Francais320, Spring 2001
Prof. Cécile Danehy: ext.3623, email: cdanehy
Judy Aaron, Reference Librarian: ext. 3703; email: jaaron
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Search Strategies
I. ELIZA: SUBJECT HEADINGS:
Cistercian architecture [~] France
Architecture, Romanesque [~] France
Architecture, Gothic [~] France
Art and state [~] France
Castles [~] France
Cathedrals [~] France
Abbeys - France
Or
Use KEYWORD
Cathedral* france
Limit to "Words in title" "Denis"
Fontainebleau France
Mitterrand influence
François France
USE YOUR IMAGINATION!
Books with call numbers beginning with "N" or "NA" are more likely to have illustrations; they are on the art mezzanine.
Reference Books:
- Mémoire de la France des origines à l'an 2000. Ref. DC38 .M44 1996.
- Historical Dictionary of France [sigma] 6 volumes, covering 1799 through 1940.
Ref. DC201 .H673 1985
Ref. DC256 .H57 1987 (2 vols)
Ref. DC276 .H57 1985
Ref. DC337 .H57 1986 (2 vols)
II. Grove Dictionary of Art Online
Access through Electronic Resources (Library web site)
Search index for building name or name of French leader.
III. Electronic Indexes:
Expanded Academic Index [~]
Select Electronic Resources; select INFOTRAC; select EAI
Wilson Art Abstracts [~]
Select Electronic Resources; select OVID; select WAA
IV. Internet Sources:
General search engines: Fast Search; Google; Hotbot; Northern Light Search
- Field searching: image, title, text; domain, url, etc.
- Image searching
- Truncation and Booleans (+ or AND, etc.)
- Phrase searching (use quotation marks)
Content-specific sites:
The Cities/ Buildings Database from the University of Washington
www.washington.edu/ark2/archtm/France.html
Digital Imaging Project by Mary Ann Sullivan of Bluffton College, Bluffton OH.
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm
(Select the first index; select "France")
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