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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.

Print

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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