VIS 104: Western Art- Romanticism to Modernism Exploring Library’s resources Lingnan University Library Feb 2014 Terence Cheung – Reference Librarian Tel:

What library service do you use? What sources do you use for your research? Any problems?

Today’s Contents Basic Research Concept & Skills Library Catalogue & 1-Search Databases related to Visual Studies  ARTstor Encyclopedia Britannica Plagiarism Citation – Chicago Citation Style Q&As

By the end of this workshop, you will be able to: have an overview on different types of resources in order to select the most appropriate tools in doing research. apply different search strategies in using the library online catalogue, 1-search, and other Visual Studies related databases in order to extract relevant information efficiently and effectively. Have an understanding of the basic knowledge on using Chicago style of citation

What do you do before you do a research? WhatWhyWhereWhenWho Don’t need all the answers at the beginning!!!

Research Techniques Boolean Operators AND –both terms will appear in the result. e.g. Romanticism AND painting OR –at least either one of the terms will appear in the result. e.g. Neoclassicism OR Realism NOT–only find items that do not contain the search term. e.g. Romanticism NOT Sculpture

Romanticism AND painting OR sculpture What will you find?

Research Techniques Parenthesis ( ) Use parenthesis ( ) to group words together and set the order of the search when using Boolean Operators. e.g. use Romanicism AND (painting OR sculpture) will find items with Romanicism and painting or items with Romanicism and sculpture in the result.

Research Techniques Phase Search “ “ Use quotation mark for the exact phase. e.g. use “Impressionism painting” will find the exact phrase Impressionism painting in the result instead of items contains Impressionism and painting separately.

Research Techniques Wildcards ? Use question mark for one letter truncation. e.g. use wom?n will find women or woman in the result. * Use asterisk for several letters truncation. e.g. use behavior* will find behavior, behavioral, behaviorist, behaviorism, or behaviorally in the result.

Evaluating Information Authorship and Publishing Body: WHO is the author / publisher? Target Group: WHO is the intended audience? Currency: WHEN was the information released? Purpose: WHY this information was written? Referral: HOW did the author find this information? Are there references to other sources? Accuracy : Is the information accurate? Double check with other sources?

Guide for research and using databases

Guide for Visual Studies

We have over 260 databases. Good and Bad!!!

Databases by types, subjects, A-Z

User Guide Use the database’s user guide

Input the search terms 1-Search

Narrow down your search by different criteria Click this icon to save the article to the list.

Research Techniques How to narrow down your search Use more search terms Limit the time frame Limit to scholarly publications Select appropriate content types Select appropriate subject Select appropriate sources

1-Search Advanced Search Advanced Search

Search by title, author, publication, etc.

22 To limit your search (to have more precise results) by selecting these facets Sort the results by : -relevance -date

How to View the Full-text ? 23 Click “Full Text Online” to see the online journal article, normally you will be linked to a “Check for Full Text” page

How to View Full-text ? 24 Click “Journal” and access the journal article by year/volume /page Click “Article”, then a new webpage, containing links to view the article, will appear.

Practice 1: Perform your search in One-Search 25 i.Find resources on Impressionism painting AND France No. of results: ii.Limit results by Content type: Journal article No. of results: iii.What if limit results by “Limit to articles from scholarly publications, including peer-review” No. of results: iv.Click on the Full Text Online for one of the results on your list v.Bonus question: Put quotation marks (“ “) around phrases No. of results: Are the results more relevant? □Yes □No

Exercise 1: Which of the following is the title of the dissertation/thesis on the topic of Japanese art and Impressionism? 26 A.Japanesque: The Japanese Print in the Era of Impressionism B.A new impression of impressionism: FIVE STAR Edition C.The impact of East Asian art within the early impressionist circle, D.ArtHop shines with impressionism, 'extract expression'

Exercise: Which of the following is the title of the dissertations/thesis on the topic of Japanese art and Impressionism? The answer is C 27 Perform a keyword search on “Japanese art” AND impressionism Limit the search to “Dissertation/Thesis”

ARTstor 28 Do a simple free registration if you want to download the photos

ARTstor 29 Limited by “Classification”,“Geography”, etc.

ARTstor – Exercise Try to search a work by Pierre Auguste Renoir on a girl with a hat within the classification of “Prints”. Which one do you find? 30 A. C. B. D.

