Beginner's guide to Wikipedia - Everything you need to know to get started.
Wiki markup cheatsheet - Refer to this cheatsheet as you create and edit articles.
Your first article - Starting from scratch? Learn how to create an article on Wikipedia.
Editing on Wikipedia - Best practices for editing existing articles.
Citing sources - How to craft references for Wikipedia articles.
Feeling stuck? Don't hesitate to ask for help!
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Academic Search CompleteProvides indexing and abstracts for thousands of journals and other publications. Access broad ranging resources that include full-text journals, monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and video content from the Associate Press etc.
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JSTORAccess a wide variety of journal articles in the humanities and other disciplines. Note: You may not be able to access the most current 2–7 years of certain journals—but many of these recent publications are found in Project MUSE.
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Project MUSEIncludes the most recently published output of many major scholarly journals. Covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, cultural studies, education, political science, and more.
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Nexis UniFull-text access to news, business, medical, educational and legal sources. The sources include international, national, and regional newspapers; magazines; trade journals; newsletters; wire service reports; and transcripts of television and radio news programs.
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Oxford Art OnlineAccess a wide-variety of art resources across Oxford’s art reference works. Includes articles, visual arts, digital images, encyclopedias, and more.
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Art & Architecture SourceIncludes magazine and journal articles, book reviews and conference proceedings, podcasts and more regarding fine arts, decorative and commercial art, as well as architecture and architectural design. Covers sources from 1914 to the present with selected full text.
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discoverE (Catalog)Search the Emory Libraries' Catalog, discoverE, to locate books and other resources.
WELCOME! Thank you for your participation and contribution today. Please do the following to get set up and ready to edit.
1) Pick up handouts for easy reference and view the Quick Start Guide.
2) If you haven't already, create a Wikipedia account.
3) Go to the Art 101 Wikipedia Edit-a-thon program page and sign in to record attendance.
4) Start writing! Courtney, your Librarian, will help with finding research sources to support your article and can answer any questions you have about editing on Wikipedia.
Below is a list of Wikipedia articles based on your course topics. In some cases, there are standalone articles on a specific art genre; in other cases, art is a subcategory embedded within a broader article on a historical period or culture. Take a look and see which articles capture your interest and are in need of corrections, expansions, or updates.
- Prehistoric art
- Rock art
- African art
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Chinese jade
- Akkadian Empire
- Sumer
- Assyria
- Babylonia
- Persian art
- Art of Mesopotamia
- Lagash
