WELCOME TO DECKER LIBRARY ! The Decker Library is located in the Bunting Center on the first floor and lower level. Please feel welcome to visit the library, whether in support of scholarly research or creative inspiration, during your years as a student at MICA. If you need help finding books or magazines or DVDs, or using the copiers or scanners, or with any of the library’s online electronic resources and databases, please don’t hesitate to contact or talk to any library staff member. We want you to feel welcome here and be comfortable exploring the excellent resources we have gathered to support your creative activities here on campus. We are here to help you find what you need when you need it. What’s here for you? Almost 80,000 books, nearly 300 current journal titles, and more! Check out our website at www.mica.edu/library to access our resources and services, while on campus and off, 24/7!

Or use the BookMyne app to search our catalog or Mango app to learn a language.

Computers (iMACs and PCs) are on both floors of the Library to use for researching, for writing papers, using the Internet, to check email, or for printing out.

Bring your laptop. Visit the Laptop Lounge on the lower level. It’s cozy, comfortable and here you’ll find ample power outlets. We have secure wireless throughout the Library. Just log in to the MICA Network using your MICA username and password.

“LIKE” us on Facebook. Drawings for prizes among new friends are held each fall semester!

The Media Resources Collection (the “MRC”), located on the 1st floor of the Bunting Center (Rm. 180), houses the Decker Library's visual resources collection. It has over 4,000 circulating DVDs and VHS tapes that cover a wide range of topics. These can be checked out for classroom, home or studio use. The MRC also provides access and instruction for image databases like ARTstor, as well as our own institutional image collection. Its video and art history image collections can be searched using the Decker Library & Media Resources Collection catalog.

You will need a valid MICARD to check out books and in order to request interlibrary loans. Our books circulate for 21 days; renewals are permitted. We have a book drop for your convenience when we are closed. You may borrow materials from selected area college libraries. For specific information on reciprocal borrowing visit the library’s homepage under “Local Libraries.” For more information contact the Circulation Dept. at 410-225-2272; circ@mica.edu. Interlibrary loan requests are handled through the Reference Dept. at 410-225-2273; refer@mica.edu.

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Pay for Print Center

We offer you the use of a color laser printer for computer printing and a multifunction machine that provides color and black & white photocopying and free scanning. It’s located on the lower level of the Decker Library.

A word about file size: it is recommended that you limit your files for printouts to 1MB.

You must have money placed on your MICARD in order to pay for photocopying and computer printing within the Library. It’s easy to add dollars 24/7, via the mica.managemyid.com website. For further assistance, you can contact the Office of Student Account Services by calling 410-225-2356, or by stopping by their office located in the Student Services Center, Suite 240, Bunting Center.

OTHER INFO:

Covered drinks are permitted in the Library. No food is permitted in the Library.

Cell phone conversation is not permitted in the Library. We thank you for turning off your phone’s ring-tone when spending time here.

For more information please check out our website at www.mica.edu/library Or contact the Information Desk at 410-225-2273, refer@mica.edu

We look forward to seeing you soon and often at Decker Library!

What’s Online & Special at the Decker Library? www.mica.edu/library

To access these resources on-campus, choose “Research Databases” on the Decker Library’s web site. From off campus select “Remote Access” in the left side bar menu, then click on any database link, log in with MICA user name and password (same as MICA

Portal log-in), and proceed with research. Many databases have INFO and USER GUIDE links with information on what is included in each database and instructions for searching. Also, visit our “Tutorials” page, located on our web site for more help. Some databases offer multilingual search and display. We welcome questions and are always happy to assist you with research! Stop by the Information Desk, or make an appointment for one-to-one consultation. You can e-mail us at refer@mica.edu or call (410) 225-2273.

A-Z Journal List Titles to which the Decker Library has either print holdings or access in full-text online; with links to full-text

journal articles.

Academic Search Premier Scholarly, multidisciplinary, full-text for ~4,800 journals, indexing for 8,600+. Includes art, education,

literature, language, social, ethnic and area studies, science and more. Multilingual.

ACM Digital Library - Full text of every article ever published by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and bibliographic citations from major publishers in computing.

AP Images (The Associated Press) Primary source images, media for research, available to download for use in design projects. Over

4.6 million photographs from 1826 - current; tens of thousands of graphics; more than 4,500 hours of audio files dating from the 1920’s; news stories and headlines dating from 1997.

