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New Research Guides

Lisa Laughy — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:33:24 +0000

Lisa Laughy – Library Web Services

Three new research guides are now available through the Ohrstrom blog – just in time to help with current research projects.

Ms. Sanborn has put together research guides for Middle Eastern Voices, the Humanities V Renaissance Artists research project, and the Latin I class. The research guides contain helpful lists of Reference books, catalog search topics for finding circulating books, citation examples, and database search tips.

You can access the research guides through the links in the Ohrstrom Blog sidebar to the left of this post (see image above) or through the main menu of the Ohrstrom Library website (ie., Research > Research Guides > Latin I). Each research guide has a link to a PDF version of the guide for printing or downloading to your computer.

New Reference Book: Historical Dictionary of Renaissance Art

Lura Sanborn — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:00:25 +0000

Lura Sanborn – Reference Librarian

Historical Dictionary of Renaissance Art by Lilian H. Zirpolo, Scarecrow Press, 2008.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: Ref. 709.02 Z6

The newest addition to Ohrstrom’s art reference collection features a chronology of Renaissance art, an introduction & overview of the period, and hundreds of brief entries featuring painters, sculptors, architects and patrons. Other topics include: themes, specific artwork and technical terms. Alphabetically arranged, the entries are short, sweet & direct.

HELPFUL FOR: Humanities V – especially scholars looking for just a bite of information. Particularly useful when looking to decide which artist or artwork to research.

ARTstor Image Resources for Humanities V

Lura Sanborn — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:08:36 +0000

Lura Sanborn – Reference Librarian

In Hum. V? Looking for inspiration for your Renaissance art research project? Deciding which artist/painting combination to write about? Try ARTstor!

What is it? – ARTstor is an image database containing nearly one million images. (We have other databases, such as Oxford Art Online, ProQuest & JSTOR, to help with artists biographical information & art analysis.)

How do I use it? – Visit the library web site & select ARTstor from the list of databases. You can search by keyword, such as artist’s name or title of work.

(The ARTstor search page with detail below)

Now, browse the results for inspiration:

Too much? Overwhelmed? For a smaller selection of images, try the advanced search mode and add another keyword:

(Select “Advanced Search” from the pull-down menu to bring up the window shown below.)

(You’ve gone from 171 entries to 8 by adding one additional keyword.)

Once you’ve found your inspiration, consider using these other library online databases for biographical and analytical information: Oxford Art Online, ProQuest, and JSTOR.