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Renaissance Rivals, KCAIInstructor Madeline RislowSeptember 19, 2013Presented by Amelia Nelson, Public Services Librarian

"Mercury "Location: 450 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, MOOwner: Highwoods PropertiesArtist/Designer: Paul McGovneyDates: InstalledPhoto Credit: Judith Burngen

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Research Strategy

General Resource

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Spencer Catalog

Databases

What else is

out there?

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Resources - Context

Context Surveys Oxford Art Online Met’s Heilbrunn

Timeline of Art History Guides to techniques

and materials Artists websites

Artist statements Exhibitions Bibliography Contact info.

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Resources - Context

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Resources - Context

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Searching - LibraryOneSearch - Books & More

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Searching - Refine My Results

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Resources for Renaissance Sculptor Giambologna

Surveys Exhibition Catalogs Artist Monographs

Specific exhibition Series of work Overview Highlights

Catalogue Raisonnes Comprehensive

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Expanding your Search - Worldcat and Mobius

www.worldcat.orgFromJannes Library Catalog

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Journals

Subscriptions to over 500 print magazines and journals

Access to thousands more through subscription databases Jstor ART bibliographies Modern

(1960 – present) Art Abstracts (1984 – present) Art Index (1929 – 1984) Articlefirst (1960 – present) BHA (Bibliography of the

History of Art) International Bibliography of

Art Art Price Databases (Auction

Sales)

CriticismExhibition ReviewsInterviewsCurrent projects and workNew scholarshipFocused research

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Citation Article

Even, Yael. 1997. "On Man, Woman, and Centaur in Giambologna’s Art". Source: Notes in the History of Art. 16, no. 3: 1-6.

Print

Online

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Expanding your Searching – LibraryOneSearchSpencer Collection Articles

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Art History Databases - Renaissance

Spencer Art Reference OnlyARTbibliographies Modern (1960 – present)Articlefirst (1960 – present)Auction / Art Price databasesInternational Bibliography of Art (2007 – present)CAMIO

Spencer Art Reference & JannesArt Abstracts (1984 – present)Art Index (1929 – 1984)BHA (1975 – 2007)Jstor (1665 – present)Oxford Art Online

Jannes OnlyArt Full Text (1984

present)ARTstorAcademic Search

EliteMasterFile

Premier

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Citation Article

OnlineSpencer electronic article access

Even, Yael. 1997. "On Man, Woman, and Centaur in Giambologna’s Art". Source: Notes in the History of Art. 16, no. 3: 1-6.

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Citation Article

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Citation Article

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Expanding your Search - LibraryOneSearchDatabases

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Images

Camio High quality images from museum collections around the world

ARTstor (available at from the Jannes Library) – High quality images from museums, universities and private collections

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Expanding your Search

•Museum and Gallery Collections• Inventories• Archives• Correspondences• Diaries• Memoirs• Accounts• Gallery information• Artist Files

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Primary sources on the web - Libraries

Gallica: Digital Library of the National Library of Francehttp://gallica.bnf.fr/

Europeana: European Cultural Content http://www.europeana.eu/portal/

Brigham Young University

http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Italian_Renaissance

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Archives Grid

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Specialized Resources

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Evaluation of different resources

The Iraq War: Wikipedia Historiography,2004-2009Documents the 12,000 changes made to the Wikipedia article on the Iraq War

Booktwo.org, On Wikipedia, Cultural Patrimony, and HistoriographyJames BridleSeptember 6, 2010http://booktwo.org/notebook/wikipedia-historiography/

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Evaluating Sources on the Web

Accuracy Currency Authority Objectivity Audience User interface

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Other Tools

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Citation Timesavers

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Evaluating Primary Sources on the Web

How to Research an Art Object in the Nelson-Atkins Collection

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•Visit the artwork in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Look at the label copy, and note the title, artist, artist period and accession number.

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•Search the collections online from the museum's website, http://www.nelson-atkins.org/collections located under the Heading Art | Collections. This valuable resource may include label copy, size, medium, museum location and other information

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•Search the library's collection of books, auction catalogs and more in the online catalog http://libraryonesearch.nelson-atkins.org

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•After you've searched the collection database, museum publications and the online catalog, the next step is to search the library's databases at http://libraryonesearch.nelson-atkins.org The databases include a comprehensive art encyclopedia, article citations, full-text articles, auction sales results and are available from the library's public computers.

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•Library staff is happy to help you further research. Please contact the reference staff at the Spencer Art Reference Library at 816.751.1216 or via the Museum's website at: http://www.nelson-atkins.org/education/Library.cfm

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Need more?Spencer Art Reference LibraryContact:Reference Desk, 816.751.1216

Marilyn Carbonell, Head, Library ServicesAmelia Nelson, Librarian, Public Services Tracey Boswell, Catalog/Reference LibraryRoberta Wagener, Assistant, Public Services

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