Wednesday, 21 May 2014

Cop 3 lecture Graham

chris.graham

@libaryartleeds


Focus 

well defined focused title, makes it better to research and makes it Relevant


Questionnaires (qualitative/quantitative)

Do a draft essay first to see if there is any other questions i might want to ask. 
Mix up the kind of questions. 
Give them a deadline to when you want to get it back. 

Interviews, can go in a lot more depth 

Case Study 

Site visits 


Literature search 1

Books

Contextual and academic books tend to be A5 and smaller than more image based books.

Journals 

Websites/Blogs/On line forums

Videos/DVDs 

TV/Radio

Newspaper/Maps/Reports 

Printed Ephemera 

Leaflets and promotional material that is then thrown away and not needed. 


Literature search 2

Knowing where to look most effectively 

Effective use of catalogues

.Narrowing and broadening search terms 
.Using related terms 
.Browsing using dewey decimal classification 

Use of contents page and index 


Book Search 

Leeds College of Art library 

Leeds Metropolitan University Library (Beckitt) 

University of Leeds (SCONUL) 

The British Library in Boston Spa 

COPAC 


Journal Search 1 

JSTORE 
A store of online magazine articles 
Only available on college computers 

Art full text 

Athens 
A store of password protected sites 

WGSN

Google Scholar 

Leeds College of art library estudio 


Tips

Don't bite off more than you can chew 
(keep the topic and title focused and manageable) 


Create a sense of momentum (note taking, writing a draft section when you can, keeping your bibliography up to date

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