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ARTHIST381/HONORS381: Honors Seminar: Images of Japan's Floating World (Spring 2021 / Snow): Resource Evaluation

Library resources for ARTHIST381/HONORS381 / Spring 2017

Fauxtography: Identifying Fake Photos on the Internet | The 1918 Spanish Flu

SNOPES: Fauxtography
Numerous photographs and videos circulate on the Internet. Some are real. Some are fake. Some are real, but have been given false backstories.
Q: Is this an archival family photo taken during the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic real? Is this cat actually wearing a mask?

Primary, Secondary & Tertiary Resources

Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sources in Multi-Disciplinary Research
An overview of primary, secondary and tertiary research resources for multi-disciplinary research.

Periodical Publication Categories

Periodical Publication Categories: Academic vs. Scholarly vs. Peer Reviewed vs. Trade Publication vs. Magazine
Use this to disambiguate periodical publication categories. The Search@UW tool and most of the UWM Libraries' journal databases allow users to 'Limit to Scholarly/Peer Reviewed' journals. NOTE: There is no similar functionality in Google / Google Scholar. Peer-reviewed journals are marked as 'refereed' in Ulrich's Directory.

Ulrichsweb
Ulrichsweb(Ulrich's Periodical Directory)is the authoritative source of detailed information on periodicals of all types -- academic and scholarly journals, Open Access publications, peer-reviewed titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more from around the world.

Are Books Considered Scholarly Resources?

Are Books Considered Scholarly Publications?
It depends. Just as periodicals can be categorized as academic, scholarly, peer reviewed or popular, books and other "grey literature" research resources are also published with different audiences and purposes. This handout will help you determine if a book or another type of research resource is academic/scholarly in nature.

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Subjects: Art & Art History

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