CSUN WordmarkOviatt Library

Art 421 History of Roman Art and Architecture

Augustus Prima Porta

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Reference Resources

keywords: art and dictionaries

The concise Oxford dictionary of art terms / Michael Clarke.
Location: REFRM N33 .C575 2001
From abacus to Zeus : a handbook of art history / James Smith Pierce.
Location: REFRM N33 .P5 2001
Yale dictionary of art and artists /Erika Langmuir.
Location: REFRM N33 .L353 2000

Encyclopedias    
keywords: art and encyclopedias

Oxford Dictionary of art (34 v.)
Location: REFRM N31.D5 1996 and online
Encyclopedia of architecture (5 v.)
Location: REFRM NA31 E59 1988.
Encyclopedia of world art (17 v. 1968)
Location: REFRM N31 E533
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Art (5 v.)
Location: FLOOR3 N33 M33

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Periodicals/Journals: Indexes
The Bibliography of the History of Art (1991-) (Getty)
Bibliography of the History of Art. (BHA) abstracts and indexes current publications in the history of art. BHA is the successor to RILA (International Repertory of the Literature of Art, File 191) and RAA (Répertoire d'art et d'archéologie). BHA covers the current literature of European art from late Antiquity (4th c. AD) to the present and American art from the European discoveries to the present.The database corresponds to the print bibliography of the same name. Inclusive coverage: RAA: 1973-1989; RILA: 1975-1989. Search author names: Last name FirstInitial
Location: REFRM Z5937 .B53 and online

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Periodicals/Journals: Full Text

 

AcademicSearch Elite (EbscoHost)
Full-text and citations from journals and magazines, may limit to only search full-text, within a specific date range and peer reviewed journals
Art Index with Full text
Corresponds to the Art Index (print). Contains articles and reproductions of works of art that appear in 400+ indexed periodicals 1984 to the present. Indexes major English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as European periodicals in a number of different languages. Provides access to a wide range of bibliographies, notices of competitions and awards, reports of conferences, exhibition listings, review articles, interviews, and film reviews. Citation tools provides citations in APA, MLA and Chicago, plus others.
Art Index Retrospective (Wilson)
Index to articles from journals published around the world, including yearbooks and select museum bulletins. Cumulative index to Art Index volumes 1-32, 1929-1984. OneFile (InfoTrac)
Full-text and citations from journals and magazines, may limit to only search full-text, within a specific date range and peer reviewed journals
Humanities Abstracts with Full Text
Abstracts 400 periodicals in archaeology, art, classics, film, folklore, journalism, linguistics, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion, world history, and world literature, 1984-
Location: online
Project Muse
A full-text resource of journal articles. It includes 167 full-text titles of scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences and mathematics.
JStor Journal Storage Project
Archival collection of scholarly articles from various academic displines, including Anthropology, History, Political Science, and Sociology, the most recent articles are at least 2-5 years old

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Writing Guides

A short guide to writing about art/ Sylvan Barnet.
Location: Reference Room N7476 .B37 2011
Writing about art / Henry M. Sayre
Location: FLOOR3 BOOK N7476 .S29 2002
Writing for the visual arts / Mashey Maurice Bernstein.
Location: FLOOR3 PE479.A76 B47 2001

Evaluating Print & Electronic Resources

World Wide Web sites come in many sizes and styles. How do you distinguish a site that gives reliable information from one that gives incorrect information? Below are some guidelines to help.

For both print and Internet resources, consider:

  

Authority
Content
Coverage
Timeliness
Accuracy
Objectivity

Types of Web Sites: the url is a key

.gov
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.org
.com

Citation Styles: APA, Chicago, MLA, and others

APA Style

Chicago

MLA

Other Styles

Find a Book on the Shelves

  • Check the Status field of the book's record in the catalog.
    • IN LIBRARY - book is available for checkout.
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  • The Location field shows the general location of the book.
  • The Call # field gives the book's call number, which serves as the book's address in the library. Each row of books on the 2nd and 3rd floors will have a sign at the end indicating which call numbers can be found on that row.

How to Read Call Numbers

Keyword Searching

  1. Use keyword when your term may be very new, very distinctive, or jargon, e.g. "instant messaging", "XML".
  2. Use a variety of keywords. There may be additional items on your topic that use different terms.
  3. Be aware that you may retrieve items not related to your topic (called false drops)
  4. When you cannot remember the exact title of an item, do a keyword search using the title words you remember.

Know Your Assignment Requirements

Research Assignment and Instructor Expectations

  • Completed by due date (the Research Project Calculator can help you plan to finish on time)
  • Length of finished product
  • Sources selected and used
  • References/citation form
  • Organization and flow of ideas
  • Writing skills

Topic Selection

  • Select/define/refine/focus your idea
  • Brainstorm
  • 5 Ws (who, what, why, when, where) and how
  • Determine if you will be able to cover all the important points of your topic in the space you have to fill

Narrow or Broaden Your Search

Use AND between terms to narrow your search

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Use OR and/or truncate (*, ?) words to broaden your search

example: children or youth or adolescents
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Saving Items to E-mail, Print or Download from the Library Catalog

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  2. Choose an export format:
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    • "Full Display" includes location, call number, subject headings, and other descriptive information.
    • "End-Note/RefWorks" to export citations for use in EndNote Web, EndNote Desktop, or Refworks.
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Subject Searching

  1. New topics may not yet be included in the database's controlled vocabulary.
  2. Using the appropriate subject heading for a topic will retrieve all items in the database indexed under that topic.
  3. If you do not know the appropriate subject heading for your topic, conduct a keyword search first and look at the subject heading(s) of a relevant item.

Scholary Journals (Peer-Reviewed/Referred)

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  • Authors cite their sources in endnotes, footnotes, or bibliographies.
  • Individual issues have little or no advertising.
  • Articles must go through a peer-review or refereed process.
  • Articles are usually reports on scholarly research.
  • Illustrations usually take the form of charts and graphs.
  • Articles use jargon of the discipline