Each article includes a comprehensive bibliography, with suggestions of where to go next for further information. The 720,000-entry index was compiled by a team of 20 art historians who read every article and indexed each important discussion and topic. By using the index, you can quickly find all related aspects and discussions of a topic. Thousands of images of painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, photography and the decorative arts are accessible from The Grove Dictionary of Art site and through links to the Bridgeman Art Library. Since this is an encyclopedia, there are no journals, and therefore no journal title list.
Grove offers an About the Dictionary page which describes what is available in the database.
However, the User Guide is available in PDF format. Once logged into the database, the online help will also be useful. Grove allows concept searches, pattern searches and Boolean searches. To search for a phrase in concept mode, type double quotation marks around it. You can nest terms.