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Welcome toResearch Clinic – Ceramics & Silver
Presented by Spencer Art Reference Library Staff
Marilyn Carbonell, Head Library ServicesAmelia Nelson, Public Service LibrarianTracey Boswell, Reference & Cataloging LibrarianRoberta Wagener, Library Assistant for Reference
Research Clinic Program
• Designing a Research Strategy• Types of resources• Researching your object – examples– Rookwood vase
• Explore the Hidden Life of your Object in the Spencer Art Reference Library
Making Connections
– Artist– Signature– Date– Title– Material– Measurements– Subject – Any history that
you know about your work of art
Rookwood Production ware vaseDesigned by Sarah Toohey, 1930
Making Connections
Research StrategyGeneral
Resources
Books & More
Articles and More
What else is out there?
General ResourcesTypes of Information• Contextual• Biographical• Exhibitions• Bibliography• Style & Signature
– Encyclopedias• Oxford Art Online• Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of
Art History
– Indexes and Biographical Dictionaries• Benezit Dictionary of Artists• Jacobsen's Biographical Index
of American Artists• Index to Artistic Biography• Biographical Dictionary of
Kansas Artists
Books & MoreLibraryOneSearch.nelson-atkins.org• Surveys• Collection Handbooks• Exhibition Catalogs• Biographies• Artist Monographs
– Specific exhibition– Series of work– Overview– Highlights
• Catalogues Raisonnés– Comprehensive
• Correspondences, diaries, letters, writings
Articles and More
LibraryOneSearch.nelson-atkins.org
• Journal Articles– Interviews– Biographical information– New theories and findings– Exhibition reviews
• Newspapers– Obituaries
Art Sales• Auction catalogs– Library catalog
• Art Sales Databases– Library databases
What else is out there?
• Museum collections• Newspapers• Public libraries• Special Collections• Historical Societies• Archives• Google & Google
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Need more?Spencer Art Reference LibraryContact:Reference Desk, 816.751.1216
Marilyn Carbonell, Head, Library ServicesAmelia Nelson, Librarian, Public Services Tracey Boswell, Catalog/Reference LibrarianLihui Xiong, Library Cataloging Assistant for Asian LanguagesRoberta Wagener, Assistant, Public Services
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Where we’ll help you use these resources to learn about your object!