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Journal Search (Beta)Click here to search only the following cultural policy journals:
  • Cultural Trends; article titles from vol.1 1989; abstracts etc from vol.13 2004
  • Journal of Cultural Economics; from vol.20 1996
  • International Journal of Cultural Policy; titles from vol.1 1994, abstracts etc from vol.8 2002
  • Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society; from vol.26 1997
  • Media International Australia incorporating Culture and Policy; article titles from 1992 (MIA) and 1996 (Culture and Policy), abstracts etc for both from no. 86 (1998)
  • The link takes you to a search page that uses Google to restrict results to these journal issues only.
    African Cultural Policy DocumentsWorking papers, reports, conclusions, recommendations and other documents and publications relevant to African cultural policies, sorted in chronological order.
    Arts Council of Finland library of cultural politicsThe library of the Arts Council of Finland collection includes information about cultural policies, the position of artists, arts management and cultural economics. Other main areas of the collection are: the functions of Arts Councils in the world; cultural networks; Finnish Cultural Institutes; legislation of culture; Finnish public cultural organisations and institutions; the functions of the European Union, European Council, UNESCO and the Nordic Council in the field of culture.
    Arts Research Digest research databaseArts Research Digest is a journal of recent and current research in the arts, media and cultural sectors around the world. The Digest's website has a searchable archive of contents (all research titles can be searched, but descriptions of research are available only to Digest subscribers).
    Arts Research MonitorAn archive of articles from Arts Research Monitor, the journal of arts policy research from Canada. Provides synopses of qualitative and quantitative research findings in the arts and culture. searchable by keyword, categories, and other quick links. Published by Hill Strategies Research and made possible by funding from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Department of Canadian Heritage. Site is available in both English and French.
    Bibliotheek BoekmanstichtingThe on-line catalogue of the Netherland's Boekman Foundation Library.
    Canadian Cultural Observatory ResourcesThe Observatory's site contains hyperlinked cultural policy resources organized around a seven-themed framework. Resources include statistics, studies and reports, projects, quick facts, guides and case studies, books, and journals.
    Center for Arts and CultureArchived bibliography of publications to 2001 from the Center for Arts and Culture, Washington DC, USA.
    Centre for Cultural Policy Studies, University of WarwickThe page has bibliographies in PDF format constructed by Richard Perkins on 'Arts and Media Management' and 'Cultural Policy and Management in Europe'
    Columbia University Research Center for Arts and CultureThe Center's 'Research on Artists' bibliography covers work that focuses on artists' personal and economic status within society, cognitive and physical development, training and education, and relation to other issues pertinent to the arts field and society-at-large.
    CPANDAThe Cultural Policy and the Arts National Data Archive at Princeton University's Social Science reference Center. Includes the Cpanda Citation Index, a bibliographic database of selected monographs, serials, reports, papers, proceedings, articles and books relevant to arts and cultural policy studies.
    Cultural Policies Collection, Council of Europe LibraryExplore the Council of Europe's web-based Library Catalogue via a 'dedicated interface' that searches the Council's Cultural Policies Collection. The 'interface' is available in French and English (l'interface est disponible en français et anglais).
    Cultural Policy Research Online (CPRO)A database of research studies, conference reports and experts' papers concerning the arts and culture supported by European organisations the Boekmanstichting, CIRCLE and RECAP.
    CulturelinkUnder development: Bibliographical database of UNESCO's documentation centre for cultural development is a database of documents and publications in the field of international cultural development and policies developed for the needs of the Culturelink Network members. It is planned to make the Bibiographical Database also publicly accessible via the Internet.
    DICE - ACRONIMA searchable database of arts and cultural documentation developed by EUCLID with the assistance of IFACCA and three other agencies. Registration is necessary, but free. The database is 'open source', so users can add their own works. Publications were submitted up to 2003, but the database has gone quiet since.
    ERICarts Creative Europe Literature ReviewArticles, books and journals on artistic creativity, management and governance consulted during the Creative Europe project. References are searchable by keyword or by any of 12 classification codes developed by ERICarts. You can add and classify your own relevant resources.
    Grantmakers in the Arts LibraryA searchable database of articles and information published by Grantmakers in the Arts (USA) and other organizations. Material is added weekly. The library includes material from the GIA Reader, the GIA Newsletter (1988-1999), including reviews and brief abstracts of books, research reports and publications form the GIA Reader Digest section. It also includes transcriptions from presentations and panels at GIA's annual conferences, book reviews, as well as articles and research from other sources.
    Impacts DatabaseBibliographical resource relating to research on the social and economic effects of arts, culture and major events. Maintained by the Centre for Cultural Policy Research, University of Glasgow, Scotland.
    Kulpol databaseManaged by the Centre for Cultural Policy Research at The Swedish School of Library and Information Science at Göteborg University and Högskolan i Borås. The database contains both Swedish and international references to research, conference reports, articles in periodicals, public documents, and other non-fiction literature on cutural policy. From 1972 onwards.
    LabforCultureThe Lab website has 'Resources for Research' section and 'Research in focus' themes. It also has its own index of websites that allows searches to be restricted to sites the Lab deems relevant.
    Le centre de documentation, le ministère de la culture et de la communication françaisLe centre met à disposition du public une base de références bibliographiques (plus de 48 000 entre ouvrages et articles) consultable sur le site Internet du Ministère.
    National Arts Policy DatabaseAmericans for the Arts' National Arts Policy Database is a comprehensive research/resource tool containing approximately 9,000 items (published since 1960) documenting information on the arts and culture in the United States.
    National Assembly of State Arts AgenciesThe USA's network of State arts agencies has an extensive list of its own publications, which are focussed on the business of arts and cultural funding.
    UNESCO-ICOMOS bibliographical databaseThe UNESCO-ICOMOS documentation centre specializes in the conservation and restoration of cultural heritage. It keeps an important collection of 40.000 volumes and more than 400 periodicals.

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