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Course Guide: Art and Urbanism in the Ancient Americas (ARHS 685-01)

Spring 2008 Prof. Maya Stanfield-Mazzi

For additional research assistance after this research session, contact me:

Sean Knowlton, Reference Librarian & Bibliographer
Sean@Tulane.edu or 504-247-1870

Overview of Today's Session

• Developing a Research Strategy
• Reference Tools for art and urbanism in the ancient Americas
• Searching Tulane University Libraries Catalog and WorldCat using Subject Headings
• Interlibrary Loan: ILLiad
• Using Databases & Web Portals to identify Critical Research
• Independent, guided research

 

Develop Your Research Strategy

Develop you topic and get background information Identify your information need Scholarly articles in journals and books Books Newspaper articles (Current and/or historical) Select web sites Identify your resources Reference works Web portals / web sites Library catalogs Article Databases Bibliographies & Works Cited Consider using a bibliographic management tool, like RefWorks

 

 

Select Reference Tools [Off Campus? Log in to access Tulane Subscription Databases]

Grove Art Online CORE Grove Art Online comprises the full text of The Dictionary of Art, edited by Jane Turner (1996, 34 vols) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, edited by Hugh Brigstocke (2001). Articles that have been added or updated since their appearance in print are date-stamped in the upper right corner of the screen. Archaeology of Ancient Mexico and Central America: An Encyclopedia New York: Garland, 2001. Includes more than 500 articles with basic information about the ancient past of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama, focusing on the cultures of the Mayas and related native peoples prior to contact with European culture. The articles focus on archaeological sites and cultural topics. Latin American Library Reference. F1218.6.A73 2001 Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture (2008 edition is now online) New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1996. Five-volume work contains nearly 5,300 biographical, geographical, and thematic entries, each one signed by the author. Each entry includes suggestions for further reading. Latin American Library Reference. F1406.E53 1996 Encyclopedia of Latin American & Caribbean Art N6502.E53 2000 Latin American Library Reference Handbook of Middle American Indians Wauchope, Robert, general editor. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1964-1976. 16 volumes; and Supplement, 1981-1986. 5 volumes.This series contains authoritative introductory essays on the ethnography, linguistics, and other aspects of the native cultures of the Mesoamerican region. LAL Reference F1434.H3 Handbook of South American Indians Steward, Julian H., editor. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1946-1963. 7 volumes. This series provides authoritative introductory essays on the native cultures of South America. LAL Reference E51.U6 no.143 Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures: The Civilizations of Mexico and Central America [Tulane Subscription] David Carrasco, editor in chief. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. LAL Ref. F1218.6.O95 2001 Three-volume illustrated encylopedia of the cultures and antiquities of the Mesoamerican region: Central and southern Mexico and Central America, focusing the history and anthropology of Indian peoples native to the region. The Art of Pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica: an Annotated Bibliography Latin American Library Z1209.2.M4B47 1985 Introduccion a una Bibliografia General de la Arqueologia del Peru, 1860-1988 / Rogger Ravines Lima : Editorial Los Pinos E.I.R.L., 1989. Latin American Library Z1208.P4 R38 1989

 

 

Keywords & LC Subject Headings

Create a list of possible terms. Include synonyms, broader terms, and narrower terms: copan AND honduras (wari OR huari) AND (architect? OR arquitect?) (inka? or inca?) AND (aqllawasi OR acllahuasi OR aqlawasi) cahokia? AND (burial? OR henge?) Do keyword searches in Tulane's Libraries Catalog. Identify relevant Subject Headings. Add Subject Headings to your working list of search terms. Use LC Subject Headings to effectively search: Tulane University Libraries Catalog WorldCat Interlibrary Loan: ILLiad

 

Possible Subject Headings on Your Topics Select Art History Subject Headings
People Mayas Mayas--Architecture Mayas--Antiquities Mississippian culture Inca women Incas--Women Using Subject Headings in Keyword Searches "copan site" decor?	Archaeological Sites Copan Site (Honduras) Honduras --Antiquities Indians of Central America --Honduras --Antiquities Excavations (Archaeology)--Honduras--Copan Site Maya architecture--Honduras--Copan Site Cahokia Mounds (Ill.) Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park (Ill.) Huari Site (Peru) Caral Supe Site (Peru) Chan Chan Site (Peru)

 

Selected Art History Tools [Off Campus? Log in to access Tulane Subscription Databases]

ARTstor Collection of images from various sources such as museums, archaeological teams, photo archives, slide collections, and art reference publishers. [Tulane Subscription] Art Abstracts (1984- present) Art Abstracts provides comprehensive indexing and abstracts for more than 450 international art publications, including periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. Art Abstracts' international coverage encompasses periodicals published in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Dutch, focused on a broad range of art topics, including advertising, archaeology, crafts, folk art, graphic arts, interior design, video, film, architecture and art history. Indexing spans from 1984 to the present. [Tulane Subscription] Dissertations & Theses: Full Text This library-subscribed database provides access to the full text of theses dissertations produced since 1997 in the United States, Canada, Great Britain and, to a lesser and more selective extent, other countries. Most Tulane University Ph.D. dissertations submitted since 1956 are available full text here. Where the full text is not available, this database provides abstracts and/or citations. [Tulane Subscription]

 

Selected Antropology Databases [Off Campus? Log in to access Tulane Subscription Databases]

Anthropology Plus Anthropology Plus is a focused index of bibliographic materials from the late 1800s to today in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and interdisciplinary studies. Coverage: 19th century to present. [Tulane Subscription] eHRAF Archaeology The eHRAF Collection of Archaeology is a cross-cultural database containing information on prehistory.  This unique, annually-growing eHRAF database is organized by archaeological traditions (according to the OCM subject classification system) and the full-text documents are subject-indexed to the paragraph level. [Tulane Subscription] Hauri Inka

 

Selected Latin America Area Studies Tools [Off Campus? Log in to access Tulane Subscription Databases]

HAPI Online (Hispanic American Periodicals Index) HAPI offers authoritative information about Latin America, the US-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the US. From analyses of current political, economic, and social issues to coverage of Latin American arts and letters, HAPI Online contains complete bibliographic citations to articles, book reviews, documents, original literary works, and other materials appearing in social science and humanities journals published throughout the world. Coverage: 1970 - present. [Tulane Subscription] Handbook of Latin American Studies A bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. HLAS Online (1936 - present) HLAS Web (1990 - present) Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) (University of Texas at Austin) Anthropology & Archaeology