Art Full Text Full-text online for 250+ art journal titles from 1984-present; indexing for ~450 titles, with abstracts for 1994-present.

Multilingual, plus audio versions of full-text files are available.

Art Index Retrospective Indexes 600 art journals, includes reproductions from 1929-1984. Multilingual.

Art Museum Image Gallery Digital images of ~160,000 artworks from European, American, and Canadian museums.

Contemporary, Native American, Inuit, Ancient Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Japanese and Chinese art.

ARTstor Digital image library of nearly 1.1 million artworks from many time periods and cultures. On-campus registration is necessary

for off-campus use.

AskART Artist biographies, images, auction prices, gallery directory, and more.

Berg Fashion Library Searchable access to an expanding range of Berg content collections – including the Berg Encyclopedia of

World Dress and Fashion online, e-books, reference works, images, and much more.

Business Source Premier Full-text for more than 2,300 journals in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management,

MIS, POM, accounting, finance, and economics.

Cinema Image Gallery Over 150,000 superior-quality images from movies, television, entertainment including set, costume,

production design, as well as, hair and make-up shots, rare behind-the-scenes material. Also includes 4,000+ poster art and lobby

cards used to promote the movies.

Credo Reference Fully searchable full-text from ~450 reference books in a broad range of subjects.

Design and Applied Arts Index Indexes and abstracts 500+ design and craft journals published 1973-present, plus data on over

50,000 designers, craftspeople, studios, workshops, etc. Multilingual.

Dover Series Index A searchable visual index to the Dover Art series of ~165 books in Decker Library. New titles are added

quarterly.

Education Journals Full-text for 560+ education titles, indexing/abstracting for over 600 titles. Multilingual.

Encyclopedia Britannica On-Line “One of the most authoritative information sources in the world.” Includes the standard

Britannica text, plus many additional sources. Search and read it online!

Online Databases (Cont’d)

ERIC (Educational Resource Information Center) Citations and abstracts from 1000+ education journals; full text where available.

Multilingual.

Great Buildings Global architectural structures, designers, through history.

Grove Art Online (Now included in Oxford Art Online) Full-text access to The Dictionary of Art (1996, 34 vols.), with ongoing

updates.

Journals, Sketchbooks & Visual Diaries The essence of a variety of Decker Library’s sketchbooks that focus on the visual artistic

process.

JSTOR Full-text for 300+ scholarly journals. Arts and Sciences III & IV Collections: History of art & architecture, religion, language

and literature, music, film studies, folklore, performing arts, education, psychology, business, law, public policy and administration.

MANGO Languages - An online language-learning system for Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian and more. Log-in is not required, but you may create a personal profile and log-in each time to track your progress.

National Newspapers All full text: Baltimore Sun 1990-current; Christian Science Monitor 1988-current; New York Times

1980-current; Wall Street Journal 1982-current; Washington Post 1987-current. Multilingual.

Oxford Art Online Includes: concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, Grove Art Online, and Oxford

Companion to Western Art.

Oxford English Dictionary 2nd edition of the 20-volume historical dictionary. Updated quarterly.

Rhizome “An online platform for the global new media art community.” Read articles, participate in discussions, view projects,

or contribute your own work by registering, using your MICA email address.

Text Finder Locates texts collected in books owned by MICA’s Decker Library.

World Cat Libraries Search the holdings of the largest library network in the world.

Special Collections Online and In-House

Includes artists' books, archives, graphic design & illustration annuals, and other rare and/or fragile materials, often found in the CAGE.

Historical Archives Documenting the history of the Maryland Institute College of Art back into the mid-nineteenth century. Included

are annual reports, catalogs, photographs, scrapbooks, yearbooks, and other publications and ephemera. There is also a vertical file with materials related to MICA: people affiliated with MICA, local art institutions, etc. Available by appointment.

MICA’s Masters Theses Database and Archives Access to Masters Theses documentation submitted by graduate students from

the 1950s to present. The theses can be viewed in-house by appointment. Online PDF files of artist statements for years 1999-2007 and thumbnail images of art works 1999 – 2008.

Book Arts Teaching collection of unique and limited-edition artist books and fine press editions, all of which are available for study by

individuals and class groups. We have a web-based visual catalog.