31 ARTstor – Exercise Try to search a work by Pierre Auguste Renoir on a girl with a hat within the classification of “Prints”. Which one do you find? The answer is C 31 Perform a keyword search on “Pierre Auguste Renoir and girl and hat” Limit the search to “Prints” under classification

Encyclopedia Britannica e.g. Dada

Encyclopedia Britannica

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Encyclopedia Britannica

 According to Oxford English Dictionary, Plagiarism refers to:  The action or practice of taking someone else‘s work, idea, etc., and passing it off as one's own; literary theft.  A particular idea, piece of writing, design, etc., which has been plagiarized; an act or product of plagiary.  Plagiarism -- 學術剽竊 (online video) :  Plagiarism: How to avoid it (Bainbridge College) (Online video) :  User Guide: bliography_plagiarismhttp://libguides.ln.edu.hk/bi bliography_plagiarism 36 What is Plagiarism?

Citation

Chicago-Style Citation Chicago citation style - Books and journal articles by Genesee Community College list=UUA4TVHj1LmiEyTO-3kwOAiw

Book – one author Notes 1. Michael Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (New York: Penguin, 2006), 99– Pollan, Omnivore’s Dilemma, 3. Bibliography Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. New York: Penguin, Chicago-Style Citation

Notes 1. Michael Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (New York: Penguin, 2006), 99– Pollan, Omnivore’s Dilemma, 3. Bibliography Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. New York: Penguin, Chicago-Style Citation - Book – one author Authors come first and are always first name last name The title comes second. All italicized and each major word in the title is capitalized (Location of publisher: Name of Publisher, Year of Publication), come third Last comes the exact page that you are quoting or paraphrasing Authors come first and are always last name first name The title comes second. All italicized and that each major word in the title is capitalized (Location of publisher: Name of Publisher, Year of Publication), come last Do not include page numbers Short Note Only the first line is indented and all are single spaced Every line but the first is indented and all are single spaced

Journal article Notes 1. Joshua I. Weinstein, “The Market in Plato’s Republic,” Classical Philology 104 (2009): Weinstein, “Plato’s Republic,” 452–53. Bibliography Weinstein, Joshua I. “The Market in Plato’s Republic.” Classical Philology 104 (2009): 439–58. Chicago-Style Citation

Notes 1. Joshua I. Weinstein, “The Market in Plato’s Republic,” Classical Philology 104 (2009): Weinstein, “Plato’s Republic,” 452–53. Bibliography Weinstein, Joshua I. “The Market in Plato’s Republic.” Classical Philology 104 (2009): 439–58. Chicago-Style Citation – Journal article Authors come first and are always first name last name Article title in quotation marks comes second. Each major words are capitalized Third comes the name of the journal in italics Fourth comes the volume number, then no. followed by the issue number, (year of publication): Last comes the exact page that you are quoting or paraphrasing Only the first line is indented and all are single spaced Short Note Authors come first and are always last name first name Article title in quotation marks comes second. Each major words are capitalized Third comes the name of the journal in italics Fourth comes the volume number, then no. followed by the issue number, (year of publication): Last comes the page number of the article Every line but the first is indented and all are single spaced

Book published electronically Notes 1. Philip B. Kurland and Ralph Lerner, eds., The Founders’ Constitution (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987), accessed February 28, 2010, pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/. Bibliography Kurland, Philip B., and Ralph Lerner, eds. The Founders’ Constitution. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, Accessed February 28, pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/. Chicago-Style Citation Last comes the date of access and DOI or stable URL or the document or accession number/ID

Article in an online journal Notes 1. Gueorgi Kossinets and Duncan J. Watts, “Origins of Homophily in an Evolving Social Network,” American Journal of Sociology 115 (2009): 411, accessed February 28, 2010, doi: / Bibliography Kossinets, Gueorgi, and Duncan J. Watts. “Origins of Homophily in an Evolving Social Network.” American Journal of Sociology 115 (2009): 405–50. Accessed February 28, doi: / Chicago-Style Citation Last comes the date of access and DOI or stable URL or the document or accession number/ID

Chicago-Style Citation Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide – 16 th edition The Chicago manual of style online [electronic resource] anual.html

The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it. Samuel Johnson ( ) British author.

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