1. Workshop for Research in Art History
Purdue Writing Lab

2. Secondary Research Writing a Research-based Paper
Argumentative vs. Expository
Point by point (Theme by theme)
Compare and Contrast
Chronological Order

3. Using sources in your writing ; where and when?
Providing background information
Providing existing literature – that dealt with the same topic
What other people have said about the topic
How it has been discussed and debated
Inviting the readers to your topic
Enhance the credibility of your paper

4. Warm-up Find any information about “Mona Lisa” and “Leonardo da Vinci”
What did you find, and how did you find it?

5. Finding Sources
Scholarly Databases (Academic Journals, articles, books, reviews, commentaries, analyses, reports, etc.)

6. Searching Sources
Keywords
Artist’s name
Title of books/articles
Dictionary of Art

8. The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Available at Purdue)

10. Purdue Library General Search

11. Searching the catalogue can be very frustrating. Be persistent.
Refine your search by format material, topic, etc.
When searching books, pay attention to the date and the publisher, and take this information into account.

12. Most of the art history books are located in the 3rd floor of the HSSE Library Write down the information so that you can find the book

13. Using Oxford Dictionary of Art,
Search for Leonardo da Vinci.
Find keywords from the description about the artist.
Write down keywords.

14. Art-related Databases
Art Full Text
Humanities Abstracts Full Text
Historical Abstracts
Art Bibliographies (Diss & Theses)
Dissertation and Theses
JSTOR

15.
Purdue Databases Art Full Text

18. In order to exclude words, there needs to be "NOT" in front of the word one does not want to include (example below: Claude Monet NOT impressionism -- the search results will not include sources about impressionism ) 

19. Enter keywords related to your topic.
Check “Full Text”
Check “Peer Reviewed Journals”
Check “Apply related words” if you want the database to look for alternative keywords that might be related to the keywords you have entered.

22. Using the keywords you wrote down,
Search for sources about
Leonardo da Vinci in Art Full Text (EBSCOHOST)

23. WorldCat
“WorldCat is the world's largest network of library content and services. WorldCat libraries are dedicated to providing access to their resources on the Web, where most people start their search for information.”
You can access World Cat from the home page of Purdue Libraries Website

28. Using WorldCat,
Find sources about
Leonardo da Vinci.
What did you find? Where is it?

29. Requesting book via Interlibrary Loan:
“Interlibrary Loan supports the instructional, research, and scholarly activities of currently employed or enrolled West Lafayette faculty, staff, and students by obtaining research material not owned by the Purdue University Libraries.”
You can access the Interlibrary Loan Library at:

31. You can access JSTOR from the Purdue Libraries Website: JSTOR
Searching on JSTOR:
“JSTOR is a not–for–profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive of over one thousand academic journals and other scholarly content. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship.”
“JSTOR offers a high-quality, interdisciplinary archive to support scholarship and teaching. It includes archives of leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. The entire corpus is full-text searchable, offers search term highlighting, includes high-quality images, and is interlinked by millions of citations and references.”
You can access JSTOR from the Purdue Libraries Website: JSTOR

34. Searching the Dissertation and Thesis PQDT:
“Index of theses and dissertations from U.S. and international universities.”
You can access Dissertation and Thesis from
the Purdue Libraries Website: Dissertations and Thesis

37. Evaluating Sources
Read the preface/abstract--What does the author want to accomplish? Is your topic covered in enough depth to be helpful? If you don't find your topic discussed, try searching for some synonyms in the index.
Check for a list of references or other citations that look as if they will lead you to related material that would be good sources.
Do you think there's enough evidence offered? Is the coverage comprehensive? (As you learn more and more about your topic, you will notice that this gets easier as you become more of an expert.)

38. Evaluating Sources
If the source is opinion, does the author offer sound reasons for adopting that stance?
Check for accuracy.
How timely is the source? Some information becomes dated when new research is available, but other older sources of information can be quite sound fifty or a hundred years later.
Do some cross-checking. Can you find some of the same information given elsewhere?
How credible is the author? If the document is anonymous, what do you know about the organization?
Are arguments very one-sided with no acknowledgement of other viewpoints?

39. Publication process
Print Sources: Traditional print sources go through an extensive publication process that includes editing and article review. The process has fact-checkers, multiple reviewers, and editors to ensure quality of publication.
Internet Sources: Anyone with a computer and access to the Internet can publish a Web site or electronic document. Most Web documents do not have editors, fact-checkers, or other types of reviewers.

40. Authorship and affiliations
Print Sources: Print sources clearly indicate who the author is, what organization(s) he or she is affiliated with, and when his or her work was published.
Internet Sources: Authorship and affiliations are difficult to determine on the Internet. Some sites may have author and sponsorship listed, but many do not.

41. Sources and quotations
Print Sources: In most traditional publications, external sources of information and direct quotations are clearly marked and identified.
Internet Sources: Sources the author used or referred to in the text may not be clearly indicated in an Internet source.

42. Author qualifications
Print Sources: Qualifications of an author are almost always necessary for print sources. Only qualified authors are likely to have their manuscripts accepted for publication.
Internet Sources: Even if the author and purpose of a website can be determined, the qualifications of the author are not always given.

43. Publication information
Print Sources: Publication information such as date of publication, publisher, author, and editor are always clearly listed in print publications.
Internet Sources: Dates of publication and timeliness of information are questionable on the Internet. Dates listed on Web sites could be the date posted, date updated, or a date may not be listed at all.

44. Effective Summary Look for a central argument
Reasons that support the argument
Data and main findings
Sub-headings
Write the main ideas in your own words
Change sentence structures and vocabulary that could deliver the same meanings.

45. Citing Sources In-Text
Direct Quotes Johnson (2005) argued that “research is important” (p. 120). Indirect Quotes Johnson (2005) asserted that it is crucial to conduct research (p. 120).

46. Themes for your Research Paper
1. the guilds, the workshops and the training of the artist
2. the patron and the artist, the role of the aristocracy and the merchant class
3. trade, commerce and the art market
4. politics, war, law and punishment
5. religion, propaganda and superstition
6. the Church, the Protestant Reformation
7. women, children and the family
8. class structure, poverty, peasant life
9. death, health, education
10. nature, science and technology, books and prints
11. fashion, decorative arts, entertainment, music and theater
12. Humanism and the ancient world, Italy and the North

47. Other web-based sources and other materials

48. Other web-based sources:
History of Art: 
Art Source: 
Art Links on the WWW: 
Oxford Art Online: