Updated twice a year. Covers 20th century art, design, and photography in books, periodical articles, exhibition catalogs, and theses. Online version from 1984 to present. Updated twice a year . Repertoire International de la Litterature de l'Art , from 1991 to present, covering abstracts from books, articles from more than 3,000 international journals, conference proceedings, exhibition catalogs, museum publications, dissertations, microfilm publications, collected essays, etc.
Citations come from holdings of major libraries in Europe and America.
Visual arts in all media are included. Semi-annual index to books, periodicals, exhibition catalogs, museum publications, festschriften, dissertations, and book reviews. Besides the Visual Arts indexes described above, general periodical indexes can also provide relevant information. They cover many popular magazines and newspapers and some general art and design magazines.