MUSEUM ASSIGNMENT

This assignment is designed to enhance your research skills. You are required to locate two books (one from Consort and one from Ohiolink) and two scholarly journal articles. Using recommended electronic resources you are also asked to consult two of the museum web pages listed below.

USING THE ONLINE CONSORT CARD CATALOG

The CONSORT Card Catalog is a database of all the materials held in the Denison University, Kenyon College, Ohio Weslyan University and the College of Wooster libraries. Books, scores and other types of items may circulate to patrons from another campus as long as they have a valid Kenyon ID. Materials arrive in 3-5 working days and may be renewed up to four times after the initial three week borrowing period.

If you cannot locate books or exhibition catalogs on your subject or all of the CONSORT copies are checked out, you should check the OHIOLINK library catalog for additional materials. A link to the Ohiolink Card Catalog may be found on the Library's main web page.

Begin formulating your research strategy by creating a list of artists names, art terms or subject headings (i.e. art movements) from lecture notes and/or assigned readings before you search the CONSORT online card catalog .

If you are able to identify through your research an exhibition catalog or book on your subject which our library system does not own, you must use an Interlibrary Loan request form (available from the main Interlibrary Loan web page). Always check both the Consort and the OhioLink library catalogs for all exhibition catalogs and monographs before you request an item from ILL (Interlibrary Loan).

a search of the Consort library catalog found 65 books and videos in the consortial collection:

subject search: Monet, Claude

a search of the Ohiolink library catalog found a total of 377 books, videos, etc.:

subject search: Monet, Claude

The books you need to complete the iconography section of your assignment are located in the Kenyon Library Reference Collection (2nd Floor Chalmers). Please note that you may need to refer to more than one book to thoroughly research your topic.

Selected Christian Iconographical Resources

Finding journals available at Kenyon

Check CONSORT to see if we own a journal in print or have electronic access to it. If it is available in print, it will be shelved in either the Current Periodicals section on the third floor of Chalmers Library or alphabetically, by title, on the first floor of Chalmers Library. To download electronic journals, you need to choose the link for the .pdf file of the full text.

Getting articles not available at Kenyon

To obtain articles in journals which our library does not own you must place Interlibrary loan requests online. If the journal is in another Consort or Ohiolink library you will normally receive a xeroxed copy of the article in 2-3 weeks. If the journal is not in either Consort or Ohiolink it may take longer for our staff to locate a copy elsewhere in the country. Please allow yourself plenty of time when requesting a copy of a journal article.

Art Full Text (1929-current Art Abstracts provides comprehensive abstracting and indexing for 400 leading international art publications, including periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. This database offers broad coverage of art topics, including advertising, archaeology, crafts, folk art, graphic arts, interior design, video, film, architecture, and art history.

Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) (1973-current) The Bibliography of the History of Art covers European and American art from late antiquity to the present and indexes and abstracts art-related books, conference proceedings and dissertations, exhibition and dealer's catalogs, and articles from more than 4,000 periodicals.

Academic Search Complete (coverage varies by title-) Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database designed specifically for academic institutions. This resource contains more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition, Academic Search Complete offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.

OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center (coverage varies by title) Includes the full text of approximately 40 arts and humanities journals from Elsevier, Academic Press, Springer-Verlag, Kluwer and Project Muse. (coverage varies by title)

JSTOR (coverage varies by title) JSTOR provides electronic access to the full content of the complete backfiles of 900 scholarly journals in a variety of disciplines. Coverage dates back to the 19th century for some titles. The next electronic collection will be in the General Sciences. (a 'moving wall' determines the latest volume included).

EVALUATING INTERNET RESOURCES

We include the information in this section for your future use of web resources.

Authority

• Who created this web site?

• Do they provide information on their background, experience, and credentials?

• Is the site maintained by a well-known or reputable organization (e.g. the American Psychological Association, American Cancer Society, etc)?

Objectivity and Reliability

• Is the coverage objective? If not, is the bias clearly stated?

• Is the site sponsored by a commercial organization? Is it trying to sell you something?

• Who is the intended audience? Is this site for scholarly purposes or just for fun?

• Are both sides of an issue or topic provided?

• What geographical area is covered?

• What time period is covered?

• Is this the original document or has it been edited or abridged in some way?

Currency

• Does the web site give a date when it was last updated?

• If so, has it been updated recently?

• Is some of the information clearly out of date?

• Are there many links that are broken and no longer connect to the resources listed? Broken links can be an indicator that a web site is not being updated regularly.

STRONGLY RECOMMENDED WEB RESEARCH SITES

(Please note: if you have trouble connecting to a web site use the internet address listed after the name of each museum. Problems can occur if the web server is very busy or the link has been broken. If problems persist please email Carmen King or call her (pbx 5340) to report the specific nature of your problem.)

For the Museum Assignment paper you are required to locate a work by your artist on TWO of the museum web pages listed below. Hint: it is imperative to find the 'SEARCH THE COLLECTION LINK' on the main information page of the museum. Use this link to search the individual museum's holdings.

National Gallery of Art (United States) (http://www.nga.gov/)

Metropolitan Museum of Art (http://www.metmuseum.org/)

National Gallery (London) (http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/)

Louvre Museum (http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home.jsp?bmLocale=en) Tip: locate the word Collections in the left-hand column; click on Atlas, then type in the name of your artist. The Atlas database is limited in depth, but it may locate a painting or two by the subject of your paper.

Smithsonian American Art Museum (http://americanart.si.edu/index2.cfm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art's Timeline of Art History (http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm)

NEED HELP?

Carmen King

Fine Arts Librarian

Multimedia Collections Room

740/427-5340