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ARTH 302: Greek Art History and Archaeology

Web Page created by Joan Stahl, UM Libraries

Course Instructor: Marjorie Venit

SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF LIBRARY INSTRUCTION CLASS: The University of Maryland Libraries have many resources that will help with research for ARTH 302. This class will provide students with an understanding of key bibliographic research tools. In addition, the session will cover information on citation guides, image resources, and academic integrity issues.

For information about the full range of library materials and services, consult the UM Libraries' home page. If you need additional information, please contact Joan Stahl.

Because of licensing agreements, access to bibliographic databases,electronic journals, and digital film collections is restricted to UM faculty, staff, and students. Most databases and electronic journals may be accessed via Research Port.

Outline

• UMCP Library Catalog
  
• AMBROSIA AMerican BRitish Online Search In Athens: Union Catalogue of the Blegen and Gennadius Libraries of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and theLibraries of the British School at Athens
  
• HOLLIS: Harvard University Libraries' Catalog, containing over 9 million records for more than 15 million items
  
• OLIS: Oxford University's online union library catalogue
  
• Princeton University Library: Includes the holdings of the Marquand Library of Art and Archaeology
  
• Watsonline: The library catalog for the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Subscription Databases

• L'Année Philologique: Index to journal articles, books, articles in collections, and conference papers on multiple aspects of ancient Greek and Roman civilization.
  
• Bibliography of the History of Art: BHA contains abstracts and indexes of current publications in the history of art, including scholarly journals, conferences, book, exhibition reviews, and exhibition catalogues.
  
• DYABOLA: Archaeological resources, images & scholarship, for the classical period published from 1956 on, e.g., Census of Antique Art & Architecture; Corpus der Antiken Kunstwerke; Attische Grabreliefs; Winckelmannbibliographie; RGK Catalogue; DAI Subject Catalogue, etc.; Annual Archaeological Bibliography.
  
• Grove Art: Includes the full-text of the 34-volume 1996 print edition of the Dictionary of Art, with online updates and links to images in museum collections worldwide. Provides access to 45,000+ scholarly articles and links to 40,000+ images.
  
• JSTOR: Electronic archive of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Includes complete runs of journals with full-text of all articles published prior to the most current five years.
• WorldCat: Catalog of books, serial publications, media, visual materials, musical scores, and archival materials in libraries worldwide.

Web Sites

• DIOTIMA: An interdisciplinary resource for anyone interested in patterns of gender around the ancient Mediterranean;this site includes course materials, the beginnings of a systematic and searchable bibliography, and links to many on-line resources, including articles, book reviews, databases, and images.
  
• Perseus Digital Library: An interactive multi-media database for the study of the history, archaeology, art, and literature of archaic and classical Greece. Includes images of art and architecture, primary texts in Greek with English translation, a Greek-English lexicon, a world atlas, histories, articles and essays, and an extensive bibliography.
  
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• ARTstor: Repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images, from across many periods and cultures.
  
• Beazley Archive Extensible Database: Information about Athenian figure-decorated vases illustrated in publications available to the Ashmolean Library (Oxford University) and linked to the collections of seven European museums; includes bibliographic citations.
  
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• Gibaldi, Joseph. The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003).
  McKeldin Library Reference Desk Z253 .U69 2003
  
• Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. (New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2003).
  McKeldin Library Reference Desk PN147.G53 2003
  
• Citation Systems and Style Manuals: UM Libraries handy guide.
  
• Footnotes and Endnotes, MLA: Guide from Purdue University.
  
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• Academic Integrity and Plagiarism: Handy guide that includes definitions, explanations of the consequences of plagiarism, links to citation resources, and bibliographic management software.
  
• RefWorks: Subscription software to manage citations.
  
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• Ask us!: Librarians are available to help you in-person, by phone, by email, or by live chat.
  
• Evaluating Web Sites: Provides the necessary guidelines used to determine the quality and accuracy of the information found on the World Wide Web.
  
• Guides to Information Resources: Online guides to information resources, produced by librarian subject specialists.