Transcript Art Research: A Creative Process

Art Research:
A Creative Process
Art 413: Chinese Art
Mary Woodley
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Where to start?
Assignment
Develop a
Topic
Words to
Search by
Where to find
books, articles
Types of
Resources
What is the assignment?
• Paper, Presentation, Annotated
Bibliography, Portfolio?
• Due date – when is the last date for ILL?
• Citation Style? APA? MLA? Chicago?
http://library.csun.edu/guides/subject-guide/13-Step-5-Citing-YourSources?tab=51
Types of publications?
Types of Resources
Most Internet
sources
Encyclopaedia
entries
Art survey books
ART OBJECTS
Catalogues
Letters
Documents
Monographs on
artists
Stylistic Analysis
Journal articles
http://www.newcastle.edu.au/school/fine-art/arttheoryessaywritingguide/essaywritingguide.html
Choosing keywords to
search
If one keyword does not work, try variations on the keyword
Chinese Art
Contemporary Art
Calligraphy
Asian art, Chinese painting,
Chinese sculpture, Chinese
architecture, Art -- China
Modern Art, Art 20th
century, Han dynasty
shufa
If too many titles are returned, try searching more specific keywords
Basic Search Strategies:
Putting concepts together
Boolean operator and
Calligraphy
Han dynasty
Venn diagrams serve as a visual expression of the Boolean
operations
Basic Search Strategies:
Putting concepts together
Boolean operator or
Law and art
Artists -- Legal
status, laws,
etc
Artists’
Contracts
Truncation
• Symbol used at the end of a word to retrieve variant
endings of that word.
• Allows you to search the "root" form of a word with all
its different endings.
• Broadens or increases search results. Truncation = OR
– Example: artis* retrieves artistic OR artists OR
photograph or photographic (or photograph*)
• artisan OR artistry
– However: photo* retrieves photograph, photography,
but also photoelectric, photon, photosynthesis, etc.
• Use OR instead to maintain meaning:
Wildcards
– Some databases allow for wildcards to
be embedded within a word to replace a
single character. For example:
• wom?n retrieves woman, women
• Colo?r retrieves color, colour
Need a book?
1. Search the Library's online catalog.
Try searching using the keyword
search.
2. Write down the floor location of the
book and the call number where the
book will be found on the shelf
How Call Numbers Work
Need an article?
• Popular magazines
• Trade publications
• Scholarly publications
All three may be available in print or
online or both
Types of Periodicals:
Scholarly Journals
• Articles must go through a peer-review or refereed
process.
Scholarly/academic articles that are read by academic
or scholar "referees" for advice and evaluation of content
when submitted for publication. Referees recommend to
the editor/editorial board whether the article should be
published as is, revised, or rejected. Also sometimes
know as "peer-reviewed" articles.
• Articles are usually reports on scholarly research.
• Articles use jargon of the discipline.
Popular Magazines
and Newspapers
• Authors are magazine staff members
or
free lance writers.
• Authors often mention sources, but rarely formally cite
them in bibliographies.
• Individual issues contain numerous advertisements.
• There is no peer review process.
• Articles are meant to inform and entertain.
• Illustrations may be numerous and colorful.
• Language is geared to the general adult audience (no
specialized knowledge of jargon needed).
Internet Resources vs.
Surfing the Web
• Internet Resources include:
– Internet accessible databases and journals
• Use a Web interface
• Usually require subscription
– Exception: ERIC Wizard
• Equivalent to print indexes and journals
• Authoritative and reliable
• Surfing the Web:
– Use free search engines
• E.G.: Yahoo, Google, HotBot
– Critical evaluation required
• Anyone can put up a Web page!
• Evaluating Web pages
Evaluating Internet
Resources
World Wide Web sites come in many sizes and styles. How do you distinguish a
site that gives reliable information from one that gives incorrect information?
Below are some guidelines to help.
Types of Web Sites: the url is a
key
.gov
.edu
.org
.com
Authority
Content & Coverage
Timeliness
Accuracy
Objectivity