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AVT 494: Teaching Critical
Response to Art PK-12
March 23, 20104:30PM
Library ResourcesLibrary Website:
Ask-a-Librarian→ IM… InfoGuides Research Portal
Library catalog: Books E-books (Net Library) DVD, VHS WRLC and more…
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Research Databases
Arts Databases Art Fulltext Design & Applied Arts (DAAI) ARTBibliographies Modern Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals Oxford Art Online ARTstor
More Library Databases
General Databases Academic Search Complete (exs: Digital Creativity,
Visual Studies, Visual Anthropology)
ProQuest Research Library (ex: British Journal of Photography, Journal of Glass Studies)
Wilson Omnifile (E-Journal Finder lists art journals, like Art in America, as available here)
JSTOR (exs: Artibus et Historiae, Museum Studies)
Humanities International Complete (exs: Art Asia Pacific, Word & Image)
Education Databases Eric Education Full Text Education Research Complete
Other Helpful Databases PsycInfo PsycArticles Digital Dissertations Cultural Policy & the Arts National Data Archive
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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
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
Research Checklist
1. State your topic as a question.
2. Identify main concepts.
3. Narrow or broaden your topic.
4. Keep a list of terms that work best for your topic &
add to it as you go.
5. 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.
Search StrategiesKeyword:
• Simplest search• Looks for records that match the words typed, not the
ideas represented by the words
Controlled Vocabulary (Subjects):• Uses subject headings for more refined results• Looks for records that match the ideas represented by
the words.• Terms are standardized• Often active links
Keyword: Aboriginal art VS Subject Heading: Art, Australian aboriginal.
Keyword: David Malangi VS Subject Heading: Malangi, David, 1927-
More Search StrategiesBoolean Searching
AND/OR/NOTCombine keywords to narrow/broaden your search
AND— NARROWS YOUR SEARCHEX: Interior Design AND Color
OR—EXPANDS YOUR SEARCH
EX: Film or video OR
Wall paintings or murals
NOT—LIMITS TERMS FROM SEARCH NOT
Interior design
Wall paintings Murals
Maya Software
ColorAND
More Search StrategiesTruncation
Save time using Truncation searching…
1. In the catalog:Photograph? → Photograph, Photographs, Photography, Photographic, Photographer
2. In the databases:Architect* → Architect, Architecture, Architectural, Architecturally, Architectonic
Reading a painting from the National Portrait Gallery…
Henry Cabot Lodge
Sitter: Henry Cabot Lodge, 12 May 1850 - 9 Nov 1924
Artist: John Singer Sargent, 1856 – 1925
Date of Work: 1890
Medium: Oil on canvas
Examples of Portrait Keywords
Portrait Object: Beard / Facial Hair / Personal Attribute
Portrait Object: Chain / Jewelry / Clothing &
Apparel Portrait
Examples of Biographical Keywords
Distinction: Lawyer / Law and Law Enforcement
Distinction: Lecturer / Educator / Education
BrainstormLooking 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
Evaluate Your Sources
• Evaluate the sources you find!
• Print AND Online
• CRAAP Test:• Currency—Is the information out-of-date?
• Relevance—Is the information on topic?
• Authority—Who wrote the information?
• Accuracy—Is the information correct? • Purpose—What is the information intended to do?
Educate? Persuade? Entertain?
Research Process Define Your Topic (Identify main concepts; Narrow or
broaden topic; List of search terms )
Determine Your Information Needs (how current, specific publication type)
Locate and Retrieve Relevant Information (search strategies)
Access Information using Technology (catalog, databases, web)
Evaluate Information (print & electronic)
Use Information Ethically (cite sources)
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