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Artifact:an online resource for
Art, Design and Music and the Performing Arts
www.artifact.ac.uk
Mary [email protected]
JISC RSC for London e-Learning for Music Technology
21st June 2006
First of all, what is Artifact?
A free search engine for locating quality Internet resources for the arts and creative industries
Access to resources relevant to teaching, learning and research
Supports further and higher education Over 6,800 authoritative sites Sites chosen by subject specialists Metadata and description added by cataloguers Part of the Resource Discovery Network (RDN) Funded by the HEFCE via the Joint Information
Systems Committee (JISC)
Who are we?
• Partners are– CALIM (Consortium of Academic Libraries in
Manchester) • Manchester Metropolitan University = lead site
• Includes the Royal Northern College of Music
– The University of the Arts London– South Cheshire College of FE – MIMAS at Manchester Computing = host
Architecture Arts
Communications & Media
CultureDesign
Fashion & Beauty
Music and the Performing
Arts
Our aim is…
…to become a trusted source
of reliable and authoritative
Internet resources
for the arts and
creative industries
through an easily
searchable catalogue
Or more simply…
…provide the user with
free access
to the best of the Web!
7 ways intoArtifact
Explore ‘On This Date’ - a list of historical arts events linked to related Artifact records by date
Search the database
Perform an advanced search
See the latest Limelight feature
Browse the subject areas
Access the Artists’ Index
Browse the A-Z Index
The music sub-headings
of the Music and thePerforming Artsbrowse heading
1. Browsing Artifact
Resources aboutacoustics
The flag = the countryof origin of the resource
Click on the title to gostraight to the resource
Click on ‘View FullRecord’ for the
full record display
The full recorddisplay…
…and the resource itself
2. Searching Artifact
A search for“music software”finds 82 records
3. Searching Artifact usingthe Advanced
Search
A “phrase search” for “music technology”
finds 14 resources
4. Accessing the Artists’ Index
Browse by Role and Surname
Select:Pople, Anthony, 1955-2003:
Scholar, musicologist
One record on Anthony Pople
5. Browsing Limelight features
by subject
Select the Limelight feature on
Philip Glass
6. Browsing the A-Z subject index
The subjects list is based on the Artifact browse
headings and it is updated as new browse headings
are added
7. Exploring “On This Date”
Click on the word or phrase to
perform a search in Artifact
Click on “On This Date” to search for more arts-related
facts and events
Refresh the page to see different facts for today
Click on the Virtual Training Suite icon to view a set of free “teach-yourself” online tutorials, designed to help students develop their Internet research skills.
The Future…
On 13th July 2006,
the RDN will
become…
Pleasenotethatthis
websiteis
underconstruction
until13th July
The eight RDN Hubs are merging into four new subject groups:
Arts and humanities
Health and life sciences
Science, engineering and technology (including geography)
Social sciences
Please note that this website is under construction until
13th July
The Virtual Training Suite will be updated and given a new look…
Pleasenotethatthis
websiteis
underconstruction
until13th July
…and the search and browse features,Limelight, Artists’ Index and On This Date
are staying…
…but additional features will include:
Electronic journals – for quick and easy access to a separate list of electronic journals
Thematic Timelines – containing dozens of key events which have shaped the world as we know it, together with
suggested online searches for further research.
MyIntute – which provides weekly email updates of recently reviewed websites and allows you to save resources of interest
Working with Intute – embedding Intute services in your own websites and Virtual Learning Environments using our
sophisticated MyIntute Include services.
Visit and link to Artifact at:http://www.artifact.ac.uk/
*after 13th July http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/
Send suggested sites and feedback to:[email protected]
*after 13th [email protected]
http://www.intute.ac.uk/feedback.html
Thank you and happy searching and browsing!