Ethnographic Ethnographic ArtArt

DateDate

TimeTimeProfessorProfessor

Aboriginal Bark Painting

Boy's shirt—Crow Tribe

LIBRARY RESOURCESLIBRARY RESOURCES

• http://www.scad.edu/library

• Library Catalog– Find books, e-books, videos, etc.

• Research Databases– Art Fulltext– Wilson Omnifile– JSTOR

Head of a King from 17th c. Nigeria, Edo,

Benin City Bronze

Inca Princess (Gran Ñusta Mama

Occollo)Denver Art Museum

FIND BOOKSFIND BOOKSSubject headings: • Assigned to items in the catalog• Makes it easy to find books on the same or

similar topics

Other tips:• Browse the Shelves: There may be similar books

nearby. Bibliographies: Check bibliography to identify other books/ articles on your subject.

SAMPLE SEARCHESSAMPLE SEARCHESPeoplePeople

Inuit

PlacesPlaces

Africa

ThemesThemes

Ritual

Related SubjectsRelated Subjects

Ethnic Groups

Aboriginal Australians

Oceania Material Culture

Anthropology

Hopi OR Hopi Indians

Mexico Tattooing NarrowVisual Anthropology

KEYWORD KEYWORD VSVS SUBECT SEARCHING SUBECT SEARCHING

Keyword Search

VS

Subject Search

Tattooing AND History AND New Zealand

Tattooing – Oceania – History

Mexico AND Ball game

Aztecs – Social life and customs

Inca AND Government

Incas – Politics and government

Art Fulltext & Art Retrospective

JSTOR

Project Muse

Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)

Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI)

*Use similar search terms for finding books and articles

FIND ARTICLESFIND ARTICLESLook for Databases by TitleDatabases by Title under ResearchResearch

WEBSITESWEBSITESGENERAL ART HISTORYGENERAL ART HISTORY

• Art History Resources on the Webhttp://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html (Sweet Briar College)

Lists of art history resources divided into time periods

• Timeline of Art Historyhttp://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm (TheMetropolitan Museum of Art)

SELECTED MUSEUM SITESSELECTED MUSEUM SITES• Bowers Museum of Cultural Art http://www.bowers.org

• Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology http://www.peabody.harvard.edu from Harvard University

• Simon Fraser University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology http://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum

• Smithsonian Institution

1. National Museum of Natural History http://www.mnh.si.eduhttp://www.mnh.si.edu

2. National Museum of the American Indian http://www.nmai.si.eduhttp://www.nmai.si.edu

3. National Museum of African Art http://www.nmafa.si.edu/index2.html

SELECTED SITES FORSELECTED SITES FOR ANTHROPOLOGY/ARCHEOLOGY/ETHNOGRAPHYANTHROPOLOGY/ARCHEOLOGY/ETHNOGRAPHY

• Anthropology Resources on the Internet http://www.aaanet.org/resinet.htm from American Anthropological Assoc.

• CSA Guide to Archaeological Projects http://csanet.org/index.html from Center for the Study of Architecture/Archaeology

• Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute http://www.mesoweb.com/pari

• Resources in Ethnographic Studies http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/other.html from Library of Congress, American Folklife Center

• UCSB Department of Anthropology Links Directory http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/links/pageshttp://www.anth.ucsb.edu/links/pages from Anthropology Dept, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara

• Art and Life in Africa Online http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/index.htmlhttp://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/index.html from Univ. of Iowa

Revised JR: H: Ethnographic Art Handout Revised 09/07

Canoe ShieldCanoe ShieldSepik River, Papua New Guinea, ca. 1950sSepik River, Papua New Guinea, ca. 1950s

palm wood, bamboo, cassowary feathers, paintpalm wood, bamboo, cassowary feathers, paint

Possible Search Terms:• Papua New Guinea• Sepik River• Oceania• Canoes• Shields• Melanesia• Primitive Art• Antiquities • Art and society

From Glenbow Museum: http://www.glenbow.org/collections/museum/world/oceania.cfm

SEARCH SEARCH PROCESSPROCESS

Begin with a general search when looking for books in the library catalog…

Ex: Papua New Guinea

Then look in the research databases. You can be more specific in a database search.

Ex: “Papua New Guinea” AND Canoes (Looking in JSTOR)

Head of a KingHead of a King17th century Nigeria, Edo, Benin City17th century Nigeria, Edo, Benin City

BronzeBronze

Ideas taken from description of object on

Cleveland of Art Museum website

Location SubjectBenin City RoyaltyNigeria Ruler OR King OR Oba

Africa Kingdom

Medium PurposeBronze Ritual

Lost-wax casting Altar

Time period Related Ideas17th Century HeaddressHistory Cleveland Museum of

Art

Books in the CatalogBooks in the CatalogTry different search terms and see what you get…

Benin AND art Benin AND sculpture

Benin AND kings Nigeria AND ritual

Articles from DatabasesArticles from DatabasesArt Fulltext:Art Fulltext:

Articles from Articles from DatabasesDatabasesJSTOR: JSTOR:

Images from ArticlesImages from ARTstor

Articles

TIPS FOR SEARCHING TIPS FOR SEARCHING (for books, articles, websites…)(for books, articles, websites…)

Start with a general keyword search to see which subject headings work best.

Try to think of different terms to describe your topic.

Subject headings in the catalog and databases are also links. Click on them to see what else you get.

OTHER HELPFUL HINTSOTHER HELPFUL HINTSSee “Research” at http://www.scad.edu.libraryhttp://www.scad.edu.library for

suggestions: • Evaluating Information Resources• Distinguishing between Scholarly & Popular Journals• Researching a Topic

See writing guides for art history:• Writing the Art History Paper (Dartmouth College)

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/humanities/arthisthttp://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/humanities/arthistory.shtmlory.shtml

• Art History Writing Guide (Wesleyan University)http://www.wesleyan.edu/writing/workshop/departments/arha.html http://www.wesleyan.edu/writing/workshop/departments/arha.html

• Writing for Art History (Univ. of North Carolina - Chapel Hill) http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/arthistory.htmlhttp://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/arthistory.html

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