Skip to Main Content
It looks like you're using Internet Explorer 11 or older. This website works best with modern browsers such as the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. If you continue with this browser, you may see unexpected results.
SITE MENU
University of San Francisco - University of San Francisco - Gleeson Library and Geschke Center University of San Francisco - Gleeson Library and Geschke Center logo
Site Search

Museum Studies

A guide to Gleeson Library for Museum Studies Graduate Students

Getting Started

Library Homepage: www.usfca.edu/library

Pre-Search Tasks:

 

Topics and Keywords

  • Your topic might morph and change as you conduct your research and gather information: this is part of the process.

  • Brainstorm keywords and synonyms, write them down, keep track of them, and add to them if necessary as you go along.

  • Example: Museums/Architecture or design or Construction/sustainability or environmentally conscious.

  • Consider using a research log to keep track of your keywords and search strategies.


Keeping track of references/sources

  • Consider using Refworks, or another online reference manager to create a personal database of your references/sources.

    • Online reference managers can also help you automatically generate citations, as well as entire bibliographies and works cited lists. 

    • Check Refworks citations against citation manuals. Refworks citations are not always perfect and might need to be edited or cleaned-up. This page of the library website has more information about Refworks and citation styles and manuals: https://guides.usfca.edu/citing-sources.

    • To create a Refworks account: click the RefWorks link below or go to: https://refworks.proquest.com/. Then click CREATE ACCOUNT at the bottom of the page and follow the instructions.