This course includes the study of the sequence of major art styles from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1950s; topics include cultural and technical influences on art production, analysis of individual styles and art works, examination of aesthetic criteria, and recognition of stylistic characteristics.
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Public Domain.
The Thrift Library site is your stop for all of the resources you could need, and you can use these key features to navigate to a variety of sources through the appropriate databases, and catalog feature which routes to all books held in-house, a myriad of resources pulled from partner databases, and the resources available through inter-library loan.
An additional helpful tool to use when understanding the library is the Library DIY that allows you to learn at your own pace and walks you through the research process with typed explanations and videos. You can access the Library DIY at https://library.andersonuniversity.edu/DIY as well.
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The databases tab of the Thrift Library website includes a feature that filters databases by category, so that users can find all of the databases that are grouped specifically for the course or topic that is relevant to their project. For this course, the relevant groupings would be those of "art," "history," and "interdisciplinary."
Thrift Library is home to over 70,000 books. They can be very helpful when researching and working on projects. But how do you access them? Here is simple guide showing the two main ways of finding a physical book.
Begin by looking in the Thrift Library catalog. You can then narrow your search from the results page. This video gives you a quick tutorial:
Simple Search
You can do a simple search by entering the book title and/or the author into the search box. If you want to find books on your topic, enter 1-3 keywords that describe your topic. Keyword examples: ancient Greek vases; Vincent van Gogh; sculpting in the 19th century; Chinese wall hangings.
Advanced Search
For more precise searching use the Advanced Search. Click "Advanced Search" to the right of the search box. Fill out the boxes to limit to specified fields like Title or Author.
Physical Items
From the search results page you can limit your results to physical books held by Thrift Library. Look to the left side of the page under "Refine my results" and select the following options:
Under Resource Type, select Books
Under Availability, select Held by library
Once you have identified the book you wish to use, note the call number (example: LC3731.F45 2002) and navigate to the stacks (shelves) on the second floor of the library. There is signage there to direct you in finding the items according to its call number.
Library of Congress Classification System
A call number is like an address for a book. It tells you exactly where to go to find the book on the shelf. The call number is made up of letters, whole numbers, decimals, a publication date, and occasionally a volume and/or copy number. This allows for each book to have a specific location. One book's location cannot be confused with another book's location.
Thrift Library uses the Library of Congress Classification System; here is an example: LA 212 .R423 2005.
LA specifies the subject classification (L for Education and A for History, so History of Education).
212 is read as a whole number.
The next line, .R423, is called the Cutter number. This line is read as a decimal (.R423 would come after .R76).
2005 is the publication date.
To learn more about how to read an LC call number, view this tutorial made by the University of Valley Forge.
Once you have acquired your book, you are free to peruse it at your leisure. If you have finished using it while you are here, return it to the desk or put it on one of the upstairs carts for reshelving. If you want to take it with you, you can check it out. All you have to do for that is to come to the front desk with your student ID. This serves as your library card. Someone should be there to assist you. All you should have to do is state your intention for checking out, where they proceed to check you out by scanning your ID and the book. You can access your online account via the catalog to see how long you have before your due date or to renew the loan period.
The Library of Congress system classifies Art as the subject N. These books are found on the second row of shelving in the library, toward the back. They can be found on the shelves near the Center for Student success. Check the end caps for further details as they will list which all call numbers are on what shelf.
Due to the more unique nature of many artbooks, they might also be classified as Oversized (too big for the usual shelves). So one should also check the Oversized book section. It is near the Cybersecurity Computer lab upstairs. If you see the large Geode, is the book shelf that rests on, behind the return cart. These books should be in order from A-Z but to the extent that the rest of the shelves are, due to the nature of the section. It holds all of the larger books, not just specific sections.
If Thrift does not have something you are looking for, you can request it from other libraries!
PASCAL is a FREE, rapid delivery interlibrary loan (ILL) service for print books and digitized copies of journal articles and book chapters. Note: The system is not yet configured to borrow ebooks or streaming video.
1. Use the catalog as you normally would (i.e. the above instructions.)
2. If you cannot find the item(s), enable "Add results available through interlibrary loan" under the "Refine my results" menu on the left side of the page:
3. Click on the title of the item you would like to request and click the appropriate button to open the PASCAL Delivers Request Form. Make sure that the bibliographic data you provide in the form is complete and accurate.
4. Physical books will arrive at the PASCAL library location you selected within 2-14 days. You will receive an email when your items are ready for pickup. Digital items will be emailed directly to your AU email account, typically within 1-5 days.
