DART 261 Library Research
Book Cell: Octagonal Building Made Entirely from
Books. Moe Beitiks
Melinda Reinhart
Visual Arts Librarian
melinda.reinhart@concordia.ca
September 2014
Library Resources: Outline
• Using Concordia Libraries & Other Libraries
• Scholarly & Popular Literature
• Finding Journal Articles
– Databases | Google Scholar
• Finding Books & Holdings of Journals, etc.
– Library Catalogues: CLUES Concordia Library catalogue
• Preparing your Bibliography
• Citation guides: APA, Chicago, and MLA
• RefWorks
• Check bibliographies in relevant books, articles, etc. for citations to other
relevant documents
Using Concordia Libraries
• Concordia Libraries includes 2 libraries:
Webster Library & Vanier Library
–Can request books from Vanier library in CLUES
–Use MyCLUES on Library web site
– Renew materials online
– Request materials from Vanier, out to a user, or newly arrived
– Access online journals and databases from home
• ID card is your library card
–Borrow 30 books for 3 weeks (subject to recall)
Using Other Libraries
• Get BCI card at the Circulation Desk to borrow at other university
libraries
• Use the Interlibrary Loans service to request books, articles, etc.
from other libraries
DART 261 - your research assignment
• Use academic research methods
• Locate and evaluate at least 6 sources of information about
your artifact and its place in contemporary culture
• Find at least one:
• book from a library
• scholarly article
• Popular media source – magazines, websites, advertisements
Publishing Cycle
Scholarly
• author: university or research centre
• publisher: university or scholarly
• evidence of research and analysis;
not just opinions
• bibliographies
Popular
• Author: often journalist
• often provides descriptions,
biographies, opinions
• highly illustrated with visual
content
• short bibliographies if any
Using bibliographies: check CLUES
Journal Title search
• Goldber, Michelle. “The Rise of the Crafty Hipster.” Newsweek
161.17 (2013): 1.
Clues Journal Title search:
newsweek
Check to see if date required is available
• Friedman, Daniel. “Conspicuous consumption dynamics.”
Games and Economic Behaviour. 64.1 (Sep 2008): 121-145.
CLUES Journal Title search: games and economic behaviour
Check for date
artifact – mason jars
as cultural artifact
identify key concepts
from artifact to broad categories
•
To find resources related to artifact in society, consider combining your keywords
and the key words - culture or social or society
•Mason jars
•fads or trends
•food
•diy
•eco chic
•recycling or environment
•health
•nostalgia or vintage
Search Features
• nostalgia and society … searches for both words
• social or society
…… or searches either word
• consum*
searches for consume or consumer or
consumption
• “conspicuous consumption” “ ….” searches exact
phrase
How to find journals & magazines?
• Use DATABASES
• Check bibliographies
Scholarly
Popular
Databases | tools for identifying articles in journals
Interdisciplinary Databases
• Academic Search Complete – popular magazines & scholarly journals
• JSTOR – mostly scholarly, but sometime latest years are not available
• SocIndex
Art & Design Databases – covers context of art, design and design history
Art Full Text
DAAI: Design & Applied Arts Index
Design Research Guide has a list of other databases to consider
NOTE: to access databases from home – need netname & password
or connect to Concordia’s vpn
Google Scholar
• covers some journal, book and theses literature
• not as comprehensive as databases but useful for
interdisciplinary coverage
• Set up library links for Concordia Libraries in
SETTINGS
How to find the journals
• From database use
• Check E-journals page
• Check to find out if library has online subscription and if so, the date
coverage
• Check CLUES
• Check to see if date of journal is available
• Get call no.
• Articles in paper journals can be requested through Article Delivery Service
• Check other libraries
• Go to library and photocopy
• Request via InterLibrary Loans
If you are not finding books on cultural or social
• You may want to use a Subject Search
•Computers and civilization
•Information society social aspects
•Technology social aspects
•Technological innovations social aspects
•body image social aspects
•clothing and dress social aspects
•design social aspects
•environment social aspects
What kinds of publications are these?
book or book chapter
• Gergen, K. “The Challenge of Absent Presence.” Perpetual Contact: Mobile
Communication, Private Talk, Public Performance. Ed. J. E. Katz & M. Aakhus.
Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2002: 227-241. Paper.
• Standage, T. The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the
Nineteenth Century’s On-line Pioneers. New York: Walker & Company, 1998.
Paper.
Library Catalogues – find Books
CLUES, Concordia Library Catalogue
Google Books
• find chapters or sections on a highly specific topic
• Example: convenience coffee machines
• Check CLUES to find out if the book available in
library
Formatting your Bibliography
• Check HELP & HOW TO
– Citation Guides
• Explain how to format bibliographic references
– RefWorks
• Set up account to create a database of your research
references
If you have Questions:
ASK a LIBRARIAN
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