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ART250: The Black Diaspora in 20th Century Art (2024)

A guide for students in Professor Stephanie Gibson's Class, created by Librarian Maryke Barber

This search combines the Hollins + Roanoke College collections.

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Search for an item in libraries near you:
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Worldcat: Find books in libraries worldwide, and order them via Inter-Library Loan if Hollins does not have them.

TIPS:

  • Using www.worldcat.org will sort your results by relevance; using hollins.worldcat.org will put our books first.
  • When searching for a person in Worldcat, it helps to add a search term (or two) about who they are/what they do - to sort them out from other people with the same name. Try the following formula for artists, for example:

Kathryn Clark and art*

or use the advanced search:

  • keyword: "kathryn clark"
  • subject: art*

Google Books contains full text for books in the public domain (pre-1923); partial text for books under copyright.

Very useful for finding out which books contain information on your topic; then you can order them via inter-library loan if Hollins doesn't have them.

Sample Subject Terms

Basic (+ time period);

  • African American art - 20th century
  • African American sculptors, painters, photographers.....etc. 

Artist names (+)

  • Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962
  • Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962 - Catalogs
  • Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962 - Criticism and interpretation
  • Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962 - Exhibitions

Specific Genres:

  • Abstract Expressionism
  • Cubism
  • Minimalism
  • Pop art
  • Surrealism

Specific Media:

  • Drawing
  • Painting
  • Printmaking
  • Sculpture

"Art and" OR "Art in":

  • Art and religion
  • Art and war
  • Children in art
  • Rural-urban migration in art
  • Racism in art

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Doing keyword searches, you can combine terms in any way you like.
 
NOTE: This is only a starting point. Use all the terms you can think of that describe your topic in your searches.

Other Useful terms in the online catalog:

  • History
  • Social life and customs (as in "France -- Social life and customs")
  • Social aspects

Use the *

Use the *  (asterisk) to truncate your search terms, to search several terms at once.
Example:  paint* = "paint"+ ""+ "painter" + "painting" + "paintings", etc.