The Archives of American Art is the world’s pre-eminent and most widely used research center dedicated to collecting, preserving, and providing access to primary sources that document the history of the visual arts in America.
The resources serve as reference for countless dissertations, exhibitions, catalogs, articles, and books on American art and artists, and preserve the untold stories.

Founded in 1989, and online since 1995, artnet is a leading resource for information on the international art market, particularly sales and auction details. The site offers a range of art market resources, including biographies and gallery information on contemporary artists. It provides a place for people in the art world to buy, sell, and research fine art, design, and decorative art.

Created in 1991, the Contemporary Artists Index is a unique resource developed and maintained by the CIA Library staff. Look here for artists, artists groups, photographers, craftspeople, designers, and design firms whose work appears in select publications in the library's collection.

The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History pairs essays and works of art with chronologies, telling the story of art and global culture through the Museum’s collection.

Search over 10 million records of museum objects, archives and library materials including more than 2.0 million online media files.

WAAND, The Women Artists Archives National Directory, an innovative web directory to U.S. archival collections of primary source materials by and about women visual artists active in the U.S. since 1945.

Database of copyright contacts for writers, artists, and prominent figures in the creative fields.