ARTS 1303 @ NLC Library 

 

ASSIGNMENT   -  Final Presentations & Research Paper

 

HANDOUTS

 

• Developing a Search Strategy
• Evaluating Websites
• Using Online Databases
• Types of Periodicals
• Citing Sources
• Fine Arts

 

CITING SOURCES

 

Citation Guide

 

ACTIVITY

 

 

Want books? Use: 

ALAMO LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG 

 

There are many books in print and online that can help you with this assignment.

Check out these reference books for great images.

 

• Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture
• The Art Atlas
• History of Art

 

 Sample E-books

 

     Literature and the Visual Arts in Ancient Greece and Rome

 

     Art History: The Basics

 

     The Oxford Companion to Christian Art and Architecture

 

 

 

Want articles? Use:

ELECTRONIC DATABASES

 

• Academic Search Complete
• JSTOR
• Academic Onefile
• Expanded Academic 
• Encyclopedia Britannica
• History Resource Center

 

Want credible info from the Internet? Use these

       INTERNET SITES

 

• Timeline of Art History - Metropolitan Museum of Art

• British Museum

• Louvre Museum

• Ancient Greece - Museums

• Google Images

• Yahoo Images

 

 

SEARCH STRATEGIES

 

• Boolean - AND, OR, NOT
• Field searching - Subject, Author, Title
• Quotation marks for exact phrase
• Truncation - root + variants (*) 
• Database Limiters: date, publication type, type, peer-reviewed, etc.

 

OPTIONS FOR FULL-TEXT - Where is the actual article???

 

•  Look for an HTML or PDF symbol for fulltext in the database

• A to Z Online Journal Locator
• IDB, ILL and WorldCAT
• TexShare Borrower's Card

 

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Call: (210) 486-5388

Email: nlc-reference@alamo.edu

 

Library Instructor(s):  T. Mendoza