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The first place to look when beginning research on a topic is in reference material: specialized dictionaries, encyclopedias or handbooks. These allow you to check names, dates and places, find additional information, look up unknown terms, and check for the proper spelling of words. They are particularly helpful for finding basic background information on a topic, and are often the only place many students may need to look to find answers to their questions. They may include bibliographies (lists of additional materials on a topic, usually considered by the author to be the best materials on that topic or at least the material that author used) that you can use to find other materials.

All quoted material in the annotations is from American Reference Book Annual (ARBA) series, Greenfield REF Z1035.1 .A55, unless otherwise stated.

Research Guides/Guides To The Literature

A guide to the literature of a certain field or discipline is an attempt to list the major resources (encyclopedias, indexes, handbooks, bibliographies, etc.) for research in that field or discipline. Usually such guides are annotated bibliographies. Annotated means that the compiler of a bibliographic list has written brief descriptions of the resources; sometimes annotations are evaluative (this is good, this not as good) and sometimes they are only descriptive, i.e., they describe how something is organized and what you might want to use it for.

Best, John W. Research in Education. 9th ed. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 2003.
Greenfield LB1028 .B4 2003

Greenfield Reference Materials

Bunch, Clarence. Art Education: A Guide to Information Sources. (Art and Architecture Information Guide) Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., 1978.
REF Z5818.A8 B85

Kennedy, James R. Library Research Guide to Education: Illustrated Search Strategy and Sources. (Library Research Guides; no. 3) Ann Arbor, MI: Pierian Press, 1979.
REF LB1028 .K38

Barrow, Robin and Geoffrey Milburn. A Critical Dictionary of Educational Concepts: An Appraisal of Selected Ideas and Issues in Educational Theory and Practice. Teachers College Press, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1990.
REF LB15 .B29 1990

Encyclopedia of Aesthetics / editor in chief, Michael Kelly. New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
REF BH56 .E53 1998 v. 1-4
What is "ut pictora poesis"? What is aesthetic education? What is materialism? Check the index in volume 4 for your topic. Also available online!

Encyclopedia of Creativity / editors in chief, Mark A. Runco, Steven R. Pritzker. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1999.
REF BF408 .E53 1999 v.1-2. Also available online!

Encyclopedia of Education. 2nd ed. Macmillan Reference USA, c2003.
REF LB15 .E47 2003 v.1-8
"Covers the field of education broadly, treating institutions, people, processes, roles, and philosophies in language suitable for university students and general readers."--Library Journal review, May 1, 2003.

Encyclopedia of Multicultural Education / Bruce M. Mitchell and Robert E. Salsbury. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.
REF LC1099.3 .M58 1999 . Also available online!

Learning Theories A to Z. Oryx Press, 2002.
REF LB15 .L4695 2002

Requirements for Certification of Teachers, Counselors, Librarians, Administrators: for Elementary and Secondary Schools. 75th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015.
REF LB1771 .W6 2017-18

Searching the Catalog by Subject

Use the University Libraries catalog to find books, videos, CDs, scores, journal titles, etc. To locate all of the materials the library holds on a topic, it is most efficient to search by Subject. Use the following subject headings in the online catalog. Be careful to follow the exact spelling and form. These subject headings are standard and are used in most libraries.

General Education
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD PSYCHOTHERAPY
CREATIVE ABILITY
CURRICULUM PLANNING
EDUCATION
EDUCATION--BIBLIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION--CURRICULA
EDUCATION, ELEMENTARY--CURRICULA
EDUCATION, SECONDARY--CURRICULA
EDUCATION--HISTORY
EDUCATION--PHILOSOPHY
EDUCATION--UNITED STATES
EDUCATION--UNITED STATES--HISTORY
EDUCATIONAL GAMES
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
EDUCATORS
GIFTED CHILDREN--EDUCATION
HANDICAPPED CHILDREN--EDUCATION
LEARNING, PSYCHOLOGY OF
LESSON PLANNING
MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION

