Ethnographic Art Date Time Professor Aboriginal Bark Painting Boy's shirt—Crow Tribe

LIBRARY RESOURCES http:// www.scad.edu/library Library Catalog Find books, e-books, videos, etc. Research Databases Art Fulltext Wilson Omnifile JSTOR Head of a King from 17 th c. Nigeria, Edo, Benin City Bronze Inca Princess (Gran Ñusta Mama Occollo) Denver Art Museum

http:// www.scad.edu/library

Library Catalog

Find books, e-books, videos, etc.

Research Databases

Art Fulltext

Wilson Omnifile

JSTOR

FIND BOOKS Subject headings: Assigned to items in the catalog Makes it easy to find books on the same or similar topics Other tips: Browse the Shelves: There may be similar books nearby. Bibliographies: Check bibliography to identify other books/ articles on your subject.

Subject headings:

Assigned to items in the catalog

Makes it easy to find books on the same or similar topics

Other tips:

Browse the Shelves: There may be similar books nearby. Bibliographies: Check bibliography to identify other books/ articles on your subject.

SAMPLE SEARCHES Narrow  Visual Anthropology Tattooing Mexico Hopi OR Hopi Indians Anthropology Material Culture Oceania Aboriginal Australians Related Subjects Ethnic Groups Themes Ritual Places Africa People Inuit

Narrow 

Visual Anthropology

KEYWORD VS SUBECT SEARCHING Incas – Politics and government Inca AND Government Aztecs – Social life and customs Mexico AND Ball game Tattooing – Oceania – History Tattooing AND History AND New Zealand Subject Search VS Keyword Search

FIND ARTICLES Look for Databases by Title under Research *Use similar search terms for finding books and articles Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) Project Muse JSTOR Art Fulltext & Art Retrospective

WEBSITES GENERAL ART HISTORY Art History Resources on the Web http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html ( Sweet Briar College) Lists of art history resources divided into time periods Timeline of Art History http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

GENERAL ART HISTORY

Art History Resources on the Web

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html ( Sweet Briar College)

Lists of art history resources divided into time periods

Timeline of Art History

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm (The

Metropolitan Museum of Art)

SELECTED MUSEUM SITES Bowers Museum of Cultural Art http://www.bowers.org Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology http://www.peabody.harvard.edu from Harvard University Simon Fraser University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology http:// www.sfu.ca /archaeology/museum Smithsonian Institution 1. National Museum of Natural History http://www.mnh.si.edu 2. National Museum of the American Indian http://www.nmai.si.edu 3. National Museum of African Art http://www.nmafa.si.edu/index2.html

Bowers Museum of Cultural Art http://www.bowers.org

Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology http://www.peabody.harvard.edu from Harvard University

Simon Fraser University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology http:// www.sfu.ca /archaeology/museum

Smithsonian Institution

1. National Museum of Natural History http://www.mnh.si.edu

2. National Museum of the American Indian http://www.nmai.si.edu

3. National Museum of African Art http://www.nmafa.si.edu/index2.html

SELECTED SITES FOR ANTHROPOLOGY/ARCHEOLOGY/ETHNOGRAPHY Anthropology Resources on the Internet http://www.aaanet.org/resinet.htm from American Anthropological Assoc. CSA Guide to Archaeological Projects http://csanet.org/index.html from Center for the Study of Architecture/Archaeology Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute http://www.mesoweb.com/pari Resources in Ethnographic Studies http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/other.html from Library of Congress, American Folklife Center UCSB Department of Anthropology Links Directory http:// www.anth.ucsb.edu /links/pages from Anthropology Dept, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara Art and Life in Africa Online http:// www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/index.html from Univ. of Iowa Revised JR: H: Ethnographic Art Handout Revised 09/07

Anthropology Resources on the Internet http://www.aaanet.org/resinet.htm from American Anthropological Assoc.

