THE GETTY PROVIDES FREE ACCESS TO THE BHA ON ITS WEB SITE

As of April 1, 2010, the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) will
be available free of charge on the Getty Web site at
http://library.getty.edu/bha .

Free Web access to BHA is an advantage not only to all traditional
users of the database but also to such potential users as institutions
in developing countries and independent scholars worldwide, who until
now have been unable to afford access to the BHA. Since ending its
collaboration with the Institut de l'Information Scientifique et
Technique (INIST)-CNRS in December 2007, the Getty has been searching
for partners to continue the production and distribution of BHA. This
process has been complicated, and with no suitable arrangement
immediately available, the Getty decided to act on its commitment to
the scholarly community by providing access to BHA directly from its
own Web site.

BHA on the Getty Web site offers both basic and advanced search
modules, and can be searched easily by subject, artist, author,
article or journal title, and other elements. To search BHA, please
visit, http://library.getty.edu/bha
. Note that the database search
includes both BHA (covering 1990-2007) and the International
Bibliography of Art (IBA), covering the years 2008 and part of 2009.
The Répertoire de la litterature de l'art (RILA), one of the
predecessors of BHA, with records that cover 1975-1989, will be online
by May 1.

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