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Art, Emotion and Cognition, UMKCInstructor Cristina AlbuAugust 28, 2013Presented by Amelia Nelson, Public Services LibrarianThe Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Spencer Art Reference Library
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Research Strategy
General Resource
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Books
Articles and More
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
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Resources - Context
• Biography• Group Exhibitions• Solo Exhibitions• Museum & Gallery
Holdings• Auction Records• Bibliography
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Books
Surveys Exhibition Catalogs Artist Monographs
Specific exhibition Series of work Overview Highlights Retrospectives
Catalogues Raisonnes Comprehensive
DatePublisher AuthorMuseum
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Searching - LibraryOneSearch - Books & More
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Searching - Refine My Results
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Searching - Using Refine My Results
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Journals
Subscriptions to over 600 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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Expanding your Searching – LibraryOneSearchSpencer Collection Articles
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Art and Art History Databases
Spencer Art Reference OnlyAuction / Art Price databasesInternational Bibliography of Art (2007 – present)CAMIO
Spencer Art Reference & UMKCArchivesGridARTbibliographies Modern (1960 – present)Art Abstracts (1984 – present)Art Index (1929 – 1984)Articlefirst (1960 – present)BHA (1975 – 2007)CAMIOJstor (1665 – present)Oxford Art OnlineWorldCat
UMKC OnlyAcademic Search
CompleteArt Full Text (1984
present)Avery Index to
Architectural Periodicals (1934 – present)
FRANCIS (1984 – present)
Many multi-disciplinaryMany science databasesProject Muse
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Science Databases - UMKC
Science Direct JSTOR Project Muse American Periodicals Series (Collection 1) Academic Search Complete Business Source Premier Consumer Health Complete Environment Complete Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition MAS Ultra – School Edition MasterFILE Premiers Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection Science Reference Center
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Citation Article
Beveridge, Patrick. 2000. "Color Perception and the Art of James Turrell". Leonardo. 33, no. 4: 305-313.
Online
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Citation Article
Online
Beveridge, Patrick. 2000. "Color Perception and the Art of James Turrell". Leonardo. 33, no. 4: 305-313.
UMKC electronic article access
Spencer electronic article access
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Full Text Articles
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Citation Article
Print Spencer or UMKC Library Catalog – see what the holdings areUMKC – expand your search to MERLIN, then MOBIUSUMKC – ILL
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Expanding your Search - LibraryOneSearchDatabases
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Citations – Where would you start?
D. Freedberg and V. Gallese, “Motion, Emotion and Empathy in Artist Experience,” Trends in Cognitive Science (2007): 197-203.
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Images
Camio High quality images from museum collections around the world
Internet Archive Google Image YouTube Flicker Vimeo
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Aten Reign, June 21–September 25, 2013Guggenheim rotunda
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Expanding your Search
• Museum and Gallery Collections• Inventories• Archives• Correspondences• Diaries• Memoirs• Gallery information• Artist Files
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Expanding your Search
Europeana: European Cultural Content http://www.europeana.eu/portal/
Digital Public Library of Americahttp://dp.la/
Internet Archive http://archive.org/
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Expanding your Search
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Expanding your Search
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ArchiveGrid
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Evaluating Sources on the Web
Accuracy Currency Authority Objectivity Audience User interface
Artists websitesArtist statementsExhibitionsBibliographyContact information
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Evaluation of web sources
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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Wikipedia
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Evaluating Primary Sources on the Web
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Other Tools
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Citation Timesavers
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 LibrarianRoberta Wagener, Assistant, Public Services
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To the Library Reading Room to get started