Art 600 Fall 2013

1. AVT 600: Research
Methodologies

2. Library Resources
Library Website:
 http://library.gmu.edu
 Ask-a-Librarian→ IM…
 InfoGuides & Research Portals
Library catalog:
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Books & E-books
Videos
WRLC
And more…

3. More Library Resources
Research Databases
 Art Fulltext
 Art & Architecture Complete
*Over 500 art journals in print & online

4. More Library Resources
More Art Databases
 ARTBibliographies Modern
 Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
 artnet Price Database Decorative Art
 Berg Fashion Library
 Bibliography History of Art (BHA)
 Design & Applied Arts (DAAI)
 International Bibliography of Art (IBA)

5. More Library Databases
Multidisciplinary Databases
 Academic Search Complete
(Visual Studies)
 ProQuest Research Library
(Journal of Glass Studies)
 JSTOR (Artibus et Historiae, Museum Studies)
 Humanities International Complete
(Word & Image)

6. Where to Search: Databases
Super Stores
ProQuest Research
Library
Multi-subject, popular &
scholarly articles, extensive fulltext
Academic Search
Complete
Multi-subject, popular &
scholarly articles, extensive fulltext
Specialty Stores
Subject-Based Databases
Art Full Text
Has full-text articles from over 300
journals & provides abstracts for over
600 other journals. Covers fine,
decorative and commercial art, folk
art, photography, film & architecture.
ARTbibliographies Modern
For the study of modern
&contemporary art. Covers all
mediums, from painting, sculpture
&photography to video, body art
&graffiti. Full abstracts & indexing
from the late 1960s onwards.

7. More Art Resources
Image Databases
 Art Museum Image Gallery
 Oxford Art Online
 ARTstor

8. What are the steps in
the Research Process?
1. Pick a topic
2. Where to search (databases)
3. How to search (keywords)
4. How to get it (find the article)
5. Is what I’ve got any good?
6. Write the paper/create the project

9. How To Search
The Starbucks Syndrome

10. Examples
 Shroud of Turin
 Stained glass
Holy Shroud
Glass painting and staining
 Northern Renaissance art
Renaissance—Europe,
Northern; Flemish; Dutch; Netherlands;
Netherlandish; add time period like 15th century

11. Research Checklist
1. Identify main concepts.
2. Narrow or broaden your topic.
3. Keep a list of terms that work best for your topic &
add to it as you go.
4. This works whether you’re writing an exhibit label
or a thesis.

12. InfoGuides & Research Portals
http://infoguides.gmu.edu/arth

13. Inside the Library

14. Inside the Library

15. Questions
 http://infoguides.gmu.edu/arth
 Ask-a-Librarian: http://library.gmu.edu/ask
 Reference desk: 703/993-2210
 Visual Arts Liaison: Jenna Rinalducci
703/993-3720 or jrinaldu@gmu.edu

16. Example Searches
• Degas OR Manet
• Catalog (InPrimo: overwhelming/off-topic but find stuff wouldn’t
find otherwise//Browsing on massive scale)
• Art & Architecture Complete
• Then add Art Full Text
– Full-text articles AND Mason Link (another DB or print; WRLC/ILL)
– Cite & Email
• Possibly ARTbibliographies Modern or JSTOR
• ARTstor for images?