FNAR 403/490: Home

• Use the online catalog to locate books about a person or your topic
  

• Look in books and recommended web sites for background information
  

• Use an online database to find articles about a person or your topic

• See selected multimedia recommendations
  

• Search  on the internet; evaluate the information
  

• Ask for help

• Suggested terms to look for include - diary, diaries, letters, papers, documents, documentary or correspondence.


• Combine these these terms with the event or person you are researching. (example: civil war diary)


• Also search by subject for specific people and events, then scan the titles for those keywords or others such as memoirs, autobiography, report, or personal narratives.

• Knowing basics about your topic (names of people involved, dates, etc.) is helpful before you begin researching.
  

• If you don't have any background information, try using book and internet sources for some basics.

• This can also help you think of other keywords or synonyms to use in searches.
  

• Research the specific people (if any) involved in the topic as well as the topic itself.
  

• Did they perhaps write something about it? Search for them as an author.
  

• If you find one article or book, but need more, consult the bibliography for sources.

• Many databases have a find more like this link in the articles, use it to see more articles related to the topic.
  

Here is the breakdown of the Library of Congress N Classification

N = Visual Arts (General)

NA= Architecture

NB= Sculpture

NC- Graphic Arts (Drawing, Design, Illustration)

ND= Painting

NE= Print Media

NK= Decorative and Applied Arts

NX= Arts in General