More Research Guides
Check out the website of the Visual Resources Center at Wright State in the Creative Arts Center.
Or use these related research guides:
Websites for Chicago/Turabian Format
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The Chicago Manual of Style official websiteAmazingly informative and thorough website from the U of Chicago Press. Lots of good examples and a great Q & A section.
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Chicago Manual of Style (Author/Date System)Nice guide to Chicago author/date style from Colorado State Libraries.
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Turabian Quick GuideWebsite from the publisher of the manual.
Sign Up for One-on-One Appointments
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Request an AppointmentEnter your name and email address for one 30-minute appointment time slot. Email phil.flynn@wright.edu if you can't find a good match, or if you need to cancel or reschedule.
Citation Management
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Turabian Style Guidefrom Luther Rice College & Seminary
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CoggleCoggle is a free tool available through Google that researchers can use to organize their thoughts, map related ideas, even add links to library resources as they search. Use this link to see a sample Coggle concept map on Czech Modernism.
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Research ToolkitFree online workshops to help students develop academic research skills.
Finding Course Materials
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QuickSearchQuickSearch combines results from many search tools for you to review in one list. Results come from the Wright State catalog and hundreds of library databases including all of our Ebscohost databases, JSTOR, the Web of Science, and others.
Background Info
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Oxford Art OnlineLimited Use: 5 users at a time.
Includes the Dictionary of Art, ed. Jane Turner (1996, 34 vols.) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, ed. Hugh Brigstocke (2001) and newly contributed articles. Includes art image thumbnails, line drawings, and links to external images.
Oxford Art Online is a database that has the full text for several good-quality art encyclopedias, including the scholarly Grove Dictionary of Art. A great place to get an overview of an artist or method.
Browse Books
The books on the third floor are organized by the Library of Congress system, which groups like subjects. Sometimes you can find the perfect source simply by browsing titles on the shelves in an area relevant to your interest.
N -- Visual arts
NA -- Architecture
NB -- Sculputure
NC -- Drawing. Design. Illustration.
ND -- Painting
NE -- Print media
NK -- Decorative arts
NX -- Arts in general
Questions? Ask your librarian!
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