CNX 214: Collage
Welcome!
This guide will help you complete research for your CNX 214 research paper assignment. Please don't be afraid to contact your librarian at anna.boutin-cooper@fandm.edu with any questions!
To complete the "minute paper" assignment for the first class, follow this link: https://goo.gl/forms/taf3z4EZzefD9x5j2
Art Historical Databases
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Art Full TextArticles and other text materials from a variety of art publications.
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Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science)Articles and other text materials published in scholarly journals in the arts and humanities.
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Google ScholarProvides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research. Learn how to connect Google Scholar to the F&M Library here.
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JStorA collection of full-text articles from over 3000 scholarly journals, many dating from the nineteenth-century to the last 4 or 5 years. A growing number of titles are available through the current issues, as part of their "Current Scholarship Program". Select Advanced Search to strategically search amongst 45 disciplines. Choose PDF from within JStor to properly view and print articles. For convenience, JStor is now searchable on Facebook.
Images & Background Information
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ARTstor Digital LibraryMore than 1.8 million high-quality images for education and research from a wide variety of collections around the world.
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Berg Fashion LibraryAn authoritative source on world dress and fashion across cultures and throughout history. Contains major reference works (such as The Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion), eBooks, online exclusive articles, educational resources, and extensive image content from prestigious museum partners from around the world.
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Oxford Art OnlineAccess point for Grove Art Online and other Oxford art reference resources.
Newspaper articles
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New York Times1851-2014
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Los Angeles Times1881-1992
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Chicago Tribune1849-1992
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News Research (Nexis Uni)Features a variety of news resources: newspapers, magazines, newswires, broadcast transcripts, blog and web publications, reviews, obituaries, and editorials. Dates of coverage varies per title.
Librarian
Interlibrary Loan & EZ Borrow
Click here to order books and journal articles through Interlibrary Loan.
Click here to order books from regional academic libraries through EZ Borrow.
Zotero
Citation management tools like Zotero can be incredibly useful in your research. Use Zotero to help you organize your sources, including articles, images, and more. For help using Zotero, email anna.boutin-cooper@fandm.edu.
To download Zotero for your computer, visit Zotero.org.
MLA Citation Style
For this assignment, Professor Brady has asked you to use MLA. For details on citing your sources with MLA, use the Purdue University Online Writing Lab:
Library of Congress call numbers
Collage
Left to right: Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Behind the Back of the Gods, 1928. El Lissitzky, Runner in the City, ca. 1926. Mary Delany (attrib.), Botanical Study, ca. 1772-82. metmuseum.org, Creative Commons Zero (CC0).