DART 261 Library Research

Melinda ReinhartVisual Arts Librarianmelinda.reinhart@concordia.caSeptember 2014

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Library Resources: Outline

• Using Concordia Libraries & Other Libraries

• Scholarly & Popular Literature

• Finding Journal Articles– Databases | Google Scholar

• Finding Books & Holdings of Journals, etc.

– Library Catalogues: CLUES Concordia Library catalogue

• Preparing your Bibliography

• Citation guides: APA, Chicago, and MLA

• RefWorks

• Check bibliographies in relevant books, articles, etc. for citations to other relevant documents

Using Concordia Libraries

• Concordia Libraries includes 2 libraries: Webster Library & Vanier Library

–Can request books from Vanier library in CLUES

–Use MyCLUES on Library web site

– Renew materials online– Request materials from Vanier, out to a user, or newly arrived– Access online journals and databases from home

• ID card is your library card–Borrow 30 books for 3 weeks (subject to recall)

Using Other Libraries

• Get BCI card at the Circulation Desk to borrow at other university libraries

• Use the Interlibrary Loans service to request books, articles, etc. from other libraries

DART 261 - your research assignment

• Use academic research methods

• Locate and evaluate at least 6 sources of information about your artifact and its place in contemporary culture

• Find at least one:• book from a library• scholarly article• Popular media source – magazines, websites, advertisements

Publishing Cycle

Scholarly Popular• author: university or research centre • publisher: university or scholarly • evidence of research and analysis;

not just opinions • bibliographies

• Author: often journalist• often provides descriptions,

biographies, opinions• highly illustrated with visual

content• short bibliographies if any

Using bibliographies: check CLUES Journal Title search

• Goldber, Michelle. “The Rise of the Crafty Hipster.” Newsweek 161.17 (2013): 1.

Clues Journal Title search: newsweek

Check to see if date required is available

• Friedman, Daniel. “Conspicuous consumption dynamics.” Games and Economic Behaviour. 64.1 (Sep 2008): 121-145.

CLUES Journal Title search: games and economic behaviourCheck for date

artifact – mason jarsas cultural artifact

identify key concepts from artifact to broad categories

• To find resources related to artifact in society, consider combining your keywords

and the key words - culture or social or society

•Mason jars

•fads or trends

•food

•diy

•eco chic

•recycling or environment

•health

•nostalgia or vintage

Search Features

• nostalgia and society … searches for both words

• social or society …… or searches either word

• consum* searches for consume or consumer or consumption

• “conspicuous consumption” “ ….” searches exact phrase

How to find journals & magazines?• Use DATABASES• Check bibliographies

Scholarly Popular

Databases | tools for identifying articles in journals

Interdisciplinary Databases

• Academic Search Complete – popular magazines & scholarly journals• JSTOR – mostly scholarly, but sometime latest years are not available • SocIndex

Art & Design Databases – covers context of art, design and design history Art Full Text

DAAI: Design & Applied Arts Index

Design Research Guide has a list of other databases to consider

NOTE: to access databases from home – need netname & passwordor connect to Concordia’s vpn

Google Scholar

• covers some journal, book and theses literature

• not as comprehensive as databases but useful for interdisciplinary coverage

• Set up library links for Concordia Libraries in SETTINGS

How to find the journals• From database use

• Check E-journals page• Check to find out if library has online subscription and if so, the date

coverage

• Check CLUES• Check to see if date of journal is available• Get call no.• Articles in paper journals can be requested through Article Delivery Service

• Check other libraries

• Go to library and photocopy• Request via InterLibrary Loans

If you are not finding books on cultural or social• You may want to use a Subject Search

•Computers and civilization•Information society social aspects•Technology social aspects•Technological innovations social aspects

•body image social aspects•clothing and dress social aspects•design social aspects•environment social aspects

What kinds of publications are these?book or book chapter

• Gergen, K. “The Challenge of Absent Presence.” Perpetual Contact: Mobile Communication, Private Talk, Public Performance. Ed. J. E. Katz & M. Aakhus. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2002: 227-241. Paper.

• Standage, T. The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century’s On-line Pioneers. New York: Walker & Company, 1998.

Paper.

Library Catalogues – find Books

CLUES, Concordia Library Catalogue

Google Books

• find chapters or sections on a highly specific topic

• Example: convenience coffee machines

• Check CLUES to find out if the book available in library

Formatting your Bibliography

• Check HELP & HOW TO

– Citation Guides• Explain how to format bibliographic references

– RefWorks• Set up account to create a database of your research

references

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