1. DART 261 Library Research Melinda Reinhart Visual Arts Librarian
September 2016

2. 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

3. 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)

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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Using bibliographies to find relevant resources scholarly & popular articles
Friedman, Daniel. “Conspicuous consumption dynamics.” Games and
Economic Behaviour (Sep 2008):
Goldber, Michelle. “The Rise of the Crafty Hipster.” Newsweek
(2013): 1.

9. search process using milk crates as cultural artifact

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

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

19. Broadening search

20. 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

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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. If you have Questions: ASK a LIBRARIAN
Reference Desk
Chat Reference
Reference

26. 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:
Standage, T. The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the
Nineteenth Century’s On-line Pioneers. New York: Walker & Company, 1998.