PASCAL is not the only loaning system Thrift uses. There are other recommended sources you can request similar to PASCAL; ATLA, ACL, Overdrive, etc. They can all be found in their specific sections with instructions at https://library.andersonuniversity.edu/borrowrenewrequest-resources-0. This includes if you cannot seem to access the item at all, how to contact reference@andersonuniversity.edu for further aid or put in a resource request.
Begin by looking in the Thrift Library catalog. You can then narrow your search from the results page. This video gives you a quick tutorial:
Simple Search
You can do a simple search by entering the book title and/or the author into the search box. If you want to find books on your topic, enter 1-3 keywords that describe your topic. Keyword examples: ancient Greek vases; Vincent van Gogh; sculpting in the 19th century; Chinese wall hangings.
Advanced Search
For more precise searching use the Advanced Search. Click "Advanced Search" to the right of the search box. Fill out the boxes to limit to specified fields like Title or Author.
Limit Search Results to eBooks
From the search results page you can limit your results to electronic (digital) books held by Thrift Library. Look to the left side of the page under "Refine my results" and select the following options:
Under Resource Type, select Books
Under Availability, select Available online
Articles and Journals
From the Search results page you can also look at physical items, articles, or essays written on the topic of your choice. Use "Refine my results" to hone in on these as well by selecting things like Peer-Reviewed Journals and Articles.
Thrift Library only provides access to peer-reviewed, scholarly journals and trade journals in digital format via its many databases. Print journals and magazines are no longer held by the library in physical format.
Locate an Article
Use the search box in the Thrift Library catalog to search for articles across most of the library's subscription databases Note: Not all databases are integrated with our catalog. You may need to search individual databases to find what you need.
On the search results page, look to the left side of the page to "Refine my results" and make your selections to further limit the results. Filters you will want to make sure you have selected for use are "Peer-reviewed Journals" and "Articles". Because the of the course requirements, it will also benefit you to select items to be excluded from appearing as well. For this, you can check the red box beside the filter so they will not come up; it is recommended that you do this to the "Review Articles" subject so you will not have them come up in your search. An example screenshot with these filters on would be this:
Once you locate an item, open its record and scroll to the "View Online" section to see which database(s) provide access to it. Note that databases provide two types of search results:
1. Actual sources, which include the full-text article.
2. Surrogate records, which only provide the article's metadata such as the author's name, article and journal titles, publication information, and an abstract and/or summary. If the catalog record does provide access to the full-text of the article, follow the PASCAL Delivers instructions to request that it be emailed to you through interlibrary loan (ILL).
Select a database to access the article from the available options. If it provides full text, there should be an option to view/download a PDF. You should then be able to peruse the article at your leisure to see what will be helpful for your project.
Highly recommended additional websites to view:
Helpful sites to visit for your citations:
These are examples of Chicago-Turabian citations in the Note-Bibliography style. More helpful examples can be found at https://libguides.holycross.edu/Trafton100#s-lg-box-31773256 who helped create these as well.
Book with a single author or editor
Footnote: Susan Walker, ed., Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt (New York: Routledge, 2000), 10.
Bibliography: Walker, Susan, ed. Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt. New York: Routledge, 2000.
Journal article from an online database
Footnote: Dominic Montserrat, "The Representation of Young Males in 'Fayum Portraits,'" The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 79 (1993): 220, https://doi.org/10.2307/3822166.
Bibliography: Montserrat, Dominic. "The Representation of Young Males in 'Fayum Portraits.'" The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 79 (1993): 215-25. https://doi.org/10.2307/3822166.
Newspaper article from an online database
Footnote: Alan Riding, "Under the Probing Gaze of the Egyptian Dead," New York Times, April 26,1997, ProQuest New York Times Historical.
Bibliography: Riding, Alan. "Under the Probing Gaze of the Egyptian Dead." New York Times, April 26, 1997. ProQuest New York Times Historical.
Page from a website
Footnote: Rachel Sabino, "Gilding the Dead: Mummy Portraits in Roman Egypt," Art Institute Chicago, last modified October 23, 2019, https://www.artic.edu/articles/767/gilding-the-dead-mummy-portraits-in-roman-egypt.
Bibliography: Sabino, Rachel. "Gilding the Dead: Mummy Portraits in Roman Egypt." Art Institute Chicago. Last modified October 23, 2019. https://www.artic.edu/articles/767/gilding-the-dead-mummy-portraits-in-roman-egypt.