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Architecture & Design: ARCH 161 - Research Paper Session

Subject Guide and Course Reading Lists

Workshop Session Outline

Outcomes:

  1. Distinguish several ways to access print and digital resources, including the library catalog, article databases,
    and large aggregators such as Google Scholar 
  2. Evaluate and read information sources efficiently and effectively.
  3. Construct a citation from an article you've chosen for your paper.
  4. Review the process for writing academic papers.

>Before the Workshop. DUE 3/4/25.

 

During the workshop we'll cover.

1. Collecting & Evaluating Sources
2. Effective Reading
3. Essay Writing & Crediting Sources (MLA and Chicago)
4. Writing Center Appointments
5. Research Consultation Appointments

QUIZ! Complete the quiz and earn your Architecture History Research Badge.

Ami Vitale. Amer/Amber Fort. Built by Meenas King Raja Alan Singh Chanda.  2011. JSTOR, https://jstor.org/stable/community.12116887. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.

Before the Research Paper Workshop

Activity - Effective Reading

  • DON'T initially read a scholarly article or book from beginning to end; 
  • DO read certain sections first to understand the main arguments and results. 
  • DO Review endnotes, footnotes, and citations found in the article for additional sources.

Formatting the Container of A Source

SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLE

MLA Citation for Works-Cited List:

Micle, Maria. "Stereotypes Regarding Libraries and Librarians: An Approach of Romanian School

and Academic Libraries." Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, vol. 163, 2014, pp.

92-98. Science Direct, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.12.291. 

NOTE: This entry has TWO (2) containers. That is because the article (source) is contained within the first container (the journal). The journal is contained within the second container (the database). 

BOOK CHAPTER 

MLA Citation for Works-Cited List:

Ghosh, Ranjan. "Making Sahitya Matter." Thinking Literature Across Continentsedited

by Ranjan Ghosh and J. Hillis Miller, Duke University Press, 2016, p. 27.

MLA Citation for Works-Cited List:

Ceron, Andrea, et al. Politics and Big Data: Nowcasting and Forecasting Elections with Social Media.

Routledge, 2017.

NOTE: Because we are citing the entire source and not just a chapter, we do not use quotation marks around the title. Instead, we treat the title of the source as we would the container of the source. In this case, we italicize the title of the source.

MLA Citation for Works-Cited List:

"Market Analysis." Starting & Managing. U.S. Small Business Administration, https://www.sba.gov/starting-

business/write-your-business-plan/market-analysis.

Crediting Sources & Writing Citations

Image Citations[Frances Benjamin Johnston, full-length portrait, seated in front of fireplace, facing left, holding cigarette in one hand and a beer stein in the other, in her Washington, D.C. studio]

Original Images by YOU or your GROUP Project: Either (at minimum) state your full name and year as the caption or, if you choose no captions, put a statement at the top of your reference list claiming, "All uncredited images were created by the author/designer of this project." If an image was created by a single individual, it's best to credit their name in the caption.  If an image was created with multiple people's input but not the entire group, credit the contributing members in the caption.

IMAGES from ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: Procedures for citation are still evolving, so indicate in the caption, at minimum, that AI was used to create the design and ask your professor if they require further information (prompts, etc.). 

Reverse Image Search: If you're wondering about the origin of an uncredited image,search engines like Google and TinEye allow you to search using the image itself so you can see other places where it exists on the web.

 

 

 

Johnston, Frances Benjamin, photographer. Frances Benjamin Johnston, full-length portrait, seated in front of fireplace, facing left, holding cigarette in one hand and a beer stein in the other, in her Washington, D.C. studio. Washington D.C, 1896. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/98502934/.

Information Sources

Final Review - Quiz


Writing and Style Guides

How was it?

Writing Center Appointments

Research Consultation Appoinments

Keyword Search Tips

Although you can use natural language in Google Scholar, like you do in Google, you can also use Boolean operators and phrase searching like you have been taught to use in the library databases.

File:EBSCO Information Services 20xx ...

 

 

(Avery, Art+Architecture Source)

  • Simple search allows for searching by keyword (a word which appears anywhere in the record), author , title word, abstract word, subject word, or name of a journal.  
  • Advanced (Refined) search offers options to search by Author word as well as by exact Author's name, by title word and by exact title (if known). 
  • Boolean operators: AND, OR, NOT
  • If you are not sure of spelling of a word or a term use truncation mark "?"
    Example, searching for a subject word [SU: Water quality management] you will get "water resources development" as well as "water supply".
  • THEN limit your search by specifying date, language, or country of publication.

You can use "limit" option to locate records with illustrations: plans, maps, photos, elevations, isometric drawings, etc (select type of illustrations from the menu and apply limits).


Artstor images now discoverable on JSTOR - About JSTOR

Search JSTOR/ArtStor using your chosen terms. AND is assumed between words. OR works only if in capital letters. NOT or the minus sign - can be used to exclude terms. Do not put a space between the mark and the search term.

For example, searches like:

"Brutalism" Gropius (oeuvre OR "body of work")​​​​​​​

Search with JStor/ArStor

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