EVDS 1600
Library Research Methods
Today we will look at:
- Search strategies
- Finding historical context of a design
- Finding stylistic contextual info
- Citing: Images, articles, books, and more
UM Libraries Homepage
umanitoba.ca/libraries
Search Tip #1
Put a phrase "in quotation marks" to find results with that phrase.
E.g.: "gothic revival" - finds documents with this phrase
Searching for gothic revival without quotation marks finds all documents with gothic and all documents with revival.
Gothic architecture = medieval, mid-12th to 15th centuries
Gothic revival architecture = 18th & 19th centuries, renewed interest in Gothic style
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CBS News. "Meet the man behind a third of what's on Wikipedia". January 26, 2019.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meet-the-man-behind-a-third-of-whats-on-wikipedia/
Start collecting keywords
What do you know about the subject so far?
- Name of the work: Schwartz (Martin) House
- Architect's name: Pierre Koenig
- Period: 1994-2003; "20th century"
- Location: Santa Monica,
California, USA
- Style: ??
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- postmodern?
- "gothic revival"?
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bauhaus ?
Pierre Koenig. 1994-2003. Job 6491: Schwartz (Martin) House (Santa Monica, Calif.). https://library-artstor-org.uml.idm.oclc.org/asset/AGETTYIG_10313543777.
Step 1: Expand your background info
Reference sources: Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc...
Many reference sources are available online via the UM Library Search. The Library Search includes:
- All physical resources within the Libraries
- Some (not all) of the databases we subscribe to
The Library Search is a very broad search engine - might get a lot of unrelated results.
UM Library Search
umanitoba.ca/libraries
Search Tip #2
Try to find all the different ways of expressing the concept you're searching for. This can be done by:
- putting OR between synonyms (Canada OR Canadian)
- adding an asterisk (*) to the root of a word:
E.g.: Canad* - finds Canada, Canadian, Canadians...
"new urbanis*" - finds "new urbanism", "new urbanist"...
(note: don't use this for short root words - art* = art, arts, artist, artificial, arthritis, Arthur... 292 million results in Library Search)
Search Tip #3
Use NOT (all caps) before words or phrases you want to exclude from the search
E.g.: gothic NOT revival - no results for "gothic revival" will come up.
Miami dolphins NOT football
Types of academic resources...
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Reference resources - encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc
- For general overview & background info
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Books - found via UM Library Search
- Some general, some more specific in topic
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Journal Articles - found in UM Library Search AND databases
- Usually on a specific topic
- often peer-reviewed
Library Resources
1. UM Library Search
- All physical resources within the Libraries
- Some (not all) of the databases we subscribe to
- Very broad search engine - might get a lot of unrelated results.
2. Databases
- Mainly journal articles
- May be more narrow in terms of subject
- Can expand your search beyond UM Libraries
bit.ly/UMLevds
Citing Your Sources
Why do we cite?
- Giving credit where credit is due
- Help the reader find the sources you used
- They can check: Did you interpret the work accurately? Or was the quote taken out of context?
- Makes your writing more credible - it's backed by research done by experts in the field
- Shows you have researched the subject
Chicago citation style
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Full style manual available online! Get full access via the UM Library Search
- 17th edition is the most recent
- Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) has a great list of examples of how to cite using Chicago style
- Turabian Manual for Writers - Chicago style with more explanations & examples
Chicago style has two systems:
- Notes & Bibliography System: sources are cited in numbered footnotes or endnotes
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Author-Date System: sources are cited in the text, with
author's last name & publication year (Smith 2008)
Basics of Citing in Chicago Style
In her book The Great Big Sea & Me, Smith raises the excellent point that "architects handle rising sea levels like champs."
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Footnote:
Routledge, 2008), 33.
Bibliography:
Smith, Jessie. The Great Big Sea & Me. New York:
Routledge, 2008.
1. Jessie Smith, The Great Big Sea & Me (New York:
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Citing Images
Chicago Manual of Style notes how to format the citation for an image...
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Turabian Tip Sheets provide examples and point out all necessary formatting.
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The best diptych by far is widely recognized as Rogier van der Weyden's Saint Catherine of Alexandria.
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Footnote:
1430-1432, diptych panel, 18.5 x 12 cm., Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria, accessed January 20, 2012, http://www.artstor.org.
Bibliography:
Weyden, Rogier van der. Saint Catherine of Alexandria.
Citing an image seen online:
1430-1432, diptych panel, 18.5 x 12 cm., Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria, accessed January 20, 2012, http://www.artstor.org.
1. Rogier van der Weyden, Saint Catherine of Alexandria,
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Questions?
- Environmental Design Research Guide: bit.ly/UMLevds
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- All library staff can help with basic questions
- Research support: librarians on desk 1:30-4:30 Monday-Friday
EVDS 1600
By Ellen Tisdale
EVDS 1600
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