17. Types of Information Online Catalog – Books can provide general overview OR detailed insight about your topic Research Databases – access to different types of periodicals (articles, reports…) Primary Sources – Original records like letters, manuscripts, newspapers, interviews, photos, recordings, works of art Reference Sources – From background information to images The Web – benefits and limitations for research
18. Advantages of… Books Good for background information, timeline, definitions, etc. Length allows author to go more in-depth into a subject Articles More specialized searching Better for newer artists/designers (may not have books yet) More current information—more recently published
19. Research Checklist State your topic as a question. Identify main concepts. Narrow or broaden your topic. Keep a list of terms that work best for your topic & add to it as you go. This works whether you’re writing a brief paper or an in-depth research paper. It even works for an artists statement, thesis proposal, or bibliography.
24. Often active linksKeyword: Aboriginal art VSSubject Heading: Art, Australian aboriginal. Keyword: David Malangi VSSubject Heading: Malangi, David, 1927-
25. More Search StrategiesBoolean Searching AND/OR/NOT Combine keywords to narrow/broaden your search AND— NARROWS YOUR SEARCH EX: Interior Design AND Color OR—EXPANDS YOUR SEARCH EX: Film or videoOR Wall paintings or murals NOT—LIMITS TERMS FROM SEARCH NOT Interior design Color AND Wall paintings Murals Maya Software
26. More Search StrategiesTruncation Save time using Truncation searching… In the catalog: Photograph? -> Photograph, Photographs, Photography, Photographic, Photographer In the databases: Architect* -> Architect, Architecture, Architectural, Architecturally, Architectonic
27. Reading a painting from the National Portrait Gallery… Henry Cabot LodgeSitter: Henry Cabot Lodge, 12 May 1850 - 9 Nov 1924Artist: John Singer Sargent, 1856 – 1925Date of Work: 1890 Medium: Oil on canvas Examples of Portrait KeywordsPortrait Object: Beard / Facial Hair / Personal Attribute Portrait Object: Chain / Jewelry / Clothing & Apparel Portrait Examples of Biographical KeywordsDistinction: Lawyer / Law and Law EnforcementDistinction: Lecturer / Educator / Education
28. Brainstorm Looking at the painting & its subject: John Singer Sargent or Sargent, John Singer as Subject Henry Cabot Lodge or Lodge, Henry Cabot as Subject Oil painting or Oil on canvas Portrait painting American art -> narrow to 19th-century American art About the Portrait Sitter: Senator, Boston, Harvard… Artistic influences or Artistic themes Art and technique
37. Questions Stop by the Reference Desk Ask-a-Librarian: IM, Email, etc. (http://library.gmu.edu/ask) Call the reference desk or your liaison InfoGuides(http://infoguides.gmu.edu/) Visual Arts Liaison: Jenna Rinalducci
Notes de l'éditeur
Whether artists statement or thesis, needs to be well researched & writtenEthically—artist statement to thesis