Guides: ART 352 : Faith & Art: Search Tips

Searching for Resources

In our library catalogue, type your topic, e.g.

Select a relevant book in your results list, and then View the Description for accurate subject headings (under Subjects).

Once you know the subject headings for your topic, do a subject (su:) search.

You could also try an Advanced Search, combining keywords from several Subject Headings:

AND finds results with BOTH terms
OR finds results with EITHER term
vocation* finds any ending, e.g. vocation, vocational

For more help on searching, go to our library website.

From the library Databases page, go to EBSCOhost and then select EBSCOhost Web. Then choose your database(s). and create a search similar to the example below. Finally, you may limit your results by using the filters on the left-hand side of the screen, e.g., recently published (in the past 5 years), full text articles in peer reviewed journals.

The Sample topic below is Spirituality and Modern Art.

AND finds results with BOTH terms
OR finds results with EITHER terms
spiritual* finds any ending, e.g. spiritual, spirituality
"Art, Modern" : using quotation marks will search for a phrase

For more help with EBSCOhost databases, go to the library website and look under the Databases tab.

From the library Databases page, go to JSTOR, select Advanced Search and then and try a search like this. By placing quotation marks around a phrase, JSTOR will search this exact phrase only, bringing up more accurate results. You may also limit your results by item type, language and discipline.

The Sample topic below is Art and Kitsch:

For additional help with JSTOR, look under the Databases tab on the library website.