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Renaissance Rivals, KCAI
Instructor Madeline Rislow
September 19, 2013
Presented by Amelia Nelson, Public Services Librarian
"Mercury "
Location: 450 Ward Parkway,
Kansas City, MO
Owner: Highwoods Properties
Artist/Designer: Paul
McGovney
Dates: Installed
Photo Credit: Judith Burngen

2. Research Strategy
General
Resources
Spencer
Catalog
Databases
What else
is out
there?
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3. Resources - Context
 Context
 Surveys
 Oxford Art Online
 Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline
of Art History
 Guides to techniques and
materials
 Artists websites
 Artist statements
 Exhibitions
 Bibliography
 Contact info.
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4. Resources - Context
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5. Resources - Context
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6. Searching - LibraryOneSearch - Books & More
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7. Searching -
Refine My Results
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8. Resources for Renaissance Sculptor Giambologna
 Surveys
 Exhibition Catalogs
 Artist Monographs
 Specific exhibition
 Series of work
 Overview
 Highlights
 Catalogue R s
 Comprehensive
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9. Expanding your Search - Worldcat and Mobius
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www.worldcat.org From
Jannes Library Catalog

10. Journals
 Subscriptions to over 500
print magazines and
journals
 Access to thousands
more through subscription
databases
 Jstor
 ART bibliographies Modern (1960
– present)
 Art Abstracts (1984 – present)
 Art Index (1929 – 1984)
 Articlefirst (1960 – present)
 BHA (Bibliography of the History of
Art)
 International Bibliography of Art
 Art Price Databases (Auction
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Criticism
Exhibition Reviews
Interviews
Current projects and
work
New scholarship
Focused research

11. Citation Article
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Even, Yael. 1997. "On
Man, Woman, and
Centaur in Giambologna’s
Art". Source: Notes in the
History of Art. 16, no. 3: 1-
6.
Print
Online

12. Expanding your Searching – LibraryOneSearch
Spencer Collection Articles
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13. Art History Databases - Renaissance
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Spencer Art
Reference Only
ARTbibliographies
Modern (1960 –
present)
Articlefirst (1960 –
present)
Auction / Art Price
databases
International
Bibliography of Art
(2007 – present)
CAMIO
Spencer Art Reference
& Jannes
Art Abstracts (1984 –
present)
Art Index (1929 –
1984)
BHA (1975 – 2007)
Jstor (1665 –
present)
Oxford Art Online
Jannes Only
Art Full Text (1984
present)
ARTstor
Academic Search
Elite
MasterFile Premier

14. Citation Article
Online
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Even, Yael. 1997. "On
Man, Woman, and
Centaur in Giambologna’s
Art". Source: Notes in the
History of Art. 16, no. 3: 1-
6.

15. Citation Article
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16. Citation Article
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17. Expanding your Search - LibraryOneSearch
Databases
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18. Images
 Camio
High quality images
from museum
collections around
the world
 ARTstor
(available at from
the Jannes Library)
– High quality
images from
museums, universiti
es and private
collections
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19. Expanding your Search
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•Museum and Gallery
Collections
•Inventories
•Archives
•Correspondences
•Diaries
•Memoirs
•Accounts
•Gallery information
•Artist Files

20. Primary sources on the web - Libraries
 Gallica: Digital Library
of the National Library
of France
http://gallica.bnf.fr/
 Europeana: European
Cultural Content
http://www.europeana.eu/
portal/
 Brigham Young
University
http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/i
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ance 20

21. Archives Grid
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22. Specialized Resources
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24. Evaluation of different resources
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The Iraq War: Wikipedia Historiography,
2004-2009
Documents the 12,000 changes made to the Wikipedia article on
the Iraq War
Booktwo.org, On Wikipedia,
Cultural Patrimony, and
Historiography
James Bridle
September 6, 2010
http://booktwo.org/notebook/
wikipedia-historiography/

25. Evaluating Sources on the Web
 Accuracy
 Currency
 Authority
 Objectivity
 Audience
 User interface
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26. Other Tools
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27. Citation Timesavers
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28. Evaluating Primary Sources on the Web
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29. How to Research an Art Object in the Nelson-Atkins
Collection
1
• Visit the artwork in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Look at the label copy, and note the
title, artist, artist period and accession number.
2
• Search the collections online from the museum's website, http://www.nelson-atkins.org/collections
located under the Heading Art | Collections. This valuable resource may include label
copy, size, medium, museum location and other information
3
• Search the library's collection of books, auction catalogs and more in the online catalog
http://libraryonesearch.nelson-atkins.org
4
• After you've searched the collection database, museum publications and the online catalog, the next
step is to search the library's databases at http://libraryonesearch.nelson-atkins.org The databases
include a comprehensive art encyclopedia, article citations, full-text articles, auction sales results and
are available from the library's public computers.
5
• Library staff is happy to help you further research. Please contact the reference staff at the Spencer Art
Reference Library at 816.751.1216 or via the Museum's website at: http://www.nelson-
atkins.org/education/Library.cfm

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Need more?
Spencer Art Reference Library
Contact:
Reference Desk, 816.751.1216
Marilyn Carbonell, Head, Library Services
Amelia Nelson, Librarian, Public Services
Tracey Boswell, Catalog/Reference Library
Roberta Wagener, Assistant, Public Services
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31. To the Library Reading Room
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