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Library session for A&A Junior Seminar: an introduction to electronic resources for art history
Basics | Finding Facts | Finding Books | Finding Primary Sources | Finding Articles | Finding Dissertations and Theses | Finding Images | Library Staff Contact Info | Basics | Library session web page, http://libweb5.princeton.edu/marquand/juniorseminar.htm Princeton University Library web page, http://libweb.princeton.edu/ Library online catalog, http://catalog.princeton.edu/ Find Articles and Databases, http://library.princeton.edu/catalogs/articles.php | Finding Facts | TIP #1: Facts can be found in both print and electronic sources. Web searching is fine, but remember that the library pays for more academic resources. Grove Dictionary of Art This good general resource includes biographies of both Western and non-Western artists, architects, patrons, critics, and collectors in addition to major entries on art styles, subjects, and media. | Finding Books | TIP #1: You will not find articles in the online catalog, only journal titles. For articles look in databases like the Art Index. TIP #2: When doing keyword seaches you must use AND, OR, NOT logic. TIP #3: If Princeton doesn't have everything you need, search large online catalogs such as RLIN or WorldCat. You can request items through the Borrow Direct service or interlibrary loan. RLIN Contains holdings for academic libraries in the US, including Princeton. WorldCat Contains holdings for public, academic, and special libraries in the US, including Princeton. Also contains holdings for major European libraries, such as the British Library and the Bibliotheque Nationale. | Finding Primary Sources | TIP #1: Primary sources can be diaries, photographs, interviews, correspondence, manuscript/archival material, etc. TIP #2: Try searching the online catalog using those terms, like "matisse and correspondence" or "michelangelo and sources" Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections Database (MASC) Database maintained by the Manuscripts Division of the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections of Princeton University Library. Consisting of over 88,000 records, it provides non-book holdings information for more than 23,000 individuals (and corporate bodies) in more than 1200 collections distributed among the various units of the Department. Archival Resources Index produced by the Research Libraries Group to finding aids and other descriptive information about the holdings of manuscript and archival collections in libraries and research institutions throughout the world. ArchivesUSA Search the entire holdings of 5,500 repositories and 141,178 collections of primary source materials across the United States. | Finding Articles | TIP #1: As in the main catalog, both keyword and subject searching will work in databases like Art Index. TIP #2: To find the actual article in the library after finding the citation, you have to search the online catalog for the title of the journal. For instance, to find the following article: Edith Balas, "A contribution towards the understanding of Seurat's late works." In Gazette des Beaux Arts v. 136 no. 1581 (October 2000) p. 155-8.Do a journal title search in the online catalog for Gazette des Beaux Arts. TIP #3: Many databases support Find it @PUL, which searches for the article in full text sources and in our online catalog. Art Index Good, all purpose index to periodicals, yearbooks, museum bulletins, competition and award notices, exhibition listings, interviews, and film reviews. Covers all the arts, including architecture. ArtBibliographies Modern An index to artists and movements beginning with Impressionism, up to the most recent works and trends in the late 20th century. Particularly strong in photography, lesser known artists, and foriegn language literature. Bibliography of the History of Art Contains records describing the current literature of art, including books, museum and exhibition catalogs, Festschriften, congress and symposium proceedings, dissertations. Very scholarly sources. All Art & Archaeology Databases A list of all the A&A databases that the library subscribes to, sorted by core resources, important resources, and related resources. | Finding Dissertations and Theses | TIP #1: US dissertations published since 1997 are available in full text through Dissertations Abstracts. TIP #2: Pre-1997 dissertations can be requested through interlibrary loan. Dissertations Abstracts The database includes citations to dissertations from 1861 to those accepted last semester. Citations for dissertations and master's theses published from 1980 forward have abstracts. Foreign Doctoral Dissertations The Center for Research Libraries has more than 750,000 uncataloged foreign doctoral dissertations, of which approximately 20,000 are included in this database. If you do not find the title you need, search the CRL catalog. Senior Theses catalog A catalog of theses written by seniors at Princeton University from 1926 to date. | Finding Images | TIP #1: Often journal articles will contain images. Citations in Art Index will indicate if there are reproductions of artwork, plans, elevations, etc. Marquand has two scanners and a color printer, so you can scan images in for use in your papers and presentations. Almagest Contains digitized images for study and class use, accessible throughout the campus. AMICO AMICO is available from all Princeton networked computers, and contains over 78,000 digitized images of works of art. Artcyclopedia A commercial site useful for locating images. ARTstor Online image collection. | Library Staff Contact Info | Laurel Bliss, Assistant Art Librarian, lbliss@princeton.edu |
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