Produced by The Getty Research Institute, the Art &Architecture Thesaurus provides terminology about objects, artists, concepts, important to art, architecture, and material culture.
Entire text of The Dictionary of Art (1996, 34 vols.), updated annually; 45,000 articles, 40,000 links to art images from major galleries and museums. A handy starting point for definitions of terminology and subject overviews: architecture, design, visual arts.
Bloomsbury Applied Visual Arts offers access to over 170 books which combine visual inspiration with practical advice on idea generation, research techniques, portfolio development and more, across the main visual arts disciplines. The fields of practice include Fashion and Textiles, Design and Illustration, Photography, Film and Media, Architecture and Interiors, and Marketing and Advertising.
SRMO is a research tool supported by a newly devised taxonomy that links methods, terms and content. It provides research methods (quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods) across arts, humanities, the social and behavioural sciences.
Distinct modules are available that include datasets and video content (SRM Datasets, and SRM Video).
Trove is a free discovery service focussed on Australia, Australians and items found in Australian memory institutions. Trove provides integrated access to over 45 million items from a range of the National Library of Australia's collaborative services and from elsewhere.