DART 261 Library Research Melinda Reinhart Visual Arts Librarian melinda.reinhart@concordia.ca September 2016

Library Resources: Outline Using Concordia Libraries & Other Libraries Scholarly & Popular Literature Finding Journal Articles Databases | Google Scholar | Discovery search Finding Books & Holdings of Journals, etc. Library Catalogues: 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 library catalogue Also request Books borrowed by another user Recently arrived material without call numbers ID card is your library card Borrow 30 books for 3 weeks (subject to recall)

Reserves Room in Webster Library All undergraduate textbooks are on 3 hour reserve in the Course Reserves room Example: DART 262 Design and art

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

Scholarly Publications 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 to find relevant resources scholarly & popular articles Friedman, Daniel. “Conspicuous consumption dynamics.” Games and Economic Behaviour. 64.1 (Sep 2008): 121-145. Goldber, Michelle. “The Rise of the Crafty Hipster.” Newsweek 161.17 (2013): 1.

search process using milk crates as cultural artifact

Finding keywords through preliminary searches databases…. web sites… Finding keywords through preliminary searches databases…. web sites…. books In the world of diy decorating, the milk crate is the staple …. Living Pavilion is a low-tech, low-impact installation that employs milk crates as the framework for growing planted surface similar to a green wall. These interventions treat sound as matter that can be readily sculpted— with the aid of acoustic treatments made from recycled and repurposed materials including clothing, wooden pallets and milk crates

identify key concepts from artifact to broad categories It is possible that you won’t find an academic article or book that mentions your artifact To find resources related to the role or position of your artifact in society, identify relevant key words “milk crates” Broader keywords might include one or more of the following: recycle or green reuse or repurpose alternative diy or “do it yourself” combine with the keywords - culture or social or society or material culture

Finding journal & magazine articles Use one of more of the following: Discovery Search to cross search databases & library catalogue Databases: Subject (Design) or Interdisciplinary Google Scholar (settings for Concordia University Library) Check bibliographies in relevant documents you find

Concordia Library: Discovery Search cross-searches many library databases & catalogue simultaneously Use ADVANCED SEARCH Eliminate searching on full text if you get too many results Search only on what is available in library Use filters to limit by: Format – book, journal , magazine, etc. Databases Journal Title Use Advanced search Note: if the Discovery Search tool is giving you too many irrelevant results, consider using these databases: Academic Search Complete, JSTOR , or others listed on the Design Subject Guide

Discovery Search – Advanced search Uncheck full text search if too many results

Databases | tools for identifying articles in journals Interdisciplinary Databases Academic Search Complete – popular magazines & scholarly journals JSTOR – mostly scholarly, small selection of journals, but sometime latest years are not available Google Scholar 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 & password or connect to Concordia’s vpn

Search Features repurpos* and culture … searches for both words repurpose or recycle …… or searches either word consum* searches for consume or consumer or consumption “conspicuous consumption” “ ….” searches exact phrase

If you are not finding books on cultural or social use a Subject Search in the library catalogue technology social aspects technological innovations social aspects body image social aspects clothing and dress social aspects consumption social aspects design social aspects environment social aspects affluent consumers social status

Databases - Interdisciplinary Academic Search Complete JSTOR – useful for finding highly specific keywords

Broadening search

How to find the journals When not available online 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

Use the Library Catalogue to find: books – hard copy and e-books journals subscribed to

Google Books find chapters or sections on a highly specific topic or keyword check for contents of book If the entire book isn’t available through google books, check to see if the library has a copy

Google Scholar covers some journal, books and literature not as comprehensive as databases but useful for interdisciplinary coverage Set up library links for Concordia Libraries in SETTINGS

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

If you have Questions: ASK a LIBRARIAN Reference Desk Chat Reference Email Reference

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