Art Education
ART--STUDY AND TEACHING
ART--STUDY AND TEACHING (ELEMENTARY)
ART--STUDY AND TEACHING (SECONDARY)
ART--STUDY AND TEACHING--OUTLINES, SYLLABI, ETC.
ART--STUDY AND TEACHING--HISTORY
ARTS--STUDY AND TEACHING
ARTS--THERAPEUTIC USE
CHILD ARTISTS
CHILDREN'S ART
DRAWING--STUDY AND TEACHING
DRAWING--TECHNIQUE
PAINTING--STUDY AND TEACHING
PAINTING--TECHNIQUE
POTTERY--STUDY AND TEACHING
POTTERY--TECHNIQUE
SCULPTURE--TECHNIQUE

Note that the subheading TECHNIQUE is usually used for materials that instruct the reader on how to do something, while the subheading STUDY AND TEACHING is used for materials on how to teach about that topic.

Periodical Indexes: Finding Magazine Articles

Magazine and journal articles will always be the best place to look for current information on your topic. Periodical indexes are research tools that allow you to search for articles in journals and magazines.

Go to the library's Article Databases and Indexes page for a list of the UArts Libraries' subscription article databases.

Be sure to give the ERIC database a try. It's free and is something you can use for the rest of your life. Like many databases, ERIC has its own YouTube channel.

I've found articles I want to read. Now what?
There are different ways to find an article once you retrieve a citation in the index:

  • See if there is a link in the index you're using to a full-text article online and download it or e-mail it to yourself.
  • Check to see if our library holds the journal title. Look up the journal title or the ISSN*** in the catalog and look at the holdings.
    • ***What is an ISSN? ISSN stands for International Standard Serial Number and is a unique number for a magazine or journal (not individual articles, but the magazine/journal title itself). You can use it in the UArts Libraries catalog and in many periodical indexes and databases. Searching with a number is much more precise than typing out a long title.
  • Use interlibrary loan to request materials not owned by the UArts Libraries.
  • See what other libraries in the area hold the journal.

Style Manuals: Citing Your Sources

When you find information on a topic, no matter what format it takes (book, journal, Web page), there are style manuals to show you the correct way to give cite those sources in a paper.

Web Sites

Searching the Web can be overwhelming. If you are using the Internet for research you want to choose sites that meet the standards of accuracy, currency and authority.

There are many art education-related sites and resources available on the Internet and World Wide Web. The few listed here should provide many links to other sites.

American Art Therapy Association, Inc.
http://www.arttherapy.org/

Art History Resources on the Web / Chris Witcombe
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
An often-recommended site. Organized primarily by country or by time period, you need to know where your artwork or artist falls within those categories. Do some research in the library first! If you are a UArts student, faculty or staff member, start with the online Oxford Art Online to find basic information on your subject before trying sites like this.

ARTSEDGE: The National Arts and Education Information Network
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/
"Since the Kennedy Center’s opening in 1971, schoolchildren, parents and educators have turned to us as the nation’s premiere cultural resource. Embracing this responsibility, the Kennedy Center instituted ARTSEDGE in 1996 as its educational media arm, reaching out to schools, communities, individuals and families with printed materials, classroom support and Internet technologies."--quoted from About Us. ArtsEdge is a program of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, and includes materials on performing arts as well as visual arts.

The Getty Museum: Education
http://www.getty.edu/education/
The education portion of the Getty Museum's Web site. Includes a searchable database of lesson plans, a listserv, and material for museum education studies.

National Art Education Association
http://www.naea-reston.org/
See About Us for a description of the organization. This is one of the premier professional organizations for art educators. Student discount memberships are available, and NAEA publications are available at a discounted members' rate. To check the University Libraries catalog for NAEA publications, search by author for National Art Education Association.

National Arts Standards
http://www.nga.gov/education/learningresources/
Part of the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards, this site includes handbooks for the various discliplines as well as a list of resources.

National Gallery of Art: Learning Resources
http://www.nga.gov/education/learningresources/
See About Loans. See also the National Gallery of Art's Web page on its education division: http://www.nga.gov/education/index.shtm.

Teacher Resources from Joyce Kasman Valenza's Springfield Township High School Virtual Library
http://linksforteachers.wikispaces.com/home
An excellent starting point for teachers in any discipline. Valenza used to write a weekly column in the Philadelphia Inquirer on education and the Internet. From the Springfield Township High School Virtual Library home page you may also want to explore Research Tools.

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