Following is the standard bibliography (Crewell) and an important database for Islamic art and Architecture (ARCHNET):
Bibliography of the Architecture, Arts and Crafts of Islam by Call Number: Art Library, Reference Z5961 .I8 C7 (1961, 1973 & 1984)ISBN: 9774240529Creswell's bibliography indexes publications dated from 1912 through 1980, a period missed by most databases. Entries are arranged by Media and Regions.
- Archnet. Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture.
Gathers in one place the wealth of scholarly knowledge and resources generated by the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, this site features a digital library with photographs, plans and descriptions of hundreds of buildings and sites, digitized journal articles, reference tools and other publications.
The following art databases cover Islamic art as well as art and architecture from around the world.
- Art Full Text (1984 to date) This link opens in a new window
Indexes 350 art magazines and journals covering pre-historic to contemporary art. Some full text from 1995-date. For earlier dates search its companion database the Art Index Retrospective. Searching both databases simultaneously for publications dated 1929 to the present. Both databases index the Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin.
- Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Indexes architecture and related fields, from pre-historical to contemporary practice in 2,500+ international Journals. 1930s-date, with some titles indexed from 19th century.
- Al-Masāq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean
A peer reviewed, international journal covering all aspects of Mediterranean societies and cultures from the fifth to the fifteenth centuries CE. As the journal of the Society for the Medieval Mediterranean, its focus is cross-cultural and inter-disciplinary investigation and transregional crosspollination within the Medieval Mediterranean.h.
- Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists
Covers all locations with prominent Muslim political, religious, or social presences between approximately 500-1500 CE.
- Ars Orientalis (formerly Ars Islamica)
Contains scholarly articles covering all aspects of Islamic art. Link searches the entire run of Ars Orientalis (volumes 1 to present,) and its predecessor Ars Islamica (volumes 1-16).
- International Journal of Islamic Architecture
Covers urban design and planning, architecture, and landscape design in the historic Islamic world.
- Journal of Islamic Archaeology
The only journal devoted to Islamic archaeology on a global scale. The focus is Islamic societies, polities, and communities, with extant textual documentation, wherever they are found
- Mārg̲ (Pathway)
The oldest scholarly journal covering the art and architecture of the nation of India and related cultures.
- Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World,
Muqarnas is a peer reviewed journal covering the visual cultures of the Islamic world, including art and architectural history. Edited by Professor Gülru Necipoğlu and published by the Aga Khan Program at Harvard, it is considered a key journal in the field.