avt 457: documentary photography
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AVT 457: Documentary Photography
Jenna Rinalducci, Art & Art History Librarianjrinaldu@gmu.edu / 703-993-3720
infoguides.gmu.edu/art & photoportal.gmu.edu
What words do you associate with RESEARCH?
In addition to writing papers for class, the library will help you find resources…
To inspire your work.
To understand how your work connects to the world around you.
To express your motivations as an artist (e.g., artist statement).
To explain your work to others like curators & gallery owners.Why do ART STUDENTS
need library resources?
Research: it’s a process
1. Choose a researchable topic for your paper or project
2. Where do I look? (Databases, Catalog)
3. How do I search? (Keywords)
4. How do I get it? (Find the resource)
5. Is what I’ve got any good? (Evaluate)
6. Write the paper or complete the project
Research: it’s a process
1. Choose a researchable topic for your paper or project
2. Where do I look? (Databases, Catalog)
3. How do I search? (Keywords)
4. How do I get it? (Find the resource)
5. Is what I’ve got any good? (Evaluate)
6. Write the paper or complete the project
1.Find the stuff.
2.Get the stuff.
3.Is the stuff I
found any
good?
http://infoguides.gmu.edu/art Getting Started: Online
Guides
http://photoportal.gmu.edu
Library Website: http://library.gmu.edu Ask-a-Librarian→ IM… InfoGuides & Research Portals
Library catalog: Books & E-books Videos WRLC…
Research Databases: Articles Images
Library Resources
Where to search
Big Box Store (Walmart, Target)
ProQuest Research Library Indexes more than 5,000
journals & magazines
Full text for more than 3,600 titles
Humanities, social sciences & sciences
Boutique/Specialty Store
Art & Architecture Complete Art publications: journals,
interviews, exhibition listings, reviews, etc.
ARTbibliographies Modern Modern & contemporary art. All
mediums (painting, sculpture, photography, video, graffiti, etc.) Abstracts beginning from late 1960s.
Art Fulltext Art & Architecture
Complete ProQuest Arts Databases
(Design & Applied Arts Index & Art Bibliographies Modern)
ARTstor AP Images
*Many databases will help you format citations
Research Databases
The Starbucks SyndromeFinding What You Actually Want
Understanding what search terms to use to get the books & articles you actually want
Exs: Triple Venti Soy No Foam Latte OR Iced Grande Skinny Vanilla Latte
Research: it’s a process
How to search
Triple Venti Soy No Foam Latte? or Iced Grande Skinny Vanilla Latte?
Art student taking art history class & researching the Shroud of Turin
Crafting your search
1. Cast a wide net.
2. Scan your results & choose a relevant book/article.
3. Examine the terms used to describe it.
4. Rework your search based on these new terms.
5. Evaluate new search results.
6. Take advantage of database/catalog limiters to refine your search.
7. Make a list of books/articles that work for your topic.
8. Rework your search & topic as needed.
Researchable Topic
Evaluate
Outline/Write
Get the Full-Text
Where/How to Search
Research Process Reality Check
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