ART 150: THE CULTURAL USES OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Academic RESEARCH PAPER project Art 150 • Fall 2017

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Step 2: Library assignment (10%)

continuing your research

due in D2L dropbox: 23 October by 5pm

assignment overview

 using Camosun’s library, conduct more research on your essay topic; you may add to the

sources you found for the pre-library assignment

 create a working bibliography of 10 (or more) relevant sources to your topic (it can be general

and specific).

 for each source, correctly format it using Chicago Manual of Style (Turabian) for notes and

bibliography: http://camosun.ca.libguides.com/Chicago-17thEd

assignment instructions

locate 10 (or more) relevant sources from each of the following categories:

o reference section

 Oxford Companion to the Photograph

o books (ebooks or monographs)

o journal articles (peer reviewed/scholarly)

o academic websites

Note: -you may consult Wikipedia but don't cite it—use it for bibliographic sources

-do not cite my lectures, regular dictionaries, videos/DVDs, television shows, Youtube, etc.

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Instructions for submitting the library assignment (format & content)

title page

Title page includes the following information: Library Assignment, Art 150 sec 01, your

name & email, instructor name, date handed in

next pages

-have an updated thesis statement (or few sentences) that includes:

o what you are going to discuss (what you are going to prove or “argue”)

o which theories or theorists you are going to use

o which photographs you’ll be using as your proof or case study

-Include photograph(s) you plan to use in the essay. For each image, include (in this

order): title of the photograph (use quotation marks around the title); photographer’s full

name, year it was taken; specific medium and size; image source (web address); if it is in

a particular collection, name the collection.

last page

The Bibliography is on a separate page; format it using Chicago Manual of Style

(Turabian) for notes and bibliography; http://camosun.ca.libguides.com/Chicago-17thEd

general grading criteria (see D2L rubric for details)

-the quality of the assignment: all assignment criteria followed

-you have 10 sources; they are all RELEVANT to your particular topic

-your bibliography is correctly formatted using Chicago Manual of Style (Turabian)

-each entry contains all necessary information

-all the fonts are from the same family and the same size and colour

-assignment is submitted by due date and time