Print indexes usually cover a longer period and are particularly useful when trying to find information on less contemporary artists and for finding original reviews of an established artist's work. See the Print Index column of Creative Arts Indexes and Databases. This may also help you identify useful journal articles about an artist. This is an index to books, exhibition catalogues and journal articles. Its strength is identifying information where the artist speaks about their own work.
Information often appears in newspapers before it appears in scholarly academic journals.
Over time, newspapers also become a useful source of historical information giving insight into the issues, attitudes and values of the times. Finding newspaper articles can often prove difficult as there is no one search tool which can be recommended. Database Call No. Directories These directories contain lists of websites by an artist's name. Use the search facilities where available.