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HA 565 / ARCH 528 - Baroque Architecture Research Guide
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Getting Started
These resources can help you get started by providing background information about an artist, historical figure, event, movement, or technique. Background reading can help you formulate your research strategy and find keywords to use in your searches.
Resources	SEARCH TOOLS Multidatabase Searching Grove Dictionary of Art Online (each entry has a bibliography) Macmillan encyclopedia of architects Fine Arts Reference NA 40 .M251 NA is the Library of Congress Call Number heading for Architecture
Tutorials	"Choosing a Topic" An interactive tutorial that helps get you started in the research process from choosing a topic to basic searching strategies.
Finding Images
Resources	UM Image Services -- Architecture Collection (about) ARTstor
Tutorials	"Finding Images"
Finding Books
Resources	Mirlyn Online Catalog for the University of Michigan Libraries (about) WorldCat (OCLC Online Union Catalog) [FirstSearch] Search the collective catalogs of most of the libraries in North America.
Tutorials & Guides	"Finding Books" Interactive Mirlyn Tutorial Map of the Fine Arts Library Tours, Floor Plans, and maps of other UM Libraries
Finding Articles
Art-related resources	(about) Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (about) BHA - Bibliography of the History of Art (about) Art Full Text and Art Index Retrospective [WilsonWeb]
General resources	(about) FRANCIS (International Humanities and Social Studies) (about) JSTOR (Journal Storage Project) (about) Wilson Select Plus [FirstSearch] (about) Proquest Research Library List of All Library Databases / Resources
Tutorials	"Finding Articles"
Other Resources
	(about) Art Theorists of the Italian Renaissance [UM Library Terminal Service] Collection of treatises on art and architecture from the period 1470 to 1775, structured around Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists. RIBA Library Web site of the Royal Institute of British Architects Library
Research and the Internet
Resources	Text: Art information and the internet : how to find it, how to use it / by Lois Swan Jones (Fine Arts - Reference \| N 59 .J661 1999)
Tutorials & Guides	"Using the Web" Guide to Evaluating Websites
Writing the Paper, Citing Sources, and Avoiding Plagiarism
Resources	Text: A short guide to writing about art / Sylvan Barnet (Fine Arts - Reference \| N 7476 .B371 1997) Text: The Chicago manual of style 15th ed. (Fine Arts Reference \| Z 253 .C532 2003) Strunk and White's Elements of Style Turabian Style Guide Online Brief Citation Guide for Internet Sources in History and the Humanities Based on Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations.
Tutorials & Guides	"Citing Sources" Helps you cite your sources and avoid plagiarism How to Avoid Plagiarism Writing in Art History (UNC Writing Center)
Where To Go For More Help
	The Fine Arts Library -- finearts@umich.edu Art, Architecture and Engineering Library -- Reference Desk -- aael.ref@umich.edu The Sweetland Writing Center Ask Us Service Interlibrary Loan

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