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Art resources
- 1. Research and Finding Resources
- 2. Information • Where does the information come from? • What is the information need? • What information is appropriate? • How is information evaluated?
- 3. Information • Factual vs. Analytical • Objective vs. Subjective • Primary vs. Secondary
- 4. Information • Factual • Analytical A statement of things done or Interpretations/analysis of facts existing Implications and reasons for Short Usually produced by experts Non-explanatory Often found in books and Often found in reference periodical articles. materials or statistical info.
- 5. Information Objective – Understood from reviewing many different points of view Subjective – Understood from one point of view
- 6. Information Primary Secondary Original from when it first appears. Removed from its original source and repackaged. Not published anywhere else. Restates, examines or interprets Not filtered, interpreted, filtered, information from one or more etc. by anyone else. primary sources. Examples: Examples: An original artwork. Artwork reproduced in a book. A professor’s lecture. Student notes taken on a lecture. A diary. A biography. Historical documents. An encyclopedia article. First publication of scientific research. A newspaper article about reporting on a scientific study published elsewhere.
- 7. Planning • Research is always a multi-step process. • Research is often interdisciplinary. • Think broadly about your topic, then narrow and refine your focus. Broad Topic Restricted Topic Narrowed Topic Censorship …on the Internet …in China How does China’s effort to censor the internet affect its citizens?
- 8. Planning Keep a record of everything you find and where and how you find it.
- 9. Planning • Identify your topic. • Gather background information. • Focus your research • Evaluate your resources
- 10. Lifecycle of Information • First hours. • The next day. • The first several weeks. • Months later. • Years later.
- 11. Catalogs and Books • Bibliographic record. • Describing existing items. • Providing clues to their value. • Telling us where to find items.
- 13. Catalogs and Books LC Call numbers LC Call numbers A General Works L Education B Philosophy, Psychology, and Religion M Music C Auxiliary Sciences of History N Fine Arts D General and Old World History P Language and Literature (including Film) E History of America Q Science F History of the United States and British, R Medicine Dutch, French, and Latin America S Agriculture G Geography, Anthropology, and T Technology (including Photography) Recreation U Military Science H Social Sciences V Naval Science J Political Science Z Bibliography, Library Science, and K Law General Information Resources
- 14. Catalogs and Books LC Call numbers LC Call numbers N Visual arts ND Painting NA Architecture NE Print media NB Sculpture NK Decorative arts NC Drawing. Design. Illustration NX Arts in general
- 15. Catalogs and Books LC Call numbers N1-(9211) Visual arts N1-58 General N61-72 Theory. Philosophy. Aesthetics of the visual arts N81-390 Study and teaching. Research N400-3990 Art museums, galleries, etc. N4390-5098 Exhibitions N5198-5299 Private collections and collectors N5300-7418 History N7420-7525.8 General works N7560-8266 Special subjects of art N8350-8356 Art as a profession. Artists N8510-8553 Art studios, materials, etc. N8554-8585 Examination and conservation of works of art N8600-8675 Economics of art N8700-9165 Art and the state. Public art
- 16. Catalogs and Books • PAFA Library http://www.library.pafa.edu/ • ACCESSPA http://205.247.101.11/search~S1 Interlibrary Loan • WorldCat http://www.worldcat.org/ • TCLC http://tclclibs.org/members Reciprocal borrowing with over 45 area college libraries including: Arcadia University, Art Institute of Philadelphia, Community College of Philadelphia, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia University, Saint Joseph's University, Villanova University, West Chester University, and Widener University.
- 17. Annotated Bibliography Content: What’s it about? Authority: Is it written by someone Is it relevant to your research? who has the appropriate expertise? Purpose: Currency: What’s it for? Why was it written? Is it new? Is it up to date? Methods: Scope/Limits: What does it cover? Where did the information come from? Are helpful things missing? Usefulness: Arrangement: How is the book What does it do for your research? organized? Any “value added” features? Reliability: Ease of use: What’s the reading level? Is the information accurate? Can a non-specialist use this?
