1. You should go to the Museum and visit the sections that correspond to the period we are studying (the origin to 1500 CE).
2. You will pick an artifact (or more in case you want to do a comparative analysis).
3. The indicative questions you will have to answer will be:
-Period of the artifact
-Timeframe you will be discussing
-You’ll place the object in time and space (political order, religious views, economic activities)
-Usage
-What does it tell us about society of the period and the place you picked?
-Was there trade or encounters with other civilizations? How do we tell? Influences and similarities with other places, artifacts we studied or you saw in the museum?
-You need to have at least one primary source (the artifact itself counts) and at least two secondary sources (meaning scholars who have written about it - not one guy on the internet wrote that...)
-In the write up you need to use proper academic style (citation, good grammar and spelling)
-Give evidences for your argument
4. Times New Roman 12, double-spaced
5. Bibliography at the end
6. Be creative, interesting and straight to the point
7. Enjoy this assignment!
2. You will pick an artifact (or more in case you want to do a comparative analysis).
3. The indicative questions you will have to answer will be:
-Period of the artifact
-Timeframe you will be discussing
-You’ll place the object in time and space (political order, religious views, economic activities)
-Usage
-What does it tell us about society of the period and the place you picked?
-Was there trade or encounters with other civilizations? How do we tell? Influences and similarities with other places, artifacts we studied or you saw in the museum?
-You need to have at least one primary source (the artifact itself counts) and at least two secondary sources (meaning scholars who have written about it - not one guy on the internet wrote that...)
-In the write up you need to use proper academic style (citation, good grammar and spelling)
-Give evidences for your argument
4. Times New Roman 12, double-spaced
5. Bibliography at the end
6. Be creative, interesting and straight to the point
7. Enjoy this assignment!
FAQs
= Emmanuel Faculty, Staff & Students only
Article Databases: Ranked by Relevance * Note: Limit to peer-reviewed articles in databases that contain content that is both peer reviewed and non-peer reviewed.
- access databases off campus
- determine a journal's impact factor/other journal metrics
- find peer-reviewed articles
- find the full text of an article from a citation
= Emmanuel Faculty, Staff & Students only
Sample Searches
- ancient and Greece and (technology or manufacturing)
- Rome and (art or artwork or craftsmen)
- China and history and (society or customs or culture)
- ancient and Greece and (technology or manufacturing)
- Rome and (art or artwork or craftsmen)
- China and history and (society or customs or culture)
Article Databases: Ranked by Relevance * Note: Limit to peer-reviewed articles in databases that contain content that is both peer reviewed and non-peer reviewed.
Dominique Couturier
Reference / Instructional Librarian
couturierd@emmanuel.edu
617-732-1669
Schedule a reference appointment with Dominique
Diane Zydlewski
Associate Librarian for Reference, Instruction, and Outreach
zydlewsd@emmanuel.edu
John P. Healey, Jr.
Archives Librarian
healyj@emmanuel.edu
617-264-7606
Reference / Instructional Librarian
couturierd@emmanuel.edu
617-732-1669
Schedule a reference appointment with Dominique
Diane Zydlewski
Associate Librarian for Reference, Instruction, and Outreach
zydlewsd@emmanuel.edu
617-732-1638
Schedule a reference appointment
with Diane
Schedule a reference appointment
with Diane
John P. Healey, Jr.
Archives Librarian
healyj@emmanuel.edu
617-264-7606
Recommended Books
- Companion Encyclopedia of Archaeology
- Encyclopedia of Religion, 2005
- An Encyclopaedia of the History of Technology
- Grove Art Online
- Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture REFERENCE N 5610 .G76 2007
- Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture REFERENCE N6260 .G75 2009
- Science and Technology in World History
- World mythology: The illustrated guide Reference BL312 .W66 2006
Also, explore:
- Kanopy (Emmanuel users) : A streaming video resource with a broad collection of over 26,000 films.
- Chicago Manual of Style (17th ed.) REFERENCE DESK Z253 .U69 2017
- The Chicago Manual of Style Online: Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide
For common examples of materials cited. University of Chicago Press. - Chicago Manual of Style Shop Talk: Turabian for Students
This official Chicago Manual of Style guide to Kate L. Turabian's Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations includes paper formatting examples, tips on crafting a paper, and a crash course in citations. - Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
RefWorks
- Register from any computer by going to https://refworks.proquest.com and clicking on Create Account.
- Using RefWorks: New RefWorks Guide; A two-page handout; and FAQ Collection: RefWorks
