Created: February 2007
ARTH385: Art of China
ARTH488C: Colloquium in Art History: Art and Nature in Chinese Culture
Tutorial and Web page created by Joan Stahl, Branch Manager, Art and Architecture Libraries and Patti Cossard, Subject Librarian for Architecture and Historic Preservation
Joan Stahl, M.A., M.L.S.
Course Instructor: Professor Jason Kuo
Office Phone: (301) 405-9065
Office: Art Library
Office Hours: by appointment
Email: jstahl@umd.edu
SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF LIBRARY INSTRUCTION CLASS
Library research is a key component in learning. This class will provide students with an understanding of key research tools and teach basic skills for searching the Library's online catalog for books and exhibition catalogs, subject-specific electronic databases for journal articles and images, and significant and substantive Web sites.
The University of Maryland Libraries have many resources that will help with research for your course assignments. If you need additional information, please contact Joan Stahl, or speak with a Reference Librarian at the Art Library's Reference Desk.
Because of licensing agreements, access to bibliographic databases and electronic journals is restricted to UM faculty, staff, and students. These may be accessed from off campus; consult Remote access for further information. For a complete list of electronic resources available to University of Maryland faculty, staff, and students, as well as information about the full range of library materials and services, consult the UM Libraries' home page.
Navigating the Library
Overview: This part of the class session will provide an orientation to the University of Maryland Libraries' facilities and services, some general searching skills, and how to find materials needed for research. Learning to navigate the library requires two sets of skills:
- physical navigation
- virtual navigation
Physical Library Navigation: The University of Maryland Libraries have eight branches on the College Park campus. The College Park library system is part of a larger state-wide consortium (USMAI) from which you may borrow material. Inside each library you will find:
- Reference/Information Desk for help; when not available use the Ask us!virtual reference service.
- Circulation/Reserve Desk to request a reserve book
- Circulation Desk to check out or return a book
- Stacks (regular size books)
- Folio (large books)
- Periodicals (magazines)
Virtual Library Navigation: most research is begun online. You must know how to search the catalog for a book, how to renew books online, how to request items from other USMAI libraries, and beyond.
- Start your library research at the Library Homepage
- Find a book on Course Reserves
- Maintaining your account with the library
- You can use My Account to:
- Check on due dates
- Renew books
- You can use My Account to:
- Find resources in the Library catalog
Research Skills: the most basic research skill is knowing how to search the catalog for books and magazines, then how to read the catalog record so you can go to the library to get it.
To find information on a specific topic use a basic catalog search.
To find a book on a specific topic in a specific library, or any other limiting factor, use an advanced catalog search.
To find out if we have a volume of a magazine, use the journal module.
Bibliographic Databases
- Bibliography of Asian Studies:
References Western-language books, journal articles, and conference proceedings,1971-2006.
- Digital Dissertations:
The database represents the work of authors from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities;full text is available from 1997 to the present.
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Google Scholar:
Google Scholar searches academic publishers, professional societies, pre-print archives, and university institutional repositories.
- Guo jia tu shu guan lian ji gong gong mu lu cha xun xi tong: National Library of China Union Catalog:
Must have Internet Explorer IME for Chinese. The catalog includes eleven Chinese bibliographic databases: theses, newspaper, serials, overseas Chinese collections, micro forms, UN database, local history and family history, general Chinese, minority languages, rare books, and AV & electronic materials.
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Quan quo bo shuo shi lun wen zi xun wang: Dissertation and Thesis Abstract System (Taiwan):
Over 280,000 records of dissertations and theses in all subject fields;each record includes bibliographic information as well as abstract, table of contents and reference.
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RLG Union Catalog:
A union catalog with coverage across subjects and material types in almost 400 languages. Includes 42 million titles. Owning libraries are indicated.
- WorldCat:
A catalog of books, serial publications, media, visual materials, musical scores, and archival materials in libraries worldwide.
Art, Art History + Architecture Databases
- Art Abstracts /
Art Index:
An index to English and foreign-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins; indexes selected book reviews and reproductions of works of art.
- ARTbibliographies Modern:
Covers all aspects of modern and contemporary art from the late 19th century to the present.
- Arts & Humanities Search:
An index, to articles published in over 1,100 arts and humanities journals and selected articles from related science and social science journals. Provides cited reference searching.
- ARTstor:
Repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images, from across many periods and cultures. Architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, design, and other forms of visual culture are represented.
- Avery Index:
A comprehensive listing of journal articles on architecture and design.
- Bibliography of the History of Art:
Contains abstracts and indexes of current publications in the history of art, including scholarly journals, conferences, book, exhibition reviews, and exhibition catalogues.
- Grove Art:
Includes the full-text of the 34-volume 1996 print edition of the Dictionary of Art, withonline updates and links to images in museum collections worldwide. Provides access to 45,000+ scholarly articles and links to 40,000+ images (Art Resource; Bridgman Art Library; Art Image Collections)
- ARTstor:
Book Reviews: Suggested Resources
- Book Review Index Plus:
Indexes reviews of books and electronic media appearing in popular and academic periodicals from 1965 to the present.
- Book Reviews Guide:
This guide suggests print and electronic sources held by the UMCP libraries that are useful for locating book reviews.
- Books in Print:
Includes approximately 2.5 million bindings for books that are in print, forthcoming, or declared out-of-print or out-of-stock indefinitely since 1979, as well as more than 500,000 full text reviews.
Web Sites: A Sampling
