This course will examine current newsworthy examples of art ownership, display, and sales. The purpose of this course is to better understand the social, political, and economic power of art in our time. Topics may include high-priced sales, thefts and forgeries, government support of the arts, controversies over ownership, influential museum exhibitions, advertising campaigns, and the soft political power of art.
The Thrift Library catalog provides access to peer-reviewed, scholarly journals and trade journals in digital format via its many databases.
Use the search box in the Thrift Library catalog to search for articles across most of the library's subscription databases.
Not all databases are integrated with our catalog. Searching individual databases will help you cast a wider net.
On the search results page, look under "Refine my results" on the left side.
Select "Peer-Reviewed Journals" and "Articles."
To exclude other options, select the red box beside a filter, such as the one for "Review Articles" so that your results are limited to the type of article you want.
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.
View the interactive Media Bias Chart to evaluate the credibility of various news sources in your research!
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.
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. 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, which serves as your library card. Someone should be there to assist you. They will then check out the book and let you know about the due date for return, and you can check that by signing into the catalog at any time after checking out!
The Library of Congress system classifies Art as the subject N. Check the end caps of the bookshelves for further details as they will list the call number range for each 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-- look for the large geode!
Oversized books will be in order of A-Z for that collection.
If Thrift does not have something you are looking for, you can request it from other libraries!
PASCAL Delivers is a FREE, rapid delivery interlibrary loan (ILL) service for print books and digitized copies of journal articles and book chapters.
All loaning systems in addition to PASCAL can be found here.
For any questions about these services, you can contact reference@andersonuniversity.edu.
Example
NB is the section to search for, in alphabetical order between NA and NC.
1115 is the numbers before the decimal in numerical order on the shelf.
A32 after the decimal will be in alphabetical and then numerical order.
2020 is the publication year. If another edition of the same book was published in 2018, the two copies will be right next to each other with 2018 appearing first because they are shelved in chronological order.
Begin by looking in the Thrift Library catalog. You can then narrow your search from the results page.
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 E-Books
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:
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.
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.
Once you save an article, book, webpage, etc. to Zotero it will generate citations in the style guide of your choice. It also does so much more! With Zotero, you can...
Zotero is a desktop app that also has a web library for when you need to access your library away from your primary computer.
Zotero also offers browser connectors that enables users to save sources with a single click.
More information about reference management as well as other available tools can be found in LibraryDIY under Citation Tools.
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