Opportunity!!
Focus & relevance
Idea generation -spider diagram
Primary research
secondary
Visual practice, experiment, interest and enquiry (research & critical diaries)
Questionnaires - thorough design/pilot first draft time limit for return
Interviews - make an appointment/ send details prior
Case study
Site visits
Literature search
- Books -academic scholarly academic theortical / 306
- Journals
- websites/ blogs/ online forums
- Videos/DVDs
- CDs/tape cassettes/vinyl recordings
- TV/Radio
- Newspapers/maps/reports
- Printed ephemera - flyers, posters, short life span
Effective use of catalogues - narrowing and broadening search terms
Journals - Absract - introductory paragraph
www.leedsmet.ac.uk/lis
SCONUL (can use University of Leeds) www. leeds.ac.uk/library
Th British Library in Boston Sp www.bl.uk
(Can request books/mag articles)
COPAC http://copac.ac.uk - Central database for UK libraries to see where a book is held
When searching put commas around the name "Jo Spence"
Journal Search
Infotrac http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/leedscad
JSTOR - http//www/jstor.org (only available within the college)
Internet
Athens www.athens.ac.uk Ebooks
WGSN - a database of fashion information and trends wgsn.com
