FYS: The Political Print (2021)
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What to Look For: Contextual Categories
These categories help you consider key words, to search for information beyond just the name of an artist:
Who = people (names of specific people, or names of groups)
Where = place names: cities, countries, continents, etc.
What = things, ideas, techniques, art materials, genres, movements.
When = time periods: decades, eras, centuries, etc.
"interrupted reader, woodblock print" by {studiobeerhorst}-bbmarie is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Recommended Information Types for People (Category : Who)
- Biographical information
Search by name. If you get too many results, try adding the word biography, or limiting to reference sources only. - Critical information
Example of search: Käthe Kollwitz criticism (good for finding books); Käthe Kollwitz review (good for finding articles) - Interviews
Example of key word search: Shepard Fairey interview
Recommended Information Types for Topics (Category : What)
- Information about political movements
Example of key word searches: black lives matter, peace movements, environmentalism. - Information about art genres
Example of key word searches: Expressionism art, Social realism art. - Information about print formats
Example of key word searches: (linocut OR linoleum block-printing), etching
How To Search
AND, OR, & NOT (also known as "Boolean operators") help you combine search words, to find what you are looking for. Watch this video to find out how it works:
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Smart Searching Tips
Create a list of key words, and try different key words in your searches:
Who, what, where, when....topics, names and places are all good key words, so are titles, events or historical periods, genres/styles/other categories, expert terms.
Add to your list by looking for:
- Subject terms in OneSearch and other databases.
- related terms (artist - printmaker)
- synonyms (woman - female)
No results? Search more broadly:
Try your search using fewer terms, or change to broader terms: for example, use the term prints (broad), instead of just linocuts (narrow).
Too many results? Narrow down by adding something:
Try combining search words, using "and" in between: environmentalism and protest
Search Tools
Combine your terms using "AND":
Charles White and exhibitions and review
Use the * (asterisk) wildcard, to search several terms at once.
politic* = politics, political, etc.
Use quotation marks to enclose a phrase:
"block printing"