Transcript DART 261 Library Research

DART 261 Library Research
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Books. Moe Beitiks
Melinda Reinhart
Visual Arts Librarian
[email protected]
September 2014
Library Resources: Outline
• Using Concordia Libraries & Other Libraries
• Scholarly & Popular Literature
• Finding Journal Articles
– Databases | Google Scholar
• Finding Books & Holdings of Journals, etc.
– Library Catalogues: CLUES Concordia Library catalogue
• Preparing your Bibliography
• Citation guides: APA, Chicago, and MLA
• RefWorks
• Check bibliographies in relevant books, articles, etc. for citations to other
relevant documents
Using Concordia Libraries
• Concordia Libraries includes 2 libraries:
Webster Library & Vanier Library
– Can request books from Vanier library in CLUES
– Use MyCLUES on Library web site
– Renew materials online
– Request materials from Vanier, out to a user, or newly arrived
– Access online journals and databases from home
• ID card is your library card
– Borrow 30 books for 3 weeks (subject to recall)
Using Other Libraries
• Get BCI card at the Circulation Desk to borrow at other university
libraries
• Use the Interlibrary Loans service to request books, articles, etc.
from other libraries
DART 261 - your research assignment
• Use academic research methods
• Locate and evaluate at least 6 sources of information about
your artifact and its place in contemporary culture
• Find at least one:
• book from a library
• scholarly article
• Popular media source – magazines, websites, advertisements
Publishing Cycle
Scholarly
• author: university or research centre
• publisher: university or scholarly
• evidence of research and analysis;
not just opinions
• bibliographies
Popular
• Author: often journalist
• often provides descriptions,
biographies, opinions
• highly illustrated with visual
content
• short bibliographies if any
Using bibliographies: check CLUES
Journal Title search
• Goldber, Michelle. “The Rise of the Crafty Hipster.” Newsweek
161.17 (2013): 1.
Clues Journal Title search:
newsweek
Check to see if date required is available
• Friedman, Daniel. “Conspicuous consumption dynamics.”
Games and Economic Behaviour. 64.1 (Sep 2008): 121-145.
CLUES Journal Title search: games and economic behaviour
Check for date
artifact – mason jars
as cultural artifact
identify key concepts
from artifact to broad categories
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To find resources related to artifact in society, consider combining your keywords
and the key words - culture or social or society
• Mason jars
• fads or trends
• food
• diy
• eco chic
• recycling or environment
• health
• nostalgia or vintage
Search Features
• nostalgia and society … searches for both words
• social or society
…… or searches either word
• consum*
searches for consume or consumer or
consumption
• “conspicuous consumption” “ ….” searches exact
phrase
How to find journals & magazines?
• Use DATABASES
• Check bibliographies
Scholarly
Popular
Databases | tools for identifying articles in journals
Interdisciplinary Databases
• Academic Search Complete – popular magazines & scholarly journals
• JSTOR – mostly scholarly, but sometime latest years are not available
• SocIndex
Art & Design Databases – covers context of art, design and design history
Art Full Text
DAAI: Design & Applied Arts Index
Design Research Guide has a list of other databases to consider
NOTE: to access databases from home – need netname & password
or connect to Concordia’s vpn
Google Scholar
• covers some journal, book and theses literature
• not as comprehensive as databases but useful for
interdisciplinary coverage
• Set up library links for Concordia Libraries in
SETTINGS
How to find the journals
• From database use
• Check E-journals page
• Check to find out if library has online subscription and if so, the date
coverage
• Check CLUES
• Check to see if date of journal is available
• Get call no.
• Articles in paper journals can be requested through Article Delivery Service
• Check other libraries
• Go to library and photocopy
• Request via InterLibrary Loans
If you are not finding books on cultural or social
• You may want to use a Subject Search
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Computers and civilization
Information society social aspects
Technology social aspects
Technological innovations social aspects
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body image social aspects
clothing and dress social aspects
design social aspects
environment social aspects
What kinds of publications are these?
book or book chapter
• Gergen, K. “The Challenge of Absent Presence.” Perpetual Contact: Mobile
Communication, Private Talk, Public Performance. Ed. J. E. Katz & M. Aakhus.
Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2002: 227-241. Paper.
• Standage, T. The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the
Nineteenth Century’s On-line Pioneers. New York: Walker & Company, 1998.
Paper.
Library Catalogues – find Books
CLUES, Concordia Library Catalogue
Google Books
• find chapters or sections on a highly specific topic
• Example: convenience coffee machines
• Check CLUES to find out if the book available in
library
Formatting your Bibliography
• Check HELP & HOW TO
– Citation Guides
• Explain how to format bibliographic references
– RefWorks
• Set up account to create a database of your research
references
If you have Questions:
ASK a LIBRARIAN
Reference Desk
Chat Reference
Email Reference