Caption Writing
Captions do not have to follow this exact order. Nor do they need all three pieces each time, but this a good starting point.
•Explain what the artifact is, depicting, describing, or a piece of. Basically this is the “what is this thing?” part of the caption.
•Tell the viewer where to look or focus their attention or what to notice i.e. the “where to put my eyeballs” portion.
•Put the artifact in the context of the larger historical narrative. This must be historically grounded in secondary source material. This can be seen as the “why is this important?” piece of the caption.
Slides from class with example of presentation
Finding Articles--General
Library search engines (databases) are a great place to find scholarly journal articles or other sources for your paper. Each search engine has a different flavor/subject area it covers. If the full text isn’t right there, click the Find It button. If we don’t have the article, you can request it from another library by clicking the “get this article or book chapter” link. (The turnaround time on this is usually about 2 days.)
- Academic Search This link opens in a new windowA general catch-all database for all topics. A good place to start, but don't forget it has a lot of non-scholarly stuff in it.
Books only catalog search box
Searching the catalog for online resources
