Art: A Research Guide

Not sure where to start?  The Library Catalog and QuickSearch will both cover a broad range of physical and electronic resources held by the Library.  QuickSearch search results will even include some of our online journal article content.  For additional or specialized information, check our list of databases below.  See the menu to the upper left for other commonly used resources.

If you are having trouble getting results or selecting the right resources, please see a librarian.  We would be happy to help you.

They call it "research" because it requires persistence and flexibility -- search and search again.

Try both keyword and subject searching.

Narrow a search by using subject headings.   Locate subject headings by looking at the descriptors associated with pertinent articles and books. 

Try these tips to narrow your search.

Try synonyms (AIDS or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome).  Can't think of any synonyms? Try an online thesaurus. Try these tips to expand your search.

Try both singular and plural forms of words.   Use an "*" in Academic Search Premier to get a variety of word endings.

If searching a compound word, try it as one word and as two words (for example,  rain forest and  rainforest).

If searching a word with an internal dash, search it in each database with and without the internal dash (for example, search both x-ray and xray).