Dissertation - Research

chris.graham@leeds-art.ac.uk

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