Library Instruction for ART 1603: Introduction to Photography

Susan WhitmerTexas Woman’s University

Spring 2016

Vintage cameras. (n.d.) Retrieved from madstiles.wordpress.com/cameras/vintage-cameras

Agenda1.Location of photography items in the TWU Library

a. Blagg-Huey Library: Books, oversize books, children’s books, journals

b. Online sources: eBooks, eJournals, films

i. Databases: Artindex, Art & Architecture, Oxford Art Online

ii. Internet sources: Library of Congress, National Archives

c. Woman’s Collection: Books

d. InterLibrary Loan: Set up an InterLibrary Loan Account

e. Photography books are located under TR in the libraries

2.Virtual library tour

3.Locate photography items at UNTa. library.unt.edu

b. Art subject guide>Art 1603 class page

4.Questions?

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Photography in Library of Congress Catalogue

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Photography (TR) items at TWU.edu/libraryGround floor

Children’s collection

First floorGeneral collection

Oversized books

Second floorWoman’s Collection

Third floorJournals

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Library of Congress call numbersCall number for The history of photography (1982) by Beaumont Newhall: TR 15 .N47 1982

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TR15.N471982

Art databases

ArtindexArt & ArchitectureOxford Art Online

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Internet sourcesWebsites: Photography Collections

Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog

National Archives Digital Photography Collections

Flickr

Websites: Techniques

● National Geographic Photography

● Photo.net

● Improve Photography 7

Homepage of Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog. (2016). Retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/

Borrow photography books UNTTWU students may borrow books from UNT

UNT contact information

library.unt.edu

Willis library phone: 940-565-5017

UNT loan policy for TWU students

Three week loan

Items are renewable

Fine rate is $0.35 cents per day, $39.90 maximum fine

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Cite your sources1.A reference citation contains information that will lead your reader

to the source you used

2.Be concise and include the following:a. Artist’s name

b. Year(s)

c. Title of the work

d. Medium, example: [Photograph]

e. Location, either physical location or virtual location

3. See “Finding and using online images: Citing”

4. APA citation style blog, blog.apastyle.org

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Sample photograph citation

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Lange, D. (1936). Destitute pea pickers in California. Retrieved from http://loc.gov/pictures/resource/fsa.8b29516/

Photographer: Lange, D.

Date: (1936).

Title: Destitute pea pickers in California.

Location: Retrieved from http://loc.gov/pictures/resource/fsa.8b29516/

DFW museums and galleriesAmon Carter Museum of American Art

Photography Collection: The Amon Carter Museum of American Art is home to over 45,000 photographs by more than 450 photographers spanning the history of the medium in the United States. The collection began within months of the museum’s 1961 opening when photographer Dorothea Lange gifted three portraits of artist Charles M. Russell to complement the museum’s founding collection of paintings and sculpture by Russell and Frederic Remington.

PDNB: Photographs Do Not Bend

Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery is an art gallery dedicated to photo-based art, located at 154 Glass St #104, Dallas, TX 75207. The gallery opened

its original Uptown location in 1995. Artists exhibited ranged from the early 20th Century to the present. Our gallery stable includes regional, national

and internationally recognized artists. A list of these artists can be found on our Artists page.

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ReferencesLibrary of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog. (2016). Retrieved from

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/

madstiles. (n.d.). Vintage cameras. Retrieved from

https://madstiles.wordpress.com/cameras/vintage-cameras/

Whitmer, S. (2011). After Cindy Sherman. Retrieved from

www.facebook.com/iamsusanwhitmer

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Susan Whitmerswhitmer@twu.edu

Whitmer, S. (2011). After Cindy Sherman [Photograph]. Retrieved from www.facebook.com/iamsusanwhitmer

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