Artist Vertical Files A vertical file located on the lower level of Decker Library. Arranged alphabetically, it contains items of an

ephemeral nature such as small catalogs, brochures, and announcements, many including illustrations. Artists include the great masters of art history and major contemporary artists, especially those who have exhibited in the last five years. Artist File materials do not circulate, but can be photocopied or scanned within the library. The file is self-service.

For more information about our special collections please visit our website or ask a librarian refer@mica.edu, 410-225-2273.

Media Resources Collection: Student Guide

Film Collection

Our circulating film collection consists of nearly 4,000 arts-related, experimental and popular films. Our focus is classroom support but other films may be added based on funding and appropriateness.

The Film Collection may be searched as part of the larger Decker Library and Media Resources Catalog, available at www.mica.edu/library.

Students are welcome to submit requests for films they would like to see in our collection. Requests will be filled if the film is appropriate for our collection and funds are available.

If you need materials quickly, please consider filling out an Inter-Library Loan request by clicking on the “I Need Material” link in the Decker Library/MRC catalog.

Image Collections

Slides: Our slide collection is organized in two sections. The textbook collection consists of images used to support introductory courses. The general slide collection is organized first chronologically (or culturally and geographically for ancient divisions), then by artistic media.

Digital Images: Many of our slides have been scanned and converted into high-quality digital images. These images are available for educational use by the MICA community.

Both the slide and digital image collection can be searched through the Decker Library/MRC Catalog available at www.mica.edu/library. The Asset Collection is password protected and can be accessed by using your MICA username and password.

Artstor: Although the Library & MRC provide access to many different kinds of image databases, Artstor has consistently proven to be the most popular. To register, access Artstor (www.artstor.org) from any campus computer and complete the registration process.

Circulation Policy

You must have a current MICA ID Students may borrow slides for one day and films for two days Students may borrow two films at a time Overdue fees are $1.00 per day, per item You may renew materials once online, afterwards items must be renewed in

the MRC. Students with lost/unreturned items will be charged the replacement costs

and a $25.00 non-refundable service fee.

STUDENT QUICK GUIDE

Accessing ARTstor

To enter the ARTstor Digital Library from an on-campus computer, go to the public site (www.artstor.org), or click on the ‘ARTstor’ link on the Decker Library web page. From the ARTstor homepage, click ‘GO’ and begin searching. If logging in for the first time, you must use an on-campus computer.

If logging in remotely from an off-campus computer, you will need to type in your e-mail and password after clicking the ‘GO’ button. You have 120 days to log in remotely. After the 120-day grace period, you will need to log in from a campus computer again to extend log-in privileges

Searching for Images

Enter a keyword and do a general search. If your search is too broad, a notice will appear, asking if you want to define an advanced search or to view the first 1,000 results

You can organize your search results by Title, Creator, or Date Double click on an image to view in a larger frame. You can view up to two

images at a time. In the larger window, there are icons at the bottom of the frame that allow

you to Rotate, Zoom in & out, Print, and Save images. If you are saving an image to your desktop, a notice will appear prompting

you to “Accept Artstor’s Terms & Conditions” and then “Allow Access.” You may also receive a notice that the image is high-resolution and will take about a minute to download. The image will appear on your desktop, as well as a file with the corresponding information (this will open in an internet browser)

Saving Image Groups

After performing a search, single-click each image that you would like to save to a group (images will appear with an orange frame when selected). You may look at multiple pages, and continue selecting images as you do so. As you advance, images will remain selected.

When you’ve finished selecting images, click the [ORGANIZE] button at the top of the page. Then, “Save Selected Images To >” then, “New Image Group”

From here, you can title the new folder and set preferences as to whether you want your image group to be private or public

*There is a great “HELP” button at the top of the page that can usually solve most problems. If you need more assistance, or would to schedule an ARTstor training session, contact Mary Alessi in the Media Resources Collection, malessi@mica.edu

Finding Books,Journals,Films,Images & Media at MICA’s Decker Library On the Decker Library homepage: www.mica.edu/library

To find out what we own choose “Search the Library & MRC Catalog” located here.

Here you can also type in a keyword, the author’s name, material’s title, a subject, series, or journal or film title.

TIP: You can also narrow your search to just “Video and DVD” or “Periodical” here using the drop down arrow.

