CANADIAN ART

BOOKS / VIDEOS IN WCI LIBRARY
- type topic under General Keyword
 eg./ tom thomson

note:
- broaden topic to: canadian and art* if original search found nothing
- add another term if necessary to narrow search
- check subject headings of items found for other search terms as needed

- For Visual Art browse:

• 700s = all arts

• 708-709 (museums and Canadian works)

• 750s (paintings)

• 760s (graphic arts)

VAUGHAN PUBLIC LIBRARIES (Books / Videos)

• use KEYWORD search

• use WCI search as example

• use "SEARCH FILTERS" to delimit location

• sort results if necessary

RELATED WCI PAGES

• Art Page

• Encyclopedias Page

OTHER:

• Canadian Encyclopedia Online

• Google Search for Canadian Art

• most search engines will extrapolate variations of a word if the "main" word is used (eg./ the singular vs. plural form of a word)
• use quote marks " ..." to enclose phrases as necessary

eg./ "canadian artist" +paintings

alternately use the Advanced Search option

eg/ painting hughes canadian ej OR "edward john"

MAGAZINE, NEWSPAPER & JOURNAL DATABASES

• Select preferred package of databases:
  from YRDSB's Trillium Databases (Home access requires password)

  • including Ebscohost's Canadian Points of View

  or directly from
    - InfoTrac by Thomson / Gale - includes all our Gale ebooks (Home access requires password)
   - or -
              from Vaughan Public Libraries - Online Databases (VPL membership required)

• Select appropriate database(s) within preferred package

• Choose "Advanced Search" tab

• Ensure Fulltext selected

• type keyword(s):

  • combine keywords needed with AND operator

  • search most important keywords in Subject field (or broaden search to default fields if necessary)

  • use truncation as required

  • cluster similar concepts if necessary to optimize on line limitations

  • check assigned subject headings of highly relevant articles for alternate keywords

  • no one perfect strategy -- play around for the one that works best for given search

Infotrac articles may be emailed directly to user

eg./ type name of artist or canadian art* as keywords

ARTISTS (see also other sections)
Art in Canada
Artists in Canada
Canadian Art
First Nations Art (Canada)
Group of Seven (Google Search)
OK Art Gallery - Western Canadian Artists
Women Artists in Canada
Canada Council for the Arts - Award Winning Artists
Google Search for Canadian Artists
      to find provincial artists:

• add name of province to Google Advanced Search for Canadian Artists
  eg./ for Artists of Ontario

• Using EDIT => FIND ON THIS PAGE => name of province within any preferred page in above example

• search Web for information on any given artist to find home province

David Hockney
Samples of David Hockney's Photography
WebMuseum - Artists

Stan Douglas

Canadian Biography Page

Art2Life - The Canadian Century (Interactive Timeline)

GENERAL
Aboriginal, First Nation, Maori Art
Aboriginal Art & Society

GROUP WORK SUGGESTION
Use a wiki such as Microsoft Office Live for group work from various remote locations

Create and share your work online

Edit anytime, from anywhere

Pick who can access your documents

Share changes in real time

Files are stored securely online

Resave files to open locally on MS Office

It's FREE!

Technology How To's ...

• Google Advanced Image Search

• YouTube

• Download / Convert Streaming Videos (Save streamed videos from YouTube, etc. for  presenting without access to Internet)

• Screen Capture (capturing an image that cannot otherwise be save to file)

• for more complete Tech Help pls see: Technology How To's ...

alternately use GOOGLE ADVANCED SEARCH   

last updated 11/23/09

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