CSA Guide to Archaeological Projects http://csanet.org/index.html from Center for the Study of Architecture/Archaeology

Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute http://www.mesoweb.com/pari

Resources in Ethnographic Studies http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/other.html from Library of Congress, American Folklife Center

UCSB Department of Anthropology Links Directory http:// www.anth.ucsb.edu /links/pages from Anthropology Dept, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara

Art and Life in Africa Online http:// www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/index.html from Univ. of Iowa

Revised JR: H: Ethnographic Art Handout Revised 09/07

Canoe Shield Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, ca. 1950s palm wood, bamboo, cassowary feathers, paint Possible Search Terms: Papua New Guinea Sepik River Oceania Canoes Shields Melanesia Primitive Art Antiquities Art and society From Glenbow Museum: http://www.glenbow.org/collections/museum/world/oceania.cfm

Possible Search Terms:

Papua New Guinea

Sepik River

Oceania

Canoes

Shields

Melanesia

Primitive Art

Antiquities

Art and society

SEARCH PROCESS Begin with a general search when looking for books in the library catalog… Ex: Papua New Guinea Then look in the research databases. You can be more specific in a database search. Ex: “Papua New Guinea” AND Canoes (Looking in JSTOR)

Begin with a general search when looking for books in the library catalog…

Ex: Papua New Guinea

Then look in the research databases. You can be more specific in a database search.

Ex: “Papua New Guinea” AND Canoes

(Looking in JSTOR)

Head of a King 17th century Nigeria, Edo, Benin City Bronze Ideas taken from description of object on Cleveland of Art Museum website Cleveland Museum of Art History Headdress 17 th Century Related Ideas Time period Altar Lost-wax casting Ritual Bronze Purpose Medium Kingdom Africa Ruler OR King OR Oba Nigeria Royalty Benin City Subject Location

Time period

Ritual

Bronze

Ruler OR King OR Oba

Nigeria

Royalty

Benin City

Books in the Catalog Try different search terms and see what you get… Benin AND art Benin AND sculpture Benin AND kings Nigeria AND ritual

Benin AND art Benin AND sculpture

Benin AND kings

Nigeria AND ritual

Articles from Databases Art Fulltext:

Art Fulltext:

Articles from Databases JSTOR: Images from Articles Images from ARTstor Articles

JSTOR:

TIPS FOR SEARCHING (for books, articles, websites…) Start with a general keyword search to see which subject headings work best. Try to think of different terms to describe your topic. Subject headings in the catalog and databases are also links. Click on them to see what else you get.

Start with a general keyword search to see which subject headings work best.

Try to think of different terms to describe your topic.

Subject headings in the catalog and databases are also links. Click on them to see what else you get.

OTHER HELPFUL HINTS See “ Research ” at http://www.scad.edu.library for suggestions: Evaluating Information Resources Distinguishing between Scholarly & Popular Journals Researching a Topic See writing guides for art history: Writing the Art History Paper (Dartmouth College) http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/humanities/arthistory.shtml Art History Writing Guide (Wesleyan University) http://www.wesleyan.edu/writing/workshop/departments/arha.html Writing for Art History (Univ. of North Carolina - Chapel Hill) http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/arthistory.html

See “ Research ” at http://www.scad.edu.library for suggestions:

Evaluating Information Resources

Distinguishing between Scholarly & Popular Journals

Researching a Topic

See writing guides for art history:

Writing the Art History Paper (Dartmouth College) http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/humanities/arthistory.shtml

Art History Writing Guide (Wesleyan University)

http://www.wesleyan.edu/writing/workshop/departments/arha.html

Writing for Art History (Univ. of North Carolina - Chapel Hill) http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/arthistory.html

QUESTIONS? Stop by or call the Reference Desk Come to the Reference Office Send an email using Ask-a-Librarian

Stop by or call the Reference Desk

Come to the Reference Office

Send an email using Ask-a-Librarian