EXTENDED WRITTEN PIECE - LIBRARY RESEARCH

chris.graham@leeds-art.ac.uk - Contact over summer

Books in the Library on how to write your extended written piece.

@libraryartleeds

Key words;

- Focus
- Relevance

Title should be as focused as possible. Makes research and writing much easier.

Visualising title may help - Mind mapping

'What role does the graphic designer play in the contemporary fashion industry' or advertising?

RESEARCH:

(fill in proposal form)

Primary Research
- Gathering your own original data

Secondary Research
- Reading up on the subject
- Making use of this research
- Used for corroboration, disagreement, triangulation, theoretical underpinning, etc.

RESEARCH METHODS:

- Visual practice, experiment, interest and enquiry (research and critical diaries (blog))
- Questionnaires (qualitative/quantitative) - Do a trail run in case you want to add anything. Mix up the questions so they are not all the same. Always give them a deadline.
- Interviews
- Case study
- Site visits

Literature Research 01
- Books
- Journals
- Websites / Blogs / On-line forums
- Videos / DVDs
- CDs / Tape Cassettes / Vinyl Recordings
- TV / Radio
- Newspapers / Maps / Reports
- Printed Ephemera


Literature Research 02
- Knowing where to look most effectively
- Effective use of catalogues - Narrow or broaden search terms / Using related terms / Browsing using Dewey Decimal Classification.
- Use of contents page and index
- Reading the introduction or abstract
- Using a book's own bibliography to inform further reading

BOOK SEARCH:
- LCA
- Leeds Met Uni
- University of Leeds (SCONUL) - Get SCONUL card from LCA Library
- The British Library in Boston Spa - www.bl.uk
- COPAC - copac.ac.uk

JOURNAL SEARCH 01
- InfoTrac
- Store of online magazine articles
- password: tryinfomarks

JOURNAL SEARCH 02
- JSTOR
- Store of online magazine articles
- Only available on the college computers

JOURNAL SEARCH 03
- Art Full Text
- Journal index and full text articles

INTERNET SEARCH 01
- Athens
- Store of password protected sites
- Ask in the library for the login and password

INTERNET SEARCH 02
- WGSN

INTERNET SEARCH 03
- Google Scholar
- Full text PDF articles

Library estudio
- College resources
- HE Resources
- HE Library
- Login
- Learning Resources
- Links 
- Help with Harvard referencing

Tips:

Don't bite off more than you can chew (keep the topic and title focused and manageable).

Create a sense of momentum(note taking, writing a draft section when you can, keeping your bibliography up to date).