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Library Research Guide for Getty Scholars

This guide highlights information about the Getty Library's collections and services.

Article and Subscription Databases

The Library has access to hundreds of online databases, as well as access to over one thousand full-text online journal titles through JSTOR and other vendors.

The list of databases is available on getty.edu. 

Many of these databases are also indexed in the Library Catalog.

To access subscription databases when you are off-site or using a personal laptop, you must be connected to the Getty network via OneConnect or login via Shibboleth. See the following login instructions.

Off-site login instructions to Article & Subscription Databases

There are two ways to login to access article & subscription databases while you are off-site from Getty:

1. OneConnect

2. Shibboleth (for some resources)

Login in with your Getty One ID, not your library patron ID number.

Your Getty OneID is a username/password combination that allows you to access the many Getty applications, including Outlook, the Getty network, etc.

OneConnect

By logging into OneConnect, Getty Staff and Scholars have the ability to access the list of databases available on getty.edu, while off-site using your personal or a Getty device. 

After logging into to OneConnect, click on the “Library Catalog” icon:

 

Shibboleth

Shibboleth, is a single sign-on authentication system. Getty staff and scholars may sign-in directly to the following resources using a Getty OneID on a personal or a Getty device without having to log into OneConnect.

Your Getty OneID is a username/password combination that allows you to access the many Getty applications, including Outlook, the Getty network, etc.

A PDF document with step-by-step instructions to access the following selected resources using your Getty OneID via Shibboleth is below.

The resources available are:

JSTOR

Artstor

HathiTrust

Project Muse

ACLS Humanities E-Books

EBSCOhost & EBSCO Discovery System

            EBSCOhost includes:

ProQuest, includes:

  • Art & Architecture Archive
  • ARTbibliographies Modern
  • Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
  • The Christian Science Monitor
  • Country Life
  • The Harper’s Bazaar Archive
  • International Bibliography of ART
  • Periodicals Archive Online
  • Periodicals Index Online
  • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Times (1881-1995)
  • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851-2014)
  • U.S. Major Dailies (1980-current)
  • The Vogue Archive

If you have any questions, please contact Reference at reference@getty.edu.