Tools & Tutorials

RISD Library Tutorials

To view the Powepoint tutorials, open the file on your computer. Click to move through the tutorials at your own pace.

Concept Mapping

Research Process

Using Reference Sources

Finding Articles

Finding Images

ARTstor Tutorials (videos)

Introducing the New ARTstor

Making an Image Group

Download Images to PowerPoint

JSTOR Tutorials

Electronic Publication Alerts and RSS

RISD Electronic Publication Alerts and RSS

Setting up Preferred Searches & email alerts from the RISD/Ath catalog

RSS in Plain English (3:44 youtube video)

Style Manuals & Citation Tools

Creating a Bibliography provides patterns and examples of APA, MLA, and Chicago/Turabian styles for notes and bibliographies

MLA Style FAQs offers answers to the most common MLA questions

BibMe formats a bibliography in MLA, APA, Chicago or Turabian citation styles. Search by isbn, title or author then autofill the form. Exports to Microsoft Word.

NoodleBib Expess generates citations in MLA, APA, and Chicago Style

MLA and Art Bulletin Image Caption Styles

Zotero is a Firefox browser extension used to collect and manage research sources. Zotero Tutorial