Monday, September 29, 2008

Contemporary Painting journals & magazines

What are some of the periodicals available at RISD Library which include contemporary painting and painters?
Afterall
ArtAsiaPacifica
Art Book
Art India
Art Journal
Art Monthly
Art Papers
Art on Paper
Art in America
Artforum International
ArtNews
ArtNexus
ArtUS
Azure
Bomb
Brooklyn Rail
Cabinet
Les Cahiers
Contemporary
Flash art
Frieze : contemporary art and culture
Grey Room
Leonardo
Modern painters
New American Paintings
New Criterion
NY Arts
October
Parkett
Rhizome
Tate etc.
teme celeste
Third Text
Turps banana

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Cool Printing Tool

Print What You Like
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

mystery fish redux




Image Source: Journal photo/Andrew Dickerman



You may remember seeing this phenomenon last year... the Menhaden have returned

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Search Plugins

Project Muse and Worldcat have search plugins for your web browser.

Worldcat also has a facebook application, a google toolbar that links you directly to WorldCat results when it detects ISBNs, and an iphone app.

Database Trials

Updated: We have trials to the following databases. Please take a look and let us know what you think by putting it in the comments or risdlib@risd.edu.

Academic Search Complete - database info - we have Academic Search Premier

Literary Reference Center - database info

Textile Technology Complete - database info - we have Textile Technology Index

Humanities International Complete - database info

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Value Add Machines for the new RISD IDs: One Card

Value added machines are located:
15 West Lounge*
Design Center*
Mason*
BEB
CIT
Homer
*dispenses guest cards

New Database - LexisNexis Academic



LexisNexis Academic
Access over 6,000 news, business, and legal sources containing more than a billion full-text articles, citation abstracts, and documents. Emphasis is on current news and legal and business information. Coverage includes deep backfiles and up-to-the-minute stories in national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources.

library.risd.edu > RISD Online Resources(All) > LexisNexis Academic

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Constitution Day

In the tradition of recognizing Constitution Day, RISD
will be hosting a live community reading of the Constitution at The
Fleet Library. All members of the community are welcome to
participate, and are invited to stop by the library anytime between
11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. You will be able to read anytime you arrive, for a brief or longer time, as you choose. It will be possible for more than one person to read at the same time, as there will be a number of copies available. The reading will be video recorded. All regular activities within the library will continue as usual. Please come and have your voice be part of RISD’s
voice on this important day!

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

NEW! Search Brown Libraries from RISD catalog







When searching the RISD/Athenaeum catalog, you'll notice a
Search Brown button on the right side of the screen after doing an initial search.
Click on Search Brown to repeat the same search in Brown Libraries catalog.

To return to the RISD/Athenaeum catalog, click on the
Return to Catalog button in the upper left corner of the screen.