VIS4310 Introduction to Museum Studies - Exploring Library’s resources

1. VIS4310 Introduction to Museum Studies - Exploring Library’s resources Lingnan University Library Sep 2013 Terence Cheung – Reference Librarian Tel: 2616 8572 Email: terencecheung@ln.edu.hk

2. What library service do you use? What sources do you use for your research? Any problems?

3. Today’s Contents • Basic Research Concept & Searching Techniques • Library Catalogue & 1-Search • Consolidated Databases • EBSCOhost • JSTOR • Databases related to Visual Studies • ARTstor • Grove Art Online (Oxford Art Online) • News database – Factiva • Theses & Dissertations • Google Scholar • Plagiarism • Citation – Chicago Citation Style • Q&As

4. Make the things right at the beginning. Good investment of time. http://tomfishburne.com/2012/11/creative-brief-2.html

5. By the end of this workshop, you will be able to: • have an overview on different types of library & internet resources in order to select the most appropriate tools in doing research. • apply different search strategies in using the library online catalogue, 1-search, and other Visual Studies related databases in order to extract relevant information efficiently and effectively. • Have an understanding of the basic knowledge on citation and using Chicago style of citation

6. What do you do before you do a research? Don’t need all the answers at the beginning!!!

7. Research Techniques Boolean Operators AND – both terms will appear in the result. e.g. museum AND film OR – at least either one of the terms will appear in the result. e.g. film OR movie NOT– only find items that do not contain the search term. e.g. film NOT comedy

8. museum AND film OR movie What will you find?

9. Research Techniques Parenthesis ( ) Use parenthesis ( ) to group words together and set the order of the search when using Boolean Operators. e.g. use museum AND (film OR movie) will find items with museumand film or items with museumand moviein the result.

10. Research Techniques Phase Search “ “ Use quotation mark for the exact phase. e.g. use “art history” will find the exact phrase art historyin the result instead of items contains art and history separately.

11. Research Techniques Wildcards ? Use question mark for one letter truncation. e.g. use wom?n will find womenor woman in the result. * Use asterisk for several letters truncation. e.g. use behavior* will find behavior, behavioral, behaviorist, behaviorism, or behaviorally in the result.

12. Evaluating Information • Authorship and Publishing Body: WHO is the author / publisher? • Target Group: WHO is the intended audience? • Currency: WHEN was the information released? • Purpose: WHY this information was written? • Referral: HOW did the author find this information? Are there references to other sources? • Accuracy : Is the information accurate?

13. Guides@LU Guide for research and using databases

14. Guide for Cultural Studies

15. We have over 260 databases. Good and Bad!!!

16. Databases by types, subjects, A-Z

17. Use the database’s user guide User Guide

18. 1-Search Input the search terms

19. Click this icon to save the article to the list. Narrow down your search by different criteria

20. Research Techniques How to narrow down your search • Use more search terms • Limit the time frame • Limit to scholarly publications • Select appropriate content types • Select appropriate subject • Select appropriate sources

21. 1-Search Advanced Search Advanced Search

22. Search by title, author, publication, etc.

23. Search by title, author, publication, etc. Sort the results by : -relevance -date To limit your search (to have more precise results) by selecting these facets

24. How to View the Full-text ? Click “Full Text Online” to see the online journal article, normally you will be linked to a “Check for Full Text” page

25. How to View Full-text ? Click “Journal” and access the journal article by year/volume/page Click “Article”, then a new webpage , containing links to view the article, will appear.

26. Exercise 1: Which of the following is the title of the dissertations/theses on the topic of marketing of museum published in 2001? • Investigation of the current marketing practices and consumer orientation in Ontario museums • Adopting marketing strategies in museums • Museum marketing: competing in the global marketplace • Museum management and marketing

27. Exercise 1: Which of the following is the title of the dissertations/theses on the topic of marketing of museum published in 2001 The answer is B • Perform a keyword search on “marketing” and “museum” • Limit the search to “Dissertation/Thesis” • Limit the search to the year 2001

28. EBSCOhost

29. EBSCOhost – Academic Search Premier

30. EBSCOhost – Academic Search Premier

31. EBSCOhost – Academic Search Premier

32. JSTOR 32 32

33. JSTOR Full-text 33 33

34. ARTstor 34 34

35. ARTstor Limited by “Classification” ,“Geography”, etc. 35 35

36. ARTstor – Exercise Try to search a Chinese painting on Chinese woman within the classification of “Fashion, Costume and Jewelry”. Which is the one you found? A. C. D. B. 36 36

37. ARTstor – Exercise Try to search a Chinese painting on Chinese woman within the classification of “Fashion, Costume and Jewelry”. Which is the one you found? The answer is C • Perform a keyword search on “Chinese woman” • Limit the search to “Fashion, Costume and Jewelry” under classification 37 37 37

38. Grove Art Online (Oxford Art Online) 38 38

39. Grove Art Online e.g. Francois Boucher 39 39

40. Grove Art Online 40 40

41. Grove Art Online & The Oxford Companion to Western Art Enlarge image Biography

42. Grove Art Online 42 42

43. Factiva

44. Factiva

45. Factiva

46. Dissertations

47. Dissertations

48. Google Scholar Click “Settings”

49. Google Scholar Click “Library links” Search “Lingnan University” & “WorldCat”

50. Google Scholar