Research in

Art History

Roberto Vargas

rvargas1@swarthmore.edu

Who am I?

Libguide

https://guides.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/art-and-art-history

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Join the scholarly / community conversation

Today

APPROACH:

  •  How to think about your research

TOOLS:

  • Background - finding what is the language and the conversation

 

  • Argument - finding articles/books to support your argument

Approach

Research your work in a logical fashion, beginning with the more GENERAL sources (books) and working toward the more SPECIFIC (articles).

Work of Art

Artist

Genre

Period

The

Pirate

Giorgio de Chirico

Surrealist / Metaphysical Art

Western Art

Methods

Join the scholarly conversation - Background

Oxford Bibliographies

Oxford Art Online

Ebooks

TRIPOD

tripod.swarthmore.edu

Search for your artist

Look at subject headings (clik on it)

Hathi Trust

National Emergency Library

ProjectMuse

Argument

Books (ebooks)

Articles

How to search for articles

Approach (continued)

Giorgio de Chirico

How you talk

How a database talks

("giorgio de chirico" OR "de Chirico, Giorgio") AND (surreali* OR metaph*)

ARTBibliographies Modern

Articles

International Bibliography of Art

Roberto Vargas
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