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Art History 102 Group Research Library Assignment, 2009-2012: Find Books

AH 102 Library Research Assignment guide includes links to tutorials, questions, research topics, lists of reference resources, and items from Special Collections

Search Brown from the RISD/ATH Catalog

Find Books

Finding Books Tutorial

(open the tutorial using PowerPoint)

 

2) View the Finding Books tutorial linked on this page. Based on the tutorial, use the RISD/ATH catalog, SEARCH Brown and worldcat to find books on your topic. Summarize how you chose the source and located the book. What subject headings were most useful in locating books on your subject? How did you use truncation? What particular features of these catalog searches did you find most useful? Please bring some of the books you found to class with you.

library.risd.edu > RISD/ATH Catalog

try worldcat.org

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