Welcome to Joyner Library. We're here to help you get the most out of the library's resources as you move through ART 6801 online. If you need help at any time do not hesitate to Ask a Librarian.
ART 6801 covers the duties of the art supervisor, philosophies of supervision as applied to art, curriculum development in art, personnel practices and staff development in art supervision, public relations, preparation of art budgets,and legal aspects of art supervision.
Finding Books:
From the library homepage at http://www.lib.ecu.edu, go into the Catalog, and search by title, author, or subject. Use the Subject Alphabetical search option to find books about a specific person; use the Author Alphabetical option to find exhibits or books by that person.
Selected relevant Library of Congress subject headings for ART 6801include:
Art in education
Art -- study and teaching
When looking for books on a topic, use the General Keyword search option
Example:abstract expression*
The * gets different endings to the root word, such as expressionism, expressionist, and expressionists.
Note the title of the book, the collection, and call number, as in this example:
If you are able to come into Joyner Library, use the call number charts on the wall by the stairs to determine on which floor books with those call numbers will be found. Students living in Pitt County, even if taking courses online, will have to visit the library personally to check out books. If you are a distance learning student living outside of Pitt County, you can ask that books be mailed to you. See: Joyner Library Services for Our Distance Learning Community
Are there books available full-text electronically?
The library has an increasing number of book titles available electronically. NetLibrary, for example, is a collection of books from various publishers that are available in electronic format. As an ECU student, you have access to a collection of more than 30,000 reference, scholarly and professional books. These are available by searching the library's catalog. For more information see: Using NetLibrary
Finding Articles:
Once on the library's homepage select the Article Databases button on the top tabbed toolbar.
All of the Joyner Library databases can be reached from the Article Databases page. If accessing the databases from off campus you will be asked for your Pirate User ID and password. This is the same as you use for "OneStop" or Blackboard. If you have any problems with remote access, see: How Do I Connect to the Library's Resources From Home?
To search for an article on a particular subject in art education, consider using the following databases:
Proquest Research LibraryProquest Research Library contains more than 2,600 periodicals in a wide range of subject areas. You may search by specific terms or phrases. Many (although not all) of the articles will be available full-text onscreen. Coverage: Varies according to the database.
Art Abstracts Indexes and abstracts journal articles and museum bulletins from more than 313 periodicals published throughout the world. Subject coverage includes art, architecture, design, photography, art criticism, video, and film. Art Abstracts also indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals. Coverage 1984 -- present.
Education Research Complete Education Research Complete is the definitive online resource for education research. This massive file offers the world's largest and most complete collection of full text education journals. It is a bibliographic and full text database covering scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education. Years of Coverage: 1866 - Current
ERIC is the premiere indexing and abstracting source for education and related disciplines. Coverage: 1966 - present
Kraus Curriculum Development Library A searchable database of curricula, frameworks, and standards that brings together educational objectives, content, instructional strategies, and evaluative techniques for all subjects covered in PreK-12 and Adult Basic Education. Includes over 30,000 pages of text submitted by educational agencies. Many are in PDF format. Coverage: 1970s - present
JSTOR JSTOR (Journal Storage Project) is a nonprofit organization whose goals include building a reliable and comprehensive archive of important scholarly journal literature, increasing access to these journals, and helping fill gaps in existing library collections of journal backfiles. To this end, it provides the complete back files of 218 important research journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. Journals are scanned, so that they include full page images that look just like the original. JSTOR's agreements with publishers include an updating provision referred to as a "moving wall." The moving wall is a fixed period of time ranging, in most cases, from 2 to 5 years, that defines the gap between the most recently published issue and the date of the most recent issues available in JSTOR.
Finding Images: ARTstor ARTstor provides a database with more than 300,000 images of art objects available in a variety of collections, and tools to use those images for educational purposes. Side-by-side comparison, zooming, and other features expand the teaching functions available through ArtSTOR. Instructors must register for instructor priviliges; contact the Reference Department or liaison librarian for more details. ECU students must register to manipulate the images for instructional purposes. Pop-up blockers must be disabled to view images.
Years of Coverage: Prehistoric -- Current
How can I see articles?
Many of our databases include the full text of articles. In some cases, though, the full text of an article may not be available online in the database you are using due to publishers' restrictions or the prohibitive cost of providing them online. Increasingly, when you search for articles in the library's databases you will see the button on your results list or on the screen showing the citation/abstract of the article.
SFX is a service offered by Joyner and Laupus Libraries that allows you, at the click of a button, to go from an article citation in one database to a full text copy of that article in another, or to see if a particular article or specific journal is available in full text electronic format. It also allows you to find out if that journal is available in print at either Joyner or Laupus.
What if the article I want is not available full-text online?
If the article is not available online, you can check the Joyner Library catalog or the Laupus Health Sciences catalog to see if it is held in printed form. The button does this for you automatically from within databases. If you live within Pitt County you would need to come to the library to make a copy of the article. If you are a distance learning studentliving outside of Pitt County, you can have articles copied and sent to you, using Interlibrary Lending.
Pirate Source
Pirate Source can lead you to the best library resources in a particular subject area. Pirate Source combines the best reference materials, databases and websites on a topic in one place and lets you pick the type of information and format you need. Select ART or EDUCATION, then select the source types in which you are interested.
A Word About Using Web Sites for Your Research .........
Many instructors advise you to use the Web wisely and with discernment, because the Web has much that is valuable, but also some material that may not be as authoritative as the instructor prefers you to use for your research. Here are some principles for evaluating what you find on the Web: How Do I Evaluate Websites
