1. History of Photography ARHI 30823/052
TCU Library Training
History of Photography ARHI 30823/052
Spring 2017

2. Information can come from anywhere – Books, encyclopedias, articles from periodicals (journals, magazines), web pages, media, blogs, etc.

3. Find information sources that are:
Reliable
Accurate
Relevant
Authoritative

4. TCU Library Home Page www.library.tcu.edu

5. Research Guides

8. WAY better than Wikipedia!
Oxford Art Online
> Databases > O > Oxford Art Online

9. Oxford Art Online
> Databases > O > Oxford Art Online

10. Photography, History and influence
Oxford Art Online
Photography, History and influence
> Databases > O > Oxford Art Online

11. Articles
from
Periodicals

13. Periodicals
Content Level
Academic / Scholarly
Trade
Consumer

14. Scholarly Journals About Periodicals Articles are often peer-reviewed.
Written for an audience of scholars and researchers in a particular field.
Also sometimes called peer-reviewed, academic, or refereed.

15. Magazines Journals Newspapers
Format Categories
Magazines Journals Newspapers

16. Periodicals in the TCU library collection are available –
Access
Periodicals in the TCU library collection are available –
Online
Print

17. Articles

18. Art & Architecture Source®
Searches the content of these other important art indexes and databases:
Art Index
Art Index Retrospective
Art Abstracts
Art Full Text
Art & Architecture Complete
> Databases > A > Art & Architecture Source

19. Art & Architecture Source®

20. Art & Architecture Source®

21. Phrase Searching “multiple exposure” “John Herschel ”
“moving pictures”
“mass media” “global humanism”
“military photography”

22. Art & Architecture Source
Search Results

23. Art & Architecture Source
PDF
Cite

25. One More search Trick!

26. Truncation * * *
Architect* = Architect, Architectural, Architects, Architecturally, Architecture
Light* = Light, Lighting, Lighted, Lights
Design* = Design, Designer, Designs, Designed, Designing
Ecolog* = Ecologic, Ecological, Ecologically, Ecologist, Ecology *
asterisks * rock!

27. Using a truncation symbol (*) with a keyword
asterisks rock!

28. Now Let’s use all of those Search techniques!
Phrase Searching Truncation TX All Text Fields

31. Subject? Note that the word photograph is not there!!!
use TX All Text Fields 

32. Finding Books Using the Library Catalog

33. Go to: www.library.tcu.edu

35. Library Catalog Search

36. Catalog results – Books!

37. The Quarto is where the large, oversized books are shelved
The Quarto is where the large, oversized books are shelved. The Quarto area is in the north west corner of the 1st floor main stacks.

38. Undergraduate Students
Borrowing Books at the TCU Library
Status
Faculty
Undergraduate Students
Graduate Students
Number of items
200 50
100
Loan Period
120 days
28 days 90
Renewal
5 times
2 times
Renew your books online at > My Account / Renew

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Close at 8:00PM on Fridays
Saturday Open at 10:00AM
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40. Research Help

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