Research for Building History I: Avery Index and Citing Sources

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Objectives for Today Apply known search strategies to the

Avery Index. Investigate different search strategies in

the Avery Index Increase your familiarity with the database Improve your search skills.

Understand why and how to cite your sources.

Search Strategies

What do you know about searching databases?

Remember: Words Do Matter When Searching ARTstor

Searching for images using words can be difficult – mixing information media Reliant on another person’s

description of the image or item and the vocabulary they choose

Metadata for items in ARTstor vary in quality and quantity

Searching: Words Do Matter

Reliant on another person’s description of the image or item and the vocabulary they choose

Metadata for items vary in quality and quantity

Applies to Most Databases

Brainstorming Search Terms

Carving StackingCastingFramingSkinning

Specific examples (e.g. Great Pyramid of Giza)

Categories (e.g. pyramid) Materials Associated (e.g. stone blocks,

limestone) Construction Techniques (e.g. internal

ramp, limestone concrete) Features or Characteristics (e.g. strong,

immobile) Associated Constructs (e.g. megalithic,

monument, tomb)

Avery Index Activity

What is a Database?

“a structured set of data held in a computer, esp. one that is accessible in various ways”

Examples of Databases

Article EBSCO

MegaFILE Avery Index JSTOR Project Muse

Image ARTstor Camio SAHARA

Why Are There So Many Databases?

Why Do We Need Databases?

Quality Control Subject Relevance Content Analysis Search Functionality

Citing SourcesGiving Credit Where Credit’s Due

Why do we cite sources?

What is the purpose of citation?

What benefit does it have?

Plagiarism

“the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.”

“Whether quoting, paraphrasing, or using others’ ideas to advance their own arguments, authors should give explicit credit to the source of those words or ideas. This credit often takes the form of a formal citation incorporated into a note or parenthetical reference.” Chicago Manual of Style, 13.3

How do you cite sources?

Two Parts of the System1. In-Text References2. Bibliography / Works Cited /

References

Comparing MLA and Chicago Citations: Magazine

Murphy, Cullen. "Women and the Bible." Atlantic Monthly Aug. 1993: 39-64. Print.

(Murphy 42)

Murphy, Cullen. "Women and the Bible." Atlantic Monthly, August 1993.

1. Cullen Murphy, "Women and the Bible," Atlantic Monthly, August 1993, 39.

2. Murphy, "Women and the Bible," 42.

Comparing MLA and Chicago Citations: Journal

Bagchi, Alaknanda. “Conflicting Nationalisms: The Voice of the Subaltern in Mahasweta Devi's Bashai Tudu.” Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature 15.1 (1996): 41 -50. Print.

(Bagchi 48)

Bagchi, Alaknanda. “Conflicting Nationalisms: The Voice of the Subaltern in Mahasweta Devi's Bashai Tudu.” Tulsa Studies in Women’s  Literature 15, no. 1 (1996): 41–50.

1. Alaknanda Bagchi, “Conflicting Nationalisms: The Voice of the Subaltern in Mahasweta Devi's Bashai Tudu,” Studies in Women’s  Literature 15, no. 1 (1996): 48.

Reminder: Help is available for citing your sources!

Questions?

Apply ARTstor search strategies to the Avery Index. Investigate different search strategies in the Avery Index

Increase your familiarity with the database

Improve your search skills.

Understand why and how to cite your sources.

Questions?