Out and About in the Library
A library website feature that allows you to get help from a librarian 24/7
What is the library chat?
This is what you start out with at the beginning of your assignment.
What is a research topic?
If you forget to check this on a resource, your information could be wildly out of date.
What is currency?
This is what we call a source that is a first hand account of something.
What is a primary source?
This man was responsible for founding the first library school in the US and created an influential cataloging system.
Who is Melville Dewey?
This is the organizational system that the ICC library uses to catalog its physical materials.
What is the Library of Congress System?
This is a place you can look for introductory information but should cited used with caution.
What is Wikipedia?
Not using these would mean that your articles aren't vetted and might not be academically sound.
What are peer reviewed sources?
This is the type of thing most non-fiction books, documentaries, and textbooks are.
What is a secondary source?
This is Katie's favorite type of art printing and is achieved through wood carving techniques.
What is wood block printing?
You can find these by using the third search bar on the main library webpage.
What are databases?
These are two ways to do simple or broad searches of a wide variety of material.
What are the general library search bar and google scholar?
Everyone has this and it often shows up in our work. Its important to consider yours and the authors when working on any research project.
What is bias?
These institutions house many primary sources and might be very useful in historical research.
What are archives?
What is impressionism?
You can contact enrollment services to pay for more of these if you run out during the semester.
What are print pages?
These exist in almost every search engine and function and they help to refine your search.
What are filters?
When you don't verify this, you, not just your source, will wind up being wrong.
What is accuracy?
The Dictionary is considered one of these.
What is a tertiary source?
This is the art style which most commonly describes decorative arts in medieval Ireland. Prominent examples include the Book of Kells and the Book of Durrow.
What is Insular art?
You can find some textbooks set aside for certain classes by checking these.
What are reserves?
This method of searching allows you to find overlapping results or exclude results based on keywords, subjects, or other criteria.
What is boolean search?
When you don't consider this, you might not realize that the author of a source doesn't have the proper credentials to write about your subject.
What is authority?
This database can search through a wide variety of national and local American newspapers.
What is Chronicling America?/What is NewsBank?
This pigment is closely associated with the Virgin Mary and is created from Lapis Lazuli.
What is ultramarine?