tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33386847041240556812014-10-02T21:10:02.533-07:00<a href="http://cca-libraryskills.blogspot.com/search/label/english">ENGLISH 1</a> » <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/ccalibskills-english">RSS Feed</a><br><a href="http://cca-libraryskills.blogspot.com/search/label/modernarts">INTRO TO MODERN ARTS</a> » <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/ccalibskills-modarts">RSS Feed</a>Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17313891690440067632noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338684704124055681.post-62132295792832110322008-11-10T13:31:00.000-08:002008-11-10T15:41:26.617-08:00

In 1981 the artist Sherrie Levine exhibited After Walker Evans, a series of photographs she shot of Walker Evans' photographs that had been published in an exhibition catalog called First and Last. Among other things, Levine's appropriations brought into question the concept of primary and secondary sources. The difference between primary and secondary sources is usually fairly simple.

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Tucked away on our cozy little dictionaries and encyclopedias page is the new Oxford Art Online (OAO) database. It's a great source for information on slightly obscure art topics that can otherwise be difficult to find online:art movements like Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel (OAO vs. Wikipedia)artists like Lajos Kassák (OAO vs. Wikipedia)other figures in the arts like Denise René (OAO vs.

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If you're looking for full-text online articles about art and design, a good place to start is the Art Full Text database on the CCA Libraries' article page.The search options for Art Full Text look pretty complicated, but if you take the time to look around, you can do very powerful searches pretty easily. Here are a couple ideas to get you started:Limit your search by document type. If you

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Have your instructors been pestering you about using "scholarly" or "non-web" sources for your papers or presentations? What exactly do they mean? And how do you find a scholarly/non-web source anyway?Well, by "scholarly," they probably just mean a source that was written by an expert in the field, as opposed to something written by a regular old journalist. Something by a professor of art

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The first few stages of what librarians call the "information search process" are known for making people (a) freak out, (b) feel stupid, and (c) freak out again for being so stupid. Unfortunately, these are normal responses to have, but you can rest assured that these feelings are likely to fade as you start your research. Here are several simple techniques to help you stop freaking out and

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Welcome to the online library and research space for Intro to Modern Arts. CCA librarians (Cody, Janice, and Xima) will be posting tips for finding, citing, appropriating, and otherwise using images, books, films in your IMA class every couple of weeks. You can subscribe to these updates in RSS, or just stop by whenever you want.This is also a space for you to ask questions. You can use the

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This site will serve as the online component for CCA Libraries' Research Skills program for the Fall 2008 English 1 and Intro to the Modern Arts courses. Please feel free to ask questions or chime in otherwise using the comments feature below each blog entry.English 1 students can monitor this site by stopping byhttp://cca-libraryskills.blogspot.com/search/label/english Or by subscribing to the

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