Your final project asks you to draw creatively and academically on an area of interest in Japanese Art. In addition to background resources, you may need to search for articles and books in the library collection.
When searching databases, keep these techniques in mind.
Quotation marks search for an exact phrase.
"Japanese art" finds results with that exact phrase.
Add more words when you want to narrow your search. Use the word AND to connect different concepts.
"ink painting" AND calligraphy
Use OR to find related terms.
pottery OR ceramics
Use an asterisk * to find variant word endings. Be careful not to shorten your word too much, because this can bring back results that are not relevant.
paint* retrieves paint, paints, painters, painting, etc.
An interdisciplinary journal archive. It includes archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. Includes the Artstor image collections.
To search the library catalog by subject, try these suggested subject search terms.
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