ARTH 678: Studies in Chinese Art

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

Course Instructor: Professor Jason Kuo

COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OVERVIEW
The Geopolitics and Rhetoric of Art History as an Academic Discourse: Postwar American Scholarship on Chinese Painting and Its Historiographical, Cultural, and Institutional Contexts:The aim of this course is, through critical readings of major texts written by leading Western art historians of Chinese painting, to examine critically the historiography of the field of Chinese painting, to assess what achievements have been made, and to understand what and how personal backgrounds of scholars and institutional constraints (academia, museums, technology, for example) may have affected various practices in the field. As the field of Chinese art history moves into postcolonial studies, institutional critique, and economic and social contextualization, however, it is especially important that studies focused on questions of the canon, value, historiographic interest, and large-scale historical structures not be left behind. In this course, we'll try to place Postwar American scholarship on Chinese painting in its historiographical, cultural, and institutional contexts.

SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF LIBRARY INSTRUCTION CLASS: The University of Maryland Libraries have many resources that will help with research for ARTH 678. 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.

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.

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
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.

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.

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

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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.

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Other UM Libraries Resources

Ask us!
Librarians are available to help you in-person, by phone, by email, or by live chat.
Citing Sources Using the Chicago/Turabian Style
DRUM: Digital Repository at UM
East Asia Collection
Guides to Information Resources
Online guides to information resources, produced by librarian subject specialists.
RefWorks
A Web-based bibliographic management tool that allows you to build your own online personal database, manage your references, and generate in-text citations and bibliographies in various citation styles.

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