THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
School of Information
Information Resources in the Humanities
Fine Arts Worksheet, Word format
For your assigned questions, please provide:
A. An analysis of the question. An acceptable response here would be to (a) highlight clues in the question (you may underline or use a highlighter or use bold type); (b) provide a short statement summarizing the clues.
B. Outline a search strategy, including subject headings you may have used that were successful. You may number your steps. These need not be full sentences.
C. Provide an answer to the question. It is acceptable to provide page numbers for lengthy responses.
D. Full citation to source, including call number.
E. Verify your answer in one other source.
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1. I want to identify any residential art school for women that specialize in welding.
2. I need to find three reference sources that provide biographical and critical information about artist Giacometti.
3. I would like to locate some images of tulip trees.
4. I need to locate anything on ecological architecture.
5. I would like some articles about Stickley furniture.
6. I would like to see some reproductions of Ford Madox Brown's painting, "The Last of
England."
7. A professor is writing an article and needs to order a few books through interlibrary loan on the use of coral and shell as decorations on jewelry and other objects.
8. I need to find three reference sources that provide biographical and critical information about artist Albert Bierstadt.
9. What is the correct pronunciation of Vincent Van Gogh's name?
10. I need some articles about Navajo weaving.
11. I need background on American sculptor, Loredo Taft. Did he exhibit at the 1893
Columbian Exposition?
12. I need to locate a time line or chronology of historic preservation activities in the U.S.
13. Our public library is considering constructing a fountain on the grounds. Can you locate some information on available exterior fountain products?
14. I need to find three reference sources that provide biographical and critical information about artist Georgia O'Keefe.
15. I need a few articles about the packaging of commercial goods for Halloween.
16. I need a list of the museums in Lisbon with brief descriptions of their collections.
17. I'm working with a publisher who is creating a new encyclopedia of the U.S. Civil War. We need to locate sources of images on the Civil War that we can use in this publication.
18. I'm looking for the dimensions of Samuel Morse's painting, "The House of
Representatives." I've heard that it is quite large.
19. I need some articles about tattoos.
20. I need to find three reference sources that provide biographical and critical information about artist Jaspar Johns.
21. I will be in Little Rock, Arkansas in the fall and would like a list of the museums and public galleries there.
22. I need to find some images of iguanas.
23. I would like information about American Indian artist named Howe. I thought that I heard about him when I was visiting South Dakota. What's his connection to this state?
24. I need three resources that provide biographical and critical information about Dali.
25. I need some articles on purse design.
26. What does Gauguin's painting, "Manao Tupapau" mean?
27. I'm writing a history of our church and I need to define some terms: pixis, lancet window, and rustic work.
28. I need to find three reference sources that provide biographical and critical information about artist Willem De Kooning.
29. I need a list of books about Man Ray.
30. I need some articles in English about the use of radiography in determining authorship of artwork.
31. I've heard that Christie's auction house recently had an evening sale of surrealism. I would like to know the date of the sale.
32. I need to read an explanation of the Savrasov painting, "The Rooks Have Arrived."
33. I am reading a romantic novel set in the 18th century. The heroine wore pont d'angleterre. What is this?
34. I need to find three reference sources that provide biographical and critical information about artist Alexander Calder.
35. I need some articles about the Stained Glass Windows museum in Chicago.
36. I am interviewing for an art librarian position! I need to prepare by reading some background on how to conduct research on individual works of art.
37. I inherited a landscape painting. I think I can see the painter's initials. They look like "CM." My friend says this must be a painting by Grimer. Is he right?
38. Our public library is celebrating the 1950s. I want information about major events in the arts during this decade.
39. I need some articles about the new National Museum of the American Indian.
40. I need to find three reference sources that provide biographical and critical information about artist Keith Haring.
41. I need to read an essay on how funerals have been depicted in art over time.
42. I need to locate some images of ferris wheels.
43. Can you locate a directory listing of exhibit design firms?
44. I need some articles about the World Trade Center memorial for the Twin Towers.
45. I need to find three reference sources that provide biographical and critical information about Matisse.
46. What was the Kitchen Sink school of art?
47. Can you find an essay on American visionary art?
48. I need to find three reference sources that provide biographical and critical information about artist Mark Rothko.
49. Who was Raymond Duchamp-Villon? Was he related to Marcel Duchamp?
50. I need some articles about the Curt Teich postcard archives in Illinois.
51. I would like to know the name of the magazine that Stickley, the arts and crafts movement furniture designer, founded.
52. I need diagrams of different types of carpets woven, tufted, knitted, and so forth.
53. I need information about American cartoonist Garry Trudeau. Is it true that he was
nominated for an Academy Award?
54. I need to find three reference sources that provide biographical and critical information about Frida Kahlo.
55. I need one or more reviews of Barbara Buhler Lynes' book about Georgia O'Keefe.
56. I need to find some images of opposums.
57. Can you find some information about Lloyd Wright's involvement with the design of some structure in Hollywood?
58. Can you locate a list of the art periodicals published in New Zealand?
59. I need some articles about photographer Laura Gilpin.
60. I need to find three reference sources that provide biographical and critical information about Diego Rivera.
61. I need to locate a floor plan of the original structure of the Texas Governor's Mansion.
62. What was John Singer Sargent's connection with the Boston Public Library?
63. My art history class is discussing iconography. I need to write a short report on the meaning of the presence of birds in classical artforms. I am particularly interested in knowing what it means to depict vultures and woodpeckers.
64. I need to find some articles about research on the Taj Mahal.
65. I need to find three reference sources that provide biographical and critical information about Mary Cassatt.
66. I need to locate pictures of anything designed by Charles Moore.
67. I need to locate a little bit of biographical information about 20th century French jeweler, Helen Ashbee. Was she married to the British silversmith, William Ashbee?
68. I am trying to locate a quotation by American architect Daniel Burnham. He says something about "magic to stir men's blood."
69. I need some articles on post office murals commissioned under New Deal programs.
70. I need to find three reference sources that provide biographical and critical information about Ansel Adams.
71. I need to locate a list of museums in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
72. I need to read a description of Richard Avedon's fashion photography.
73. I need a chronology of the works of American architect, Daniel Burnham.
74. I need some articles on Hogarth's depiction of women.
75. I need to find three reference sources that provide biographical and critical information about Julia Margaret Cameron.
76. I want to read about the use of tortoiseshell in craftwork.
77. How do I determine which of Christ's disciples in a painting might be Judas?
78. I need to find three reference sources that provide biographical and critical information about Judy Chicago.
79. I need one or more articles on the bas relief that Edward Burne-Jones created for a private library in England.
80. I would like to locate an obituary for J.C. Olmsted.
Questions for all students:
81. Identify an actual reference request related to some aspect of this discipline. How would you answer this question? What resource(s) would you use?
82. Locate an Internet source related to this discipline. This source may be an electronic
discussion list, electronic journal or newsletter, or Web page. Be prepared to describe, briefly, the content of the source and indicate how you might use it in a reference situation. You may want to demonstrate the site.
Revised December 2004