designinform includes Design Abstracts Retrospective with indexing and abstracts for design journals published between 1906-1986; Design ProFILES, a biographical dictionary of designers, craftspeople, artists and architects; and ReVIEW, a collection of full-text art journals from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. You can search each of these databases independently by keyword, or title, country, author, etc.
For assistance using this resource, contact Peter Stern, Art and Architecture liaison librarian, at 413-545-3967.