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Created: September 2007

ARTH 488B: Japan and the West in Japanese Art

Research resources compiled and Web page developed by Joan Stahl, Branch Manager, Art and Architecture Libraries

Course Instructor: Dr. Alicia Volk

COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OVERVIEW
This course coincides with the exhibition Encompassing the Globe: Portugal and the World in the 16th and 17th Century at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington. It consists of case studies in the hisdtory of Japanese and Euro-American cultural and artistic interaction between the 16th century and the present-day. We will look at artworks in a variety of media (painting, prints, decorative arts and mixed media), and investigate the ways Japanese artists have looked at, learned from, and positioned themselves vis-á-vis European and American styles and practices of art.

SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF LIBRARY INSTRUCTION CLASS: The University of Maryland Libraries have many resources that will help with research for ARTH 488B. Library research is a key component in learning. This class will provide students with an understanding of key research tools and review basic skills for searching the Library's online catalog for books and using subject-specific electronic databases for journal articles.

If you need additional information, please contact Joan Stahl or speak with a Reference Librarian at the Art Library.

OUTLINE

Navigating the Library

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 now!live online 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)
  • Public Computers for research

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.

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.

  • Finding Books, Journal Titles, Videos, and Other Materials
    Visit the University Libraries' Homepage (http://www.lib.umd.edu), and click on Catalog. Next, conduct a basic search, advanced search, multi-campus search, or journal title search (newspapers and magazine titles are included). Be sure to use the pull down menus for methods of searching (word/s anywhere, title, author, subject, or call number). To customize your search, click on advanced search. Next, use the pull down menus to limit your search by format, language, location, collection, or year(s).

  • Finding Databases, Journal Articles, and Electronic Journals
    Visit the University Libraries' Homepage (http://www.lib.umd.edu), and click on Research Port. Conduct database searches for journal articles under subject categories, such as Art and Art History, General/Multidisciplinary. Search Electronic Journals by journal title, and then by topic within the journal.

  • Locating Known Citations, Journal Articles
    The most efficient way to locate the journal/magazine article (when you have the citation from another source - not when you are using a database) is to use the Full Text Finder

    From the homepage, using the left side search box, type in: full text finder.Be sure to search under the title of the JOURNAL/MAGAZINE NOT the title of the ARTICLE. Click on Find Article

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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.

  • Bibliography of Asian Studies
    References Western-language books, journal articles, and conference proceedings,1971-2006.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Google Scholar
    Google Scholar searches academic publishers, professional societies, pre-print archives, and university institutional repositories.

  • 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)

  • Historical Abstracts
    Information on articles, books, and dissertations about non-U.S. and non-Canadian history from 1450 to the present. Covers more than 2000 journals in 50 languages. Includes links to full text of selected journal articles.

  • 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.

  • Project Muse
    Full text of recent issues of over 240 journals from 40 scholarly publishers. Covers the fields of literary studies, history, the visual & performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many other arts and humanities and social science disciplines.

  • WorldCat
    A catalog of books, serial publications, media, visual materials, musical scores, and archival materials in libraries worldwide.

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Web Sites: A Sampling

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