Starting Your Research Art 486 Library Instruction Spring

What is the assignment? Paper, Presentation, Annotated Bibliography? Due date – when is the last date for ILL? Citation Style? APA? MLA? Chicago? Types of publications?

Types of Resources ART OBJECTS Catalogues Letters Documents Monographs on artists Stylistic Analysis Journal articles Most Internet sources Encyclopaedia entries Art survey books Books, articles about art education Lesson plans

Key WordsControlled Vocabulary

Basic Search Strategies: Putting concepts together Boolean operator and Venn diagrams serve as a visual expression of the Boolean operations women artists

Basic Search Strategies: Putting concepts together Boolean operator or artists painters or Murals Wall Paintings Frescos or

Basic Search Strategies: Putting concepts together Boolean operator not War children sculpture and not War Children etchings and Limit by exclusion Limit by inclusion

Truncation Symbol used at the end of a word to retrieve variant endings of that word. Allows you to search the "root" form of a word with all its different endings. Broadens or increases search results. Truncation = OR Example: artis* retrieves artistic OR artists OR artisan OR artistry However: photo* retrieves photograph, photography, but also photoelectric, photon, photosynthesis, etc. Use OR instead to maintain meaning: photograph or photographic (or photograph*)

Wildcards Some databases allow for wildcards to be embedded within a word to replace a single character. For example: Colo?r retrieves color, colour wom?n retrieves woman, women

Need a book? 1. Search the Library's online catalog. Try searching using the keyword search. 2. Write down the floor location of the book and the call number where the book will be found on the shelf

How Call Numbers Work

Need an article? Popular magazines Trade publications Scholarly publications All three may be available in print or online or both

Popular Magazines and Newpapers Authors are magazine staff members or free lance writers. Authors often mention sources, but rarely formally cite them in bibliographies. Individual issues contain numerous advertisements. There is no peer review process. Articles are meant to inform and entertain. Illustrations may be numerous and colorful. Language is geared to the general adult audience (no specialized knowledge of jargon needed).

Types of Periodicals: Scholarly Journals Authors are authorities in their fields. Authors cite their sources in endnotes, footnotes, or bibliographies. Individual issues have little or no advertising. Illustrations usually take the form of charts and graphs.

Types of Periodicals: Scholarly Journals Articles must go through a peer-review or refereed process. Scholarly/academic articles that are read by academic or scholar "referees" for advice and evaluation of content when submitted for publication. Referees recommend to the editor/editorial board whether the article should be published as is, revised, or rejected. Also sometimes know as "peer-reviewed" articles. Articles are usually reports on scholarly research. Articles use jargon of the discipline.

Trade Publications Authors are teachers Authors often mention sources, but rarely formally cite them in bibliographies. Intended audience are fellow teachers. There is no peer review process. Articles give practical information to educators. Some illustrations are included Authors use jargon of the field.

Internet Resources vs. Surfing the Web Internet Resources include: Internet accessible databases and journals Use a Web interface Usually require subscription Exception: ERIC Wizard Equivalent to print indexes and journals Authoritative and reliable Surfing the Web: Use free search engines E.G.: Yahoo, Google, HotBot Critical evaluation required Anyone can put up a Web page! Evaluating Web pages ( Evaluating Web pageshttp://library.csun.edu/mwoodley/Webeval.html

Evaluating Print & Electronic Resources Types of Web Sites: the url is a key.gov.edu.org.com Authority Content & Coverage Timeliness Accuracy Objectivity World Wide Web sites come in many sizes and styles. How do you distinguish a site that gives reliable information from one that gives incorrect information? Below are some guidelines to help.guidelines