- 18. Periodicals and Databases Popular Citation Scholarly/Peer-Reviewed Citation Journal title: Journal title: Contains words like Contains words like magazine, weekly, etc. bulletin, review or journal. Publication frequency: Pub. frequency: Less frequently Frequently-weekly, bi-weekly or monthly monthly, quarterly or semi-annually. Authors: Often one. Authors: Frequently many co-authors. Staff, freelance, contributors, etc. Scholars or researchers in the field. University affiliation or professional titles. Article length: Usually short Article length: Longer Article title: Popular or catchy article titles Article title: Relate to research question or results…not catchy and often long.
- 19. Periodicals and Databases Popular Journal Scholarly/Peer-Reviewed Journal Layout: Eye-catching covers. Layout: Plain covers. Often matte- Glossy paper. Photos, illustrations, etc. paper. Mostly text, figures and charts. Advertising: Many consumer products. Advertising: Little/no advertising. Audience: Educated but not expert. Audience: Scholars and researchers. Purpose: To entertain or persuade. Purpose: To inform/report or make General interest, geared to sell advertising. available original research. Availability: Newsstand, bookstore. Availability: Not usually on newsstands. Access via subscription or through library. Articles: No abstract at the beginning, No citations at the end Articles: Often an abstract at the beginning. Bibliographies, footnotes, etc.
- 20. Periodicals and Databases General Databases Subject Specific Databases • Academic Search Premier: Scholarly • Art Full-Text: Full-text plus abstracts collection provides journal coverage for most and indexing of peer-selected, art related academic areas of study (biological sciences, publications Indexes over 500 journals economics, communications, computer from 1983 to the present. Full-text coverage sciences, engineering, language, linguistics, of nearly 200 journals from 1997 to the arts and literature, women’s studies, etc.). present. Full text of 2,027 scholarly publications (of those, 1,581 are peer-reviewed). Indexing and abstracts for 3,534 scholarly journals (of • ArtBibliographies Modern: those, 2,778 are peer reviewed) with many Abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, dating back to 1985. exhibition catalogs, PhD dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art. Coverage begins in • JStor Collection III: 150 titles. Journals 1974. No Full-Text in languages and literature, music, film studies, folklore, performing arts, religion, and the history and study of art and Articles architecture. Full-text coverage as far back as http://www.library.pafa.edu/articles-1.html 1913. No full-text of the the last 3 to 5 years.
- 21. Periodicals and Databases Search statements • Key concepts • Synonyms/alternative phrasing • Boolean operators [ and / or / not ] • Wildcards • Controlled vocabulary
- 22. Periodicals and Databases Concept 1 Concept 2 Concept 3 Smoking Depression Teenagers Or Or Or Cigarettes and Mood and Teens Or Or Or Tobacco Mental Health Adolescents Or Or Nicotine Youth Or High School Students
- 23. The web and scholarly research • Anyone can create or host a Web page • There is no official body, such as the US Government, that oversees or polices the content on Web pages • Search engines are not capable of locating all the information that is available on the Internet • All of the world's information is not available online. • The overwhelming majority of information found in libraries and archives is not available via the Web
- 24. The web and scholarly research Know your search engines Know your domains • Google • .com -- Company • Yahoo • .edu -- Higher Education • Ask.com • .gov -- Government • Dogpile • .org -- Non-Profit • Bing • .net -- Network • Blekko • .mil -- Military Basic search? Advanced search? How does it organize search results? By what criteria? In what order? Do results change based on word order?
- 25. The web and scholarly research Purpose / intended audience Authority / Credibility • Goals stated? • Author…can you identify one? • Who is the audience? • Who is responsible? A group? • Is there advertising? • Is there contact info? • Is the site scholarly or popular? • Author’s qualifications? • Overall… • Expertise on the subject? …to inform? • Author affiliations, such as an …to persuade? educational institution, a non-profit …to entertain? or a company? …to sell a product? • Is the site connected to an organization? What is their mission?
- 26. The web and scholarly research Accuracy / Reliability Objectivity / Bias • Goals stated? • Goals clearly stated? • Who is the audience? • Many opinions or just one? • Mostly opinions or facts? • Is there advertising? • Sponsored by a company or org.? • Is the site scholarly or popular? • Political/religious/social group? • Overall… • Advertising separate? …to inform? …to persuade? Currency …to entertain? • When was the info published? • When was the page last updated? …to sell a product? • Are there any “dead links” to sites that no longer work?