FPA 111: Library research

1. FPA 111: Library research Sylvia Roberts sroberts@sfu.ca

2. Sylvia RobertsContemporary Arts Librarian, sroberts@sfu.ca

3. Introduction to the SFU Library

4. Essay proposal due Nov. 12 • Proposal, one short page • Choose your topic outline your proposed essay in one paragraph. State your hypothesis (a thesis that is not yet proven) and how you plan to go about testing it. • Include an annotatedbibliography of at least two items, describing in one or two sentences for each how it relates to the objectives of your project.

5. Research essay due Nov. 26 • 1500 words • [Demonstrates] your ability to • describe and formally analyze artworks, • discuss their historical context, and • relate them to art movements; • to carry out basic scholarly research; • to come up with original and defensible hypotheses; and • to write in a clear and well-structured way.

6. Research essay due Nov. 26 • 1500 words • [Demonstrates] your ability to • describe and formally analyze artworks, • discuss their historical context, and • relate them to art movements; • to carry out basic scholarly research; • to come up with original and defensible hypotheses; and • to write in a clear and well-structured way.

7. “ Limited number of well-chosen resources” • Read and cite in your essay three to five scholarly works, including: • One or more books or book chapters. …from books on reserve for FPA 111 at the Belzberg Library…any book in the Arts sections of the Belzberg or Bennett libraries (SFU Burnaby)…electronic books available through SFU Library. • One or more of the articles in the FPA 111 syllabus. • Optional: one scholarly article, in print or through SFU online databases. • If you must search online outside SFU’s scholarly databases (Wikipedia, blogs, etc.), you must cite all the online resources you consulted, even if they do not appear in your essay. • Include footnotes and a properly formatted bibliography in Chicago or MLA style

8. Scholarly sources • Characteristics of scholarly research • Author is an authority, a researcher or academic • Sources consulted are cited, as notes or in text, in bibliography or reference list • Intended to share research findings with peers so expert language, shared theoretical framework • Exampleof a scholarly book • Example of chapters in a scholarly book • Example of a scholarly journal article

9. Topic selection • What interested you most? • What would you like to spend more time exploring? • Explore!!! Use background resources • Gaga and Dada

10. Topic selection • 6 proposed topics • Comparisons centre on close examination of specific artworks in dance, film, music, theatre and visual art • Choose from works discussed in class • Start with course readings discussed in the context of the works • Use bibliography to find related works

11. Finding sources • FPA 111 Library research guide • Fast search (books and some articles) • Library catalogue search (books and journals, print and electronic – NOT articles) • Article index databases (articles, book reviews)

12. Fast Search Library Search SFU Library’s matryoshka dolls Catalogue / article indexes aussiegall. (2006). Russian dolls. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/aussiegall/288377539/

13. Searching

14. Keyword searching Dadaism OR dada ORdadaist AND Duchamp OR ready-mades OR the fountain AND TzaraOR Cabaret Voltaire

16. Research essay due Nov. 26 • [Demonstrates] your ability to • describe and formally analyze artworks, • discuss their historical context, and • relate them to art movements; • to carry out basic scholarly research; • to come up with original and defensible hypotheses; and • to write in a clear and well-structured way.