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Writing About Art

PROFESSOR SARAH COHN

REFERENCE & INSTRUCTION LIBRARIAN

October 28, 2024

ART

RESEARCH

IN

AGENDA

What are you looking for?

Library databases

Getting help

TODAY'S

What information do you need to contextualize the artwork or artist?

Artist biography
- Encyclopedia, retrospective catalog
Movement biography
- Encyclopedia
Contemporaneous accounts
- Newspapers, documentaries
Social, political, cultural environment
- Scholarly article, encyclopedia, newspapers, retrospectives
Historical perspective
- Scholarly articles, obituaries, books
Scholarly analysis
- Scholarly articles, books

DATABASES

LIBRARY

OneSearch
- Books (print and electronic), scholarly articles
JSTOR
- Scholarly articles, book chapters, images
NYT Historical
- Newspaper articles
Grove Art
- Encyclopedia, background, overviews

library.ccny.cuny.edu

OneSearch box

Databases link

Access to all 200+ databases at CCNY
Alphabetical or sort by subject
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Simple search bar option
Meta-search
- Searches multiple databases at once
- Print books, ebooks, articles
Log in with your CUNY single login info

but not all of them!

HELP

GETTING

Professor Sarah Cohn

Reference & Instruction Librarian

scohn@ccny.cuny.edu

Reference Desk

Monday-Thursday 10am-7pm

Friday 10am-2pm

library.ccny.cuny.edu/researchtoolkit

Research Toolkit

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The survey is anonymous and I will not see the results until the end of the semester.