LibGuides: ARS Visual Culture: Library Orientations

Online Tutorial

2021-22 ARS Visual Culture Library Orientation
Self-paced library tutorial on how to find art and design books; how to use Ebook Central; how to search Art & Architecture Source; and exporting articles to RefWorks. Est. time 15 minutes.
Library orientation for Jilly Traganou's class (Fall 2021)

Spring 2021 Live Zoom Outline

In this orientation, we will take a tour of library resources and services together. We will also seek to answer the question:

How do you refine your research topic?

Today's lesson:

Go to the library website at library.newschool.edu
Search the library catalog (Books & More) to find books, articles, and more on your topic.
- Example keywords: art protest
- Note that this is not a full-text search.
- Filter to books only: Resource Types -> Books.
Review results for relevancy (title, subject headings, table of contents).
Filter to ebooks only. Library (New School) -> New School Internet Resources
Filter to physical books. Availability ->Physical Items in Consortium
- Click on Login to request a book.
Now go back to the library website https://library.newschool.edu/
Click on Browse Databases and click on "Art."
Select Art & Architecture Source.
Search using our example keywords: art protest
Review results for relevancy (title, subject headings, abstract)
Next, we will create an account in RefWorks, a citation management system.
Click on "Cite this item" then "Export to RefWorks"
Then click on "Yes, export to the newest version of RefWorks"
Click on "No account? - Sign up here" We will all create a RefWorks account.
Now we will complete exporting the citation to RefWorks. Return to JSTOR and click on "Export to RefWorks"
Highlight the citation to view details on the right. You can edit the fields, if necessary.
To create a bibliography in any citation style, click on the checkboxes to the left of the references. Then go to "Create bibliography" and select "Create bibliography."
You can change your citation style using the drop-down menu. (Recommended: Chicago 17th Edition (Notes & Bibliography)
Go back to Browse Databases and click on "Art."
Enter ARTstor and search using the keyword protest
You can refine your results according to geography, classification, etc.

Need help? Request a 1-on-1 Consultation or Ask Us! Consult our Art Research Guide and Youtube playlist.

Recommended:

Grove Art Online
The foremost scholarly art encyclopedia, updated regularly and covering global art and architecture from prehistory to present day.

World of Art series by Thames and Hudson
Check out these books on specific art-and-design movements, styles, and eras.

Ebook Central
An exhaustive selection of authoritative, scholarly e-books that combines ebook databases ebrary and EBL into one platform.
ProQuest All Subscribed Content
All ProQuest databases, ranging from dissertations to newspaper articles to scholarly journals to trade journals to wire services.
JSTOR
JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to create and maintain a trusted archive of important scholarly journals and to provide access to these journals as widely as possible. Content in JSTOR spans many disciplines, primarily in the humanities and social sciences. Recent articles are generally not available.
Art & Architecture Source
Formerly known as Art Source, Art & Architecture Source is an art research database that covers a broad range of subjects from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design. It features full-text articles, indexing and abstracts for an array of journals, books and more.
Chicago Manual of Style
The online Chicago Manual of Style is a style guide for American English published since 1906 by the University of Chicago Press.
ARTstor
ARTstor is a digital library including high-quality images for use to enhance scholarship and teaching from a wide variety of contributors around the world.

Also Recommended:

Bloomsbury Design Library
The Bloomsbury Design Library offers cross-searchable access to a broad and expanding range of encyclopedias, reference works, e-books, images, and more.
Art & Architecture Archive
A full-text archive of magazines comprising key research material in the fields of art and architecture, dating from the late-nineteenth century to the twenty-first. Subjects covered include fine art, decorative arts, architecture, interior design, industrial design, and photography.
Art & Architecture ePortal
Authoritative eBook resource that features important works of scholarship in the history of art, architecture, decorative arts, material culture, photography, and design. Innovative functionality and extensive metadata offer students and scholars exciting ways to discover and engage with content from Yale University Press and other leading university presses and museum publishers
MIT Press Direct
MIT Press covers more than 40 ejournals and 3200 ebooks , with 150 ebooks added annually. Subjects emphasized include cognitive science, digital humanities & new media, economics, environment, information science, neuroscience, philosophy, science/technology & society, and social sciences.
Library Stack
Library Stack is a database and archive of digital arts publications from the fields of contemporary art, graphic design, architecture, film and philosophy.
Dis.art
DIS is a New York-based collective composed of Lauren Boyle, Solomon Chase, Marco Roso and David Toro. DIS.art features video art from boundary-breaking contemporary artists exploring the themes of capital, identity, nations, nature, and more.
Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI): Education
Founded in 1971, Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) is a nonprofit arts organization that is a leading international resource for video and media art. The EAI collection spans the mid-1960s to the present, and is recognized as one of the most comprehensive video art collections in the world.

EAI’s Educational Streaming Service contains almost 2,000 titles by 65 artists and will eventually encompass EAI’s entire collection of 3,800 media artworks. Videos currently not available for streaming can be requested via the New School library's Course Reserves service.

ARS Visual Culture

Online Tutorial

Spring 2021 Live Zoom Outline

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