FA 461 Frank Lloyd Wright Seminar Prof. Jeffery Howe
Dec 14, 2015
FA 461
Frank Lloyd Wright Seminar
Prof. Jeffery Howe
AssignmentReport and presentation
What has been written?• 186 books in QUEST
• 2589 books in Worldcat• Over 6000 entries in Frank Lloyd Wright : a bio-
bibliography / Donald Langmead.Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1886-2003.
• 1739 articles in ArtFulltext and Retrospective (since 1929)
• 1763 articles in Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
• And another 1102 articles in other databases
Where to begin??
• Books on Reserve
Follow up on footnotes and bibliography
• What else did author write?
• Search QUEST for titles
Go to stacks
• NA737 .W7
Follow up on footnotes and bibliography
• Search QUEST for other subject headings
Search GroveOnline
• Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright
W. Storrer: The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: A Complete Catalogue (Cambridge, 1974) (3rd edition 2002 on Reserve)
J. Meech-Pekarik: ‘Frank Lloyd Wright and Japanese Prints’, Bull. Met., xl (1982), pp. 48–56 (Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v.40 1982)
J. Siry: ‘Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple and Architecture for Liberal Religion in Chicago, 1885–1909’, A. Bull., lxxiii/2 (June 1991), pp. 257–82 (Art Bulletin, Vol. 73, no. 2)
N. Levine: The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright (Princeton, [1996]) (On reserve)
J. Siry: Unity Temple: Frank Lloyd Wright and Architecture for Liberal Religion (Cambridge and New York, 1996) (On reserve)
Search in
J. Meech-Pekarik: ‘Frank Lloyd Wright and Japanese Prints’, Bull. Met., xl (1982), pp. 48–56 (Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v.40 1982)
Link to the actual article
Where can I find other sources?
• ArtFulltext (1984-present)• Art Retrospective (1929-1984)• Biographies Plus
Avery Index to architectural periodicals
Bibliography of the History of Art
ArtBibliographiesModern
British Humanities Index
MLA
Philosophers Index
Making some sense of your results
How to zero in
• Frank Lloyd Wright and a named building
Where can I find images?
How can I keep track of my resources?
• A free tool from the Boston College Libraries
Look for RefWorks
• WorldCat
• ArtFulltext (1984-present)
• Art Retrospective (1929-1984)
• Biographies Plus
Avery Index to architectural periodicals
Bibliography of the History of Art
ArtBibliographiesModern
British Humanities Index
MLA
Philosophers Index
Researching and Writing an Art History Paper
http://www.bc.edu/libraries/centers/bapst/resources/s-arthistory/