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Arts-Based Research

Books / Journals / Databases / Special Collections / Web Sites

Books at Ludcke Library

Eisner, Eliot. (2002). The arts and the creation of mind. New Haven, CT:

Yale University Press. Call number: N84 .E38 2002

 

McNiff, Shaun. (1998). Art-based research. Philadelphia:

Jessica Kingsley. Call number: RC489.A72 M322 1998

 

Sullivan, Graeme. (2005). Art practice as research : Inquiry in the visual arts.

Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Call number: N85 .S84 2005

 

Psychopathology and pictorial expression. (1966-1978).

Vols. 1, 3 & 4. New York: Karger. Call number: [Ref] N71.5 .P78

Journals

• Art Education
  Call Number: Periodical N81 .A86
  Fulltext in Wilson OmniFile & Proquest Education Journals
• International Journal of Education and the Arts
  http://ijea.asu.edu/
  Full text in Wilson OmniFile
• Journal of Aesthetic Education
  Call Number: Periodical N1 .J58
  Fulltext in Project Muse, ProQuest Education
• Journal of Museum Education
  Call number: Periodical AM7 .J68
• Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism & Practice
  http://www.lesley.edu/journals/jppp/9/index.html
• Studies in Art Education
  Call Number: Periodical N81 .S84
  Fulltext in Wilson OmniFile & Proquest Education Journals
• Visual Arts Research
  Call Number: Periodical N81 R49

Searching the Library Databases

Recommended search statement: (arts-based or art-based) and (research or inquiry) in these databases

• Wilson OmniFile
• ERIC
• PsycINFO
• ProQuest Education Journals
• Academic Search Premier

Access the databases through the myLibrary tab in myLesley. Need help? Go to "Get Started."

Special Collections at Museums & Libraries

• Boston Public Library Special Collections
  http://www.bpl.org/research/special/index.htm
• Museums of Massachusetts
  http://www.museumca.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/museumca/usa_search.cgi?state=ma
• New York Public Library for Performing Arts
  http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/lpa.html
• International Directory of Performing Arts Collections & Institutions
  http://www.sibmas.org/English/sibmas.html
• Performing Arts Research Collections
  http://www.bl.uk/collections/wider/perfweb.html
• Virtual Library Museum Websites
  http://icom.museum/vlmp/

Web Sites

Ludcke Library Research Guides:

• Visual Arts Online
  http://www.lesley.edu/library/guides/research/visual_arts.html

  Links to museums and searching images on the Web.

• Expressive Therapies Online
  http://www.lesley.edu/library/guides/research/expressive_therapies.html

  Links to collections of patient art work.

Professional Resources:

• Arts Based Educational Research Special Interest Group (AERA)
  http://aber-sig.org/
• A/r/tography (Univ of British Columbia)
  http://m1.cust.educ.ubc.ca:16080/Artography/
• Centre for Arts-Informed Research (Univ. of Toronto)
  http://www.utoronto.ca/CAIR/airchome3.html
• Folkvine (Univ. of Central Florida)
  http://www.folkvine.org
• Image and Identity Research Collective (Concordia & McGill Univ.'s)
  http://www.iirc.mcgill.ca
• The Living Classroom (McGill)
  http://www.thelivingclassroom.com
• Music and Digital Arts Studio (Louisiana State Univ.)
  http://www.madstudio.lsu.edu/
• Women's Community Arts and Crafts Project (Univ. of Victoria)
  http://www.educ.uvic.ca/communityarts/project_description.html

Researchers' Homepages:

• Rita Irwin's homepage
  http://cust.educ.ubc.ca/faculty/irwin.html
• Pat B. Allen Virtual Studio
  http://www.patballen.com/index.html
• Kit Grauer A/r/tography homepage
  http://cust.educ.ubc.ca/faculty/facpages/grauer/homepage.htm

Other Resources:

• Arts and Healing Network
  http://www.artheals.org/start.html
• The Hands-On Dance Project
  http://www.satorimedia.com/hands_on/project1.htm
• The Walking Project
  http://walksquawk.blogs.com/about_the_walking_project/

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