Research Strategies in Art Illustration

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Research Strategies in Art Illustration

• WELCOME!
• Carly Brake, Librarian
• Seneca_at_York Library Computing Commons

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Agenda

• Research is
• Basics of Searching the Catalogueyou try this
  too.
• More recommended places to search
• Caution and the Internet
• Digital Stock Images and other Resources
• Plagiarism and Citing Sources
• Anything I missed? Questions?

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Research is
4. CITE SOURCES Works Cited page lists all
the sources used to write an assignment.
2. RETRIEVE Where do I search for this
info.? How do I search?
1. DEFINE What kind of info. am I looking for?
How broad is my topic?
3. EVALUATE How can I tell if the info. is
useful? Where do I find more?
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Starting your Research ask yourself

• 1. What kind of information am I looking for?
• 2. Where and how do I search for this
  information?
• 3. Once I have found some information, how can I
  evaluate its usefulness?
• 4. How do I find more similar information?

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Basic Rules

• 1. Know where to look. Dont just go to the place
  you always lookthink about it.
• 2. If you cannot find it in 20 minutes, ask for
  helpat the Reference Desk, call us X3038, or
  chat with us online.
• Remember
• Not everything is online!
• Sometimes, its BEST found in PRINT.

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http//library.senecacollege.ca
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Note how you can search by Title, Author, Subject
and Keyword. You can also restrict your search
to location, like Seneca_at_York or even ebook.
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Request to have a title brought to your location!
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Using Boolean Operators Other Tools

• AND - narrows a search
• Molson Company and Toronto and 2004
• OR broadens a search
• Molson Company or brewery
• NOT excludes specific terms
• Molson Company NOT Coors
• or ? (wildcard) simplified a search
• compan company, companies
• words here phrase searching
• Molson Company and annual report

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Practice!

• Limit your search to books only at Seneca_at_York
• Quick Search gt childrens book illustrators
• Expert Search gt illustrators OR designers OR
  animators
• Subject Searchgt Sendak, Maurice (lastname,
  firstname) or
• Marchenko, Michael or Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss
  Geisel)
• KEYWORDS to try
• Illustration, illustrators, photography, comics,
  cartoons, graphic design, advertising, animation,
  animators
• Author searching can also be done as a subject!

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http//www.tpl.toronto.on.ca/ If you live, work
or go to school in Toronto, you can have a
Toronto Public Library card.
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Try these resources for new ideas.
http//www.snow.ocad.on.ca/library/index.html Can
request an Interlibrary Loan from Seneca or view
book on site.
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http//www.library.yorku.ca/ Can request an
Interlibrary Loan from Seneca or view book on
site.
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York University Campus Map
Scott Library
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http//library.senecacollege.ca
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Search by Image!
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Key websites include Artcyclopedia, ArtNet and
AskART.
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http//library.senecacollege.ca
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Select the Art/Architecture Section of the Oxford
Reference Online Premium to find art specific
resources. From here, select books to view or
search keywords.
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Other Resources and Tools

• Digital Stock Images (Catalogues at Circulation)
• Trade Publications, Magazines, Journals (How,
  Step by Step, Communication Arts and Critique)
• E-books and Books, Encyclopedias (Dictionary of
  Art - REF N31 .F33 2005, Artists Illustrated
  Encyclopedia - N8510 .M48 2001)
• Newspapers

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Free Web
Why would we spend ten minutes looking something
up in a book when we can spend two hours looking
for it on the Web? Tasmanian Department of
Education Library and Information Centre
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Is This Credible?
This was a site that was part of a design contest!
http//www.genochoice.com/
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Just Like Detective Work

• What do you need in order to validate the
  information you obtained from a Web site?
• Creator Who wrote the information?Are they
  associated with anyone / anything?
• Source Where is the information from?
• Date when was the information created and
  updated?
• Purpose / Intent Is there a hidden agenda not
  readily apparent?

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The Free Web

• Search Engines Subject Directories
• Keyword searching is most effective when you know
  what you want
• ie., Name of a Person!
• Directories, Dictionaries, etc. Quick fact lookup
  tools ie., Google Directory!
• Try the Image feature of the search engine

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www.imagescanada.ca Educational use only.
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http//www.collectionscanada.ca/3/10/ Special
feature on illustrators of Childrens Literature.
Select themes or list of illustrators.
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• When you find something, remember to give credit
  to the author by

Information is not knowledge. - Albert Einstein
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Plagiarism
According to the Seneca College Academic Policy,
plagiarism is using someone elses work
(words, images, ideas, phrases, signatures, or
computations) and presenting it as ones own,
instead of properly documenting every source.
(Office of the Registrar, 2005)
Office of the Registrar. (2005, September 29)
2005-2006 Academic Policy. Toronto Seneca
College of Applied Arts and Technology.
Retrieved November 7, 2005 from http//www.
senecac.on.ca/home/academic_policy/0506_09_cheat.h
tml
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And of Course...

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