INFORMATION

RESOURCES

SERVICES

INSTRUCTION

POLICIES &GUIDELINES

SITE MAP

DEPARTMENTS


Online Books

The best source for details about how to summarize an article for a class assignment is, of course, your instructor. There are some general guidelines, however, that might prove useful if you're having trouble getting started. Take a look at a few of the sites listed below to consider what goes into writing a summary.

• The Writer's Web at the University of Richmond
• Short, six part tutorial from Colorado State University
• Brief overview of writing summaries from the Writing Lab at Purdue University
• Abstracts and summaries have common elements. Many of the newspaper articles you will retrieve online have abstracts. Take at look at this site and consider both.

Remember, these are general guidelines only. It is important to check with your instructor to ensure your summary technique suits the assignment specifications for your particular course. To begin looking for information on works of art check out online catalog.

Using the Online Catalog

The BHCC Library online catalog is the most efficient way to find a book in the BHCC library. If you take some time to master it, your task will be much easier when you need to stop in and borrow a book. Remember, the online catalog can be searched from any PC connected to the Internet with a Web browser.

If you take a look at the online catalog, you'll see that there are many ways to search for a book: author, title, subject, keyword, and more. To start, try the keyword search, which is the broadest possible search. Subject, author, and title searches are more specific. Before you enter your search, read the screen. There are always useful tips that will save you search time. To see an example of how to do a search in the catalog, you can go to the Web page entitled How to use the online catalog

Your end goal should always be the book's call number, which is like the book's address and tells you where to find the book in the library. This BHCC Library web page on Finding a Book in the Library is a good place to start for more detailed information on how call numbers work.

Some more specific art subject areas include, but are not limited to:

Fine Arts	N
Painting	ND
Photography	TR

In the Reference section, try using The Dictionary of Art -- REF N31 .D5 1996

Online Art Resources

Artcyclopedia: The Fine Arts Search Engine -- A specialized directory and search engine for museum-quality art on the Web

World Wide Web Arts Resources -- Art History Resources: (Artists, Art Movements, Biographies & Artwork)

XREFER -- Full-text encyclopedias and guides to most areas of study including art and art image guides.

http://www.xreferplus.com

INFOTRAC -- Provides access to multiple full-text databases of scholarly journals and newspapers on many subjects including the Biography Resource Center which contains award-winning biographies.

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/mlin_b_bunkhcc.

A Spanish-language version of this resource is available at:
http://mblc.state.ma.us/cgi-bin/remote.pl?db=infotrac

CITING YOUR INFORMATION SOURCES

The format you will use for citation is known as the MLA format; to assist you in compiling your list of sources, consult the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, REF LB 2369. G53 1999. This volume is very detailed and even covers citation formats for the different electronic resources you will be using. For a good treatment of the same material available on the World Wide Web, check out the Duke University Libraries' Guide to citing sources.