The index is citation based, and the information indexed is largely limited to the fields of art history, architectural history, and the visual arts. Because the index stretches back to the first quarter of the twentieth century, it contains citations for primary source material on a variety of art historical movements in the field of modernism.
For current coverage see Art Abstracts 

Keywords: Art History, Fine, decorative and commercial art ,Folk Art, Graphic Arts, Museology, Sculpture, Interior Design.