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Art 10000 -- Prof. Pelsue

PROFESSOR SARAH COHN

REFERENCE & INSTRUCTION LIBRARIAN

November 20, 2024

RESEARCH

INTRODUCTION

TO

AGENDA

Why library?

Types of sources

Keywords & search strategies

Navigating library databases

Getting help

TODAY'S

What is a database?

What do you expect to find in a library database?

What are the benefits of using a library database?

What are the drawbacks of using a library database?

Article Analysis

tinyurl.com/artfall24

  • Read the two article excerpts at the link.

  • Add comments with things you notice about each.

    • Writing style

    • Content

    • Language

    • Audience

    • Use as a source in a paper

SOURCES

SCHOLARLY &

AKA Peer Reviewed AKA Academic Sources

POPULAR

Scholarly Source

Journal: Public Culture

Published by: Duke University Press

Authors: Academic, professor, scholar

Audience: usually other researchers, students, & faculty. Generally not for average reader

Content: theory, deep knowledge of and engagement with the subject matter, specialized language

Popular Source

Audience: general public

Content: human interest hook, photos,

little or no specialized language, current event, broadly informative

Newspaper: Los Angeles Times

Author: journalist

STRATEGIES

SEARCH

Full Sentence Searches

How did Frida Kahlo's self portraits represent her physical disabilities?

use AND to connect terms

combining different terms = different results

Frida Kahlo AND self portraits

Frida Kalho AND disability AND self portait

DATABASES

LIBRARY

  • OneSearch

    • Scholarly articles, news articles, books (print and electronic)

  • Academic Search Complete

    • Scholarly articles, news articles, book chapters

  • Art Full Text

    • Art and art history specific, scholarly articles, news articles

library.ccny.cuny.edu

OneSearch box

Databases link

  • Access to all 200+ databases at CCNY
  • Alphabetical or sort by subject
  • Log in with your CityMail info
  • Simple search bar option
  • Meta-search
    • Searches multiple databases at once
  • 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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This survey has 4 questions: 2 on the content of the class and 2 on my teaching style. It should take 5 minutes or less to complete.


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

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