Welcome!
A resource guide for faculty teaching visual art
Services
Instruction
Librarians can meet with your class in the physical or virtual classroom!
Schedule an instruction session via online or face-to-face here!
Instruction can include:
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Library Overview
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Basic and Advanced Research Practices
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Specific Topic Research
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Citations
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Source Evaluation
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Custom Lessons
Custom Services
LibGuides
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Offers resources and information for different subjects/ classes
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Librarians can create specific guides for your classes or assignments
Embedding
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Pages and guides can be embedded easily into Canvas
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Embed your librarian into your course - students have direct access to a librarian
Resources
Databases for Visual Arts Sources
- Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowMOST RECOMMENDED. Cross disciplinary coverage from Astronomy to Zoology. Scholarly journal articles, industry magazines and top newspapers. Text with screen reader and translator.
- African American Experience (ABC-CLIO) This link opens in a new windowMore than 80 journal articles that provide original, peer-reviewed scholarly arguments on such complex topics as the notion of a post-racial society and the long-term efficacy of Reconstruction.
Contains biographies of such famous political and social figures as W.E.B. DuBois, Barack Obama, Frederick Douglass, and Mary McLeod Bethune as well as such fascinating contemporary figures as Amiri Baraka, Muhammad Ali, Drake, and Oprah Winfrey. Primary and secondary sources, including the complete WPA Slave Narratives collection, speeches, court cases, quotations, advertisements, and statistics. Also contains photographs, maps, and other images. - Art Online (Oxford) This link opens in a new windowCovers the entries from Grove Art Online, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, & The Oxford Companion to Western Art.
- ArtStor Images This link opens in a new windowAn image library for the Arts from international museums, libraries and artists' collections. Images for African-American, American History, Women's, Asian ,and Classical Art Studies. Anthropology, Architecture, Design, Medical History and other images of art, maps, drawings and more are included.
- Humanities Source (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowRich database covering religions, art, architecture, journalism, literature, dance, history, literature, drama and comparative studies.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowArchive of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Over 700 titles available.
- Pop Culture Universe (ABC-CLIO) This link opens in a new windowEssays and research from major reference titles. Provides scholarship on popular topics through out the decades. Uses the face and actions of culture to explain political, social and person issues.
- World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras This link opens in a new windowCovers every area of the world from the dawn of prehistory through the great ancient empires to the beginning of the Renaissance. Thousands of authoritative primary and secondary sources, in-depth explorations of key topics, and profiles of city-states, countries, and regions of the ancient and medieval world.
- World History: The Modern Era This link opens in a new windowComprehensive overview of the emergence of the modern world from 1500 to the present. Covers Europe since the Renaissance, and concurrent developments in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Islamic world.
Catalog
Our catalog serves many different purposes! Use the Quick Search or go directly to our catalog, PrimoVE.
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Search for Books & eBooks
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Stream Videos
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Browse our Journals
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Search within Databases
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Search our Course Reserves
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Request materials that may not be on our campuses/ in databases
Remember to log in using your MySCF credentials - you can save items, request items, and view your library account.
Spaces & Technology
Meeting Spaces
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Hold meetings in our faculty meeting room. Book here!
Maker Commons
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Students can utilize equipment like our 3D printer, videography room with green screen, and the large format printer.
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For more information click here!
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Collaboration to hold events in our maker commons
Technology
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Computers, printers, scanners are available
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Editing and other educational software
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Different technology available for checkout - visit or call the library for more information!
Meet your Librarian!
Theresa Smith-Ennis
Contact:
Venice Campus bldg 300
941-408-1434
Subjects: Business, Collegiate School, English, Government, History, Literature, Poetry, Short Stories, Social Sciences
Meet your Librarian!
Russell Reece
She/They
Contact:
State College of Florida
Bradenton Campus
Building 3
Bradenton Campus
Building 3
941-752-5411
Subjects: Career
Meet Your Librarian!
Kaitlin Lewis-Jones
she/her
Contact:
Bradenton Campus
Building 3, Library & Learning Center
Building 3, Library & Learning Center
941-752-5404