AR 259: American Art Since 1900: Start

• Do a quick scan first for background information:
  • Use One Search, the default search box on the library home page, to find a few articles
  • Use Art Encyclopedias and other links recommended on this guide
  • Search for the artist's website
• Use terminology and facts learned from the background information to search for:
  • Journal articles using databases recommended on this guide.
  • Reviews of artist exhibitions in the major newspapers and magazines.
  • Books that provide a larger context for artist, style, genre, or art form/technique/practice.
• Investigate the notes and bibliographies of every good source, to find for leads to more sources
• Evaluate the sources you have found. Where is the information coming from, is it biased, is it scholarly, is it up-to-date, can you retrace where the author found the information? Are you using primary material (e.g. videos, interviews with the artist, artist's own writings or statements, images, reviews of an exhibition).
• Cite all of your sources of information using Chicago Style.

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