SAMPLE subject SEARCH for materials e.g. on “outsider art”. Your results appear in a list with individual entries. When

you select one you will see information like this:

In the realms of the unreal [DVD] Widescreen format (1.85:1). Title Author Yu, Jessica. Call Number 52267 Publisher Edition Publishing Date 2005

NOTE that the call number above is a 5-digit number only. This means it is a film that is located in the Media Resources

Collection (a.k.a. “the MRC”) located just outside the Library to the left, on the first floor, across from the elevators.

TIP: you must log in here to view

our image collection. Once you log

in you can create and save item lists.

This example is for a book: Click on the red, bolded title which will send you to a page with more of the book’s information.

Outsider art : from the margins to the marketplace Author: Maclagan, David, 1940-

Call Number The call number tells where the book is located on the shelf; it matches what is

N7432.5 .A78 M33 2009 on a label on the book’s spine. ISBN: 9781861895219

Personal Author: Maclagan, David, 1940-

Publication Information: London : Reaktion, 2009.

Physical Description: 192 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject Term:

Outsider art -- History.

Outsider artists -- Psychology.

Status: 1 copy available in Stacks “ Status” located in a box below the book information, tells the book’s

location in the Library or the date due if it is checked out.

Finding Books on the Shelves: by Locations

Books are shelved in several separate sections of the library using the same classification system (see more below).

FICTION books are shelved on the Library’s first level, alphabetically by the author’s last name on the book spine.

Circulating books are shelved by size in three main areas on the library’s lower level:

STACKS –books 12 inches tall and under: turn left at the bottom of the stairs to reach this area.

QUARTO –books over 12 inches: turn right at the bottom of the stairs.

FOLIO—books over 15 inches tall located in a separate room opposite the side of the Information Desk.

Other locations:

Reference books are non-circulating located at the bottom of the stairs also on the lower level. Ready-Reference books

are shelved within the Reference section.

Cage materials are rare books, book arts materials, older periodicals, and other items. Ask for these at the Information

Desk by call number. Most are non-circulating. You will need to give us your MICARD and sit at a designated table for

viewing.

Finding Books on the Shelves: Using Call Numbers Decker Library books are arranged by the Library of Congress Classification System (see separate sheet in this packet)

which begins with a letter or letters shelved so that the sequence always reads from left to right.

N NA NA NA Books are shelved alphabetically by the first letter or letters. 999 15 15.5 16 Books are then arranged numerically by the number following the letter(s).

.C3 .D3 .A3 .C41 Lastly, books are shelved alphabetically by the next letter and decimally

by the following number.

There are handy guides posted on the ends of each bookcase giving the call number range for each area.

Materials may be checked out by using your validated MICARD once you have registered on the upper level of the

Library at the CIRCULATION DESK.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION HIGHLIGHTS

A – GENERAL WORKS, ENCYCLOPEDIAS, DICTIONARIES, MUSEUM STUDIES B – PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY, RELIGION C – HISTORY: ARCHAEOLOGY, GENEALOGY, GENERAL BIOGRAPHY, HERALDRY D – WORLD HISTORY E-F – HISTORY of AMERICA AND CANADA G – GEOGRAPHY, ANTHROPOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, DANCING, SPORTS H – SOCIAL SCIENCES: SOCIOLOGY, ECONOMICS, BUSINESS J – POLITICAL SCIENCES K – LAW L – EDUCATION M – MUSIC N – FINE ARTS (see below) P – LITERATURE, THEATER, MOVIES, TELEVISION Q – NATURAL SCIENCES: MATH, ASTRONOMY, LIFE SCIENCES R – MEDICINE S – AGRICULTURE T – TECHNOLOGY, PHOTOGRAPHY, FILM, COOKBOOKS U – MILITARY SCIENCE V – NAVAL SCIENCE Z – BIBLIOGRAPHY, TYPOGRAPHY

N: Visual arts

NA: Architecture

NB: Sculpture

NC: Drawing, Design, Illustration

ND: Painting

NE: Print media

NK: Decorative Arts

NX: Arts in general

TR: Photography

TT: Handicrafts, Arts and crafts

Z: Books (General). Writing, Typography, Paleography Please note that the books in each section of our library are in the order of this classification system. For example, there is a “TR” section in the Quarto area, in the Stacks area, in the Reference area, and in the Folio area.

Finding Journal Articles at MICA’s Decker Library From the Decker Library homepage: www.mica.edu/library click on “Research Databases” link.

Once here you may select from a variety of databases using the alphabetical listing on the left or the main list in the center.

How can you tell which one is good for your research? Just read the summary under each database link to start.

