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