Download - Art History Research Methodologies
AVT 600: Research
Methodologies
Library Resources Library Website:
http://library.gmu.edu Ask-a-Librarian→ IM… InfoGuides & Research Portals
Library catalog: Books & E-books Videos WRLC And more…
More Library Resources
Research Databases
Art Fulltext
Art & Architecture
Complete
*Over 500 art journals in print & online
More Library ResourcesMore 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)
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)
Where to Search: Databases
Super Stores
ProQuest Research LibraryMulti-subject, popular & scholarly articles, extensive full-text
Academic Search CompleteMulti-subject, popular & scholarly articles, extensive full-text
Specialty StoresSubject-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 ModernFor 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.
More Art Resources
Image Databases
Art Museum Image Gallery
Oxford Art Online
ARTstor
What are the steps in the Research Process?
1. Pick a topic
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6. Write the paper/create the project
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?
How To Search
The Starbucks Syndrome
Examples Shroud of Turin Holy Shroud
Stained glass Glass painting and staining
Northern Renaissance art Renaissance—
Europe, Northern; Flemish; Dutch; Netherlands;
Netherlandish; add time period like 15th century
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.
Inside the Library
Inside the Library
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 [email protected]
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?