AVT 457: Documentary Photography

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

Questions?

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