The document provides tips for researching a topic, including thinking of related terms to use in searches, writing down all ideas, and considering the relevance, author expertise, publication details, references, and intended audience of sources. It also lists some specific databases and resources for researching art and history topics, such as the Art Library catalog, Art Full Text, JSTOR, and Historical Abstracts.

1. Meredith Farkas [email_address]

4. Think of terms that relate to your topic Think of synonyms and related terms (the Wikipedia is really useful for this) Write down everything you come up with Why? Computers are clueless. Lots of different terms mean the same thing. Authors may use different terms than the ones you naturally think of.

6. And Or Not Quotation marks

7. Jane wants sushi John wants Thai food

8. http://www.flickr.com/photos/waytru/1889641852/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/45688285@N00/2168922858

9. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lollaping/3555466066/

13. For Art Library catalog (for books) Art Full Text Fine Arts & Music JSTOR Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals For Historical Context Library catalog (for books) Historical Abstracts (everything but U.S. and Canada) America: History and Life JSTOR

14. Is this really relevant to my topic? Who wrote this? Are they experts on this subject? Who published this? Are they a scholarly publisher? Where did the author get their info from? Are there references to back it up? Who is the intended audience? Is this there more recent scholarship on the topic that might be better?