,000 new records each year through regular updates. The database also includes selected subject-specific bibliographies produced as part of the Getty Conservation Institute’s own conservation and scientific research projects or as part of specific collaborative projects in which the Institute is involved.

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1955-present, with selective coverage back to 1932. Updated quarterly.

Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts (AATA), including supplements and its predecessor, IIC Abstracts, issued from 1955 to 2002.

Over 1,600 abstracts by the Fogg Art Museum and the Freer Gallery of Art, published between 1932 and 1955.