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Subject Research InstructionSubject Research InstructionArt History Survey I
Art, Design & Media Library (ADML)
Subject Librarians :Baharudin Bin Nordin
Mei Tan
25th & 26th August 2009
BASIC SEARCH 101BASIC SEARCH 101
How to begin your search ….
Roman Imperial Roman Imperial ArtArt
Some possible subject terms …
AugustusRoman Imperial ArtAra PacisAltar of PeaceAugustus of Primaporta
Ara Pacis. 13-9 BC. Marble, approx. 10.5m x 11.6m. Rome.
REFERENCE BOOKSREFERENCE BOOKS
Print Resources : Encyclopedias & Dictionaries Good overview of topic
Written by experts in the field Useful for tracking obscure art terms
Examples of encyclopedias and Examples of encyclopedias and dictionariesdictionaries
Atlas of World History (N5300.A881)Art History (N5300.S874)Britannica Encyclopedia of Art (N31.B862)Dictionary of Italian Renaissance (DG445.T366)Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols (N7560.H177)Dutch Art Encyclopedia (N6941.D975)Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography (N7560.E56)Encyclopedia of the Renaissance and the Reformation (CB359.B498)
LIBRARY CATALOGUELIBRARY CATALOGUE
Searching the library catalogue ….
The library catalogue allows a variety of searches by choosing one of the fields
Word(s)AuthorTitleJournal Title
To conduct a simple search, type the artist’s name under the To conduct a simple search, type the artist’s name under the Word(s) field (i.e. Roman art or Roman imperial art) and Word(s) field (i.e. Roman art or Roman imperial art) and
click on search ….click on search ….
Searching on the library catalogueSearching on the library catalogueSearch yields 96 results ….
Searching on the library catalogueSearching on the library catalogueHow to search for more topics in this area ….
How to look for relevant e-resourcesHow to look for relevant e-resources
Searching for periodical articles
Scholarly articles are important component of any art historical research
To locate articles, consult NTU online databases and e-journals
LIBRARY DATABASES LIBRARY DATABASES Subject List : Art and Design Subject List : Art and Design
The main databases for the study of art The main databases for the study of art and art history include the followingand art history include the following
LIBRARY DATABASESLIBRARY DATABASES
Three recommended databases for scholarly articles ….
Grove Art Online an online encyclopedia covering all aspects of visual art from prehistory to the
present day. It also offers online access to over 45000 articles, 20000 biographies, and links to images from galleries and museums around the world
JSTOR full access to articles from respectable scholarly journal ranging from art history,
anthropology to political science and history and literature
Project Museoffers access to 424 prestigious humanities and social sciences journals and full-text to 158862 articles
E-journalsE-journals
Recommended E-journals on Recommended E-journals on art historyart history
Final note ….Final note ….
BE CAREFUL OF PLAGIARISM !
“ To use or pass off as one’s own, the writings and ideas of another, without acknowledging or crediting the source from which the ideas are taken.”
Remember to cite ….Remember to cite ….
Give credit whenever you use : any idea, theory, illustration or opinion of other
people statistics, graphs, drawings, images of other people quotation of actual spoken or written words of other
people paraphrase of spoken or written words of other people
If you are not sure, always cite.
Follow CITATION RULES
Different ways to cite references ….Different ways to cite references ….
Cambridge Bibliography American Psychological Association
(APA)Chicago Manual of Style Turabian StyleModern Language Association (MLA)
Cambridge Bibliography examplesCambridge Bibliography examples
Book:Book:Battcock, Gregory, The Art of Performance: A
Critical Anthology, New York, 1984.
Journal article:Journal article:Smith, John Maynard, “The Origin of
Altruism.” Nature, Vol. 393, 1998, pp. 639–40.
author
Year of publication
Title
Publisher
Journal title
Volume no. Year
Pages
Recommended texts Recommended texts
A short guide to writing about art by Sylvan Barnet
(Call Number: N7476 B261)
Writing about artby Henry M. Sayer
(Call Number: N7476 S275)
For more help ….For more help ….
Contact one of us :
Bahar’s telephone/ 6316 2909email contacts : [email protected]
Mei’s telephone/ 6513 7619email contacts: [email protected]
