Mexican Artists Art 108- Library Orientation  Lucena Valle Instructor - Tatiana Shabelnik, Librarian April 9, 2008 Reference books Latin American art : an introduction to works of the 20th century N6502.5.C44 1989 REF Art in Latin America : the modern era, 1820-1980 N6502.4.A3 1989 REF St. James guide to Hispanic artists : profiles of Latino and Latin American artists N6538.H58S7 2002 REF Mexico : an encyclopedia of contemporary culture and history F1234.C67 2004 REF Historia general del arte mexicano. N6550.H5 v.1 REF A guide to Mexican art : from its beginnings to the present N6550.F413 1969 (Circulating Books, 4th Floor) Mexico : a history in art N6550.S6 REF Latin American art in the twentieth century N6502.5L374 1996 REF Maya F1435.3.A7M25 1998x REF Arts and crafts of Mexico NK844.S29 1990 REF Mexico : splendors of thirty centuries / the Metropolitan Museum of Art ; introduction by Octavio Paz N6550.M48 1990 REF Encyclopedia of world art. N31.E533 v.1 REF Encyclopedia of world cultures, 10v GN307.E53 1991 v.1 REF The color encyclopedia of world art / by Jay Jacobs N31.J32 1975 REF The dictionary of art N31.D5 1996 v.1 REF   History of modern art : painting, sculpture, architecture, photograph N6490.A713 1998 REF The Oxford companion to twentieth-century art N6490.O94 1981 REF Framing America : a social history of American art N6512.P59 2002 REF The ancient Americans : a reference guide to the art, culture, and history of pre-Columbian North and South America E59.P42S3613 2001 v.1 REF   Library Web site -  the best place to start your research! The Research Paper: http://library.riohondo.edu/Research_Help/Research_Paper.htm     How to find books in the Library Catalog - WebCat Use the Library Catalog - Rio WebCat - to find books on your subject. The general call number range for books on all aspects of art is N1 – NX765. More specific call numbers for Mexican art and artists may be found by searching the catalog for the following subjects:   ART PAINTING MISCELLANEOUS ARTISTS Art, Mexican Art - Mexico Aztec art Death in art Folk art - Mexico Indian art - Central Mexico Indian art – Mexico Maya art Olmec art Aztec painting Painting, Mexican   SCULPTURE Maya sculpture Aztecs - Antiquities Mexican American art Mexico - Antiquities Mural painting and      decoration, Mexican Pottery, Mexican Artists – Mexican Mexican American artists Potters – Mexico Covarrubias, Miguel Kahlo, Frida Orozco, José Clemente Posada, José Guadalupe Rivera, Diego Siqueiros, David Alfaro Tamayo, Rufino   How to find journal, magazine, and newspaper articles Journal and magazines usually provide the most current information on a topic. The Library has several magazines that focus on art: ArtWEEK N1.A78x ArtNews N1.A6 To find articles on your topic, use one of the online databases listed below.  In most cases these databases will provide full-text articles on almost every topic. Conduct your search in these databases by using the following subject headings and keywords: ART PAINTING MISCELLANEOUS ARTISTS Art, Mexican Art - Mexico Aztec art Death in art Folk art - Mexico Indian art - Central Mexico Indian art – Mexico Maya art Olmec art Aztec painting Painting, Mexican   SCULPTURE Maya sculpture Aztecs - Antiquities Mexican American art Mexico - Antiquities Mural painting and      decoration, Mexican Pottery, Mexican Artists – Mexican Mexican American artists Potters – Mexico Covarrubias, Miguel Kahlo, Frida Orozco, José Clemente Posada, José Guadalupe Rivera, Diego Siqueiros, David Alfaro Tamayo, Rufino For historical research (generally anything published before 1985) use print indexes. ProQuest  Use the ARTS Module In Advanced mode click on "Select Multiple Databases" Click on "Clear All databases" Find PROQUEST RESEARCH LIBRARY and select ARTS MODULE Click  CONTINUE Search by: Artist's name example:  Diego Rivera   ArtCyclopedia.com search by artist, title of artwork, name or location of museum.      How to find images using ARTstor   Need to register every 120 days using an on-campus computer Copyright cleared image database Can create image presentations in ARTstor To register, click on "GO" button If you already registered, please enter login and password              Perform Basic search. Example: Frida Kahlo                                               You can be more specific in Advanced search. For example you can indicate whether in want to search: - in any field - in Title only - in Creator only             Once you displayed images in ARTStore, you can select images for your presentation by  clicking once on the image. The image will highlight yellow. Go to Image Groups--Save selected images to new group. Select My Work Folder and give a name to your Group.   To view images as power Point Presentation, you have to download Offline Viewer. Click on Tools -- Download Offline Viewer. Once you have an Offline Viewer (OIV) installed, open the OIV, select Create a new presentation from ARTStore images. Go to Insert -- Image Groups from ARTStore It will ask for your authentication information (your email and password that you registered with) Double click on My Work Folder Select the group that you want to view as presentation and click on Download Click on View -- Image Palette Presentation.   Subject Guides Mixtec Indians Mayas   Web Resources Internet resources can be a valuable source for supplementing the information you have gathered from books and periodicals. It is important to evaluate the information you get from the Internet and determine whether it is reliable and useful to your research. ancientmexico.com – The Art, Culture, and History of Ancient Mesoamerica http://www.ancientmexico.com Ancient Mexican Art http://www.nmai.si.edu/exhibitions/ancient/english/index.html Art & Artisans http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/arts.html Mexico Art http://universes-in-universe.de/america/mex/english.htm Art History Resources on the Web: MesoAmerica http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHamericasoceania.html#mesoamerica The Diego Rivera Virtual Museum http://www.diegorivera.com/index.php MesoWeb http://www.mesoweb.com/ Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline of Art History http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm The National Anthropology Museum http://www.mexicocity.com.mx/mantro.html  SPARC Murals http://www.sparcmurals.org   Local Museums   Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) http://www.lacma.org/    Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA) http://www.molaa.org/   San Diego Museum of Art http://www.sdmart.org/