For example, you will see that Art Full Text “indexes art journal literature and reproductions...” Select the database you

want, by clicking on the underscored link, e.g. ART FULL TEXT.

Once in the database you can type in your keyword(s), author, title, or subject(s), to find articles written by or about the artist

e.g. “Beatrice Wood”. Then click “Search.” You may select other databases to search together, add or limit your search

terms by using the arrows and by filling in the boxes below. TIP: You must spell your entries correctly.

Here is a search result’s page for “Beatrice Wood” from Art Full Text. While databases look different from each other they

work in a similar way. Your results appear in a list with entries looking something like this. All databases have a full record

display which includes article title and author, journal name, volume/issue, page numbers, subject links, article summary and

more. They may or may not offer the full text of the article. If they do not they will offer a complete CITATION. You will

need this to track down the article itself either in our library collection, in another database we subscribe to, or through

interlibrary loan. Ask a librarian for more help with this. The first hit (below) offers an HTML full text and also

a PDF version.

All of the databases allow you to print, email or save both search results and full text articles. Example below.

TIP: Databases will “Cite” providing standard style formats like Chicago or MLA. BUT be sure to double-check to see

if it follows the correct version you need before copying it onto your bibliography.

Journal Locations Journals are shelved alphabetically first and then by date of publication, in the following locations:

Current issue – first level of the Library

Back issues 1984 onward – lower level

Pre-1984 – in The Cage (available upon request at the Information Desk)

All journals, except for duplicates, are non-circulating. Duplicates are shelved immediately following the

non-circulating issues.

We encourage you to ask for assistance.

Copyright 2004 by the Regents of the University of California. All Rights Reserved. Created by Joe Barker, Teaching Library, UC Berkeley.

TOPIC WORKSHEET Jot down a topic or subject you’d like to explore on the Web:

BEGIN THE PRE-SEARCHING ANALYSIS

1. What UNIQUE WORDS, DISTINCTIVE NAMES, ABBREVIATIONS, or ACRONYMS are associated with your topic?

These may be the place to begin because their specificity will help zero in on relevant pages. 2. Can you think of societies, organizations, or groups that might have information on your subject

via their pages? Search these as a “phrase in quotes”, looking for a home page that might contain links to other pages, journals, discussion groups, or databases on your subject. You may require the “phrase in quotes” to be in the documents’ titles by preceding it by title:[no space]

3. What other words are likely to be in ANY Web documents on your topic?

You may want to require these by joining them with AND or preceding each by +[no space]

4. Do any of the words in 1, 2, or 3 belong in phrases or strings -- together in a certain order, like a

cliché? Search these as a “phrase in quotes”. (E.g., “affirmative action” or “communicable diseases”)

5. For any of the terms in #4, can you think of synonyms, variant spellings, or equivalent terms

you would also accept in relevant documents? You may want to allow these terms by joining them by OR and including each set of equivalent terms in ( ).

6. Can you think of any extraneous or irrelevant documents these words might pick up?

You may want to exclude terms or phrases with -[no space] before each term, or AND NOT

7. What BROADER terms could your topic be covered by?

When browsing subject categories or searching sites of webliographies or databases on your topic, try broader categories.

How to Read a Basic Citation which uses MLA (Modern Language Association)

Book:

Author’s Lastname, Firstname Book’s Title Publication place

Wood, Beatrice. I shock myself: the autobiography of Beatrice Wood. San

Francisco: Chronicle, 1986. Print.

Publisher Publication year Medium of Publication

Book Chapter or Essay with one author:

Author’s Lastname, Firstname Chapter or essay title Book’s Title

Clark, Garth. “Beatrice Wood: the Art of Ceramic Light.” Shards: Garth Clark

on ceramic art. New York: Art Publications, 2003. 233-246. Print.

Place of Publication Publisher Publication year Pages of chapter/essay Medium

Journal:

Author’s Lastname, Firstname Article’s Title

Seidel, Miriam. "Lily Yeh at the Village of Arts and Humanities and other

venues." Art in America 85(1997): 108.

Journal’s name volume number date page(s)

*For more examples of how to cite references in the MLA format please consult MLA handbook for writers

of research papers, in the Reference collection LB2369 .G53 2009. There are also links to online versions here on

the Decker Library’s website: danube.mica.edu/library/internet/index.cfm?target=index.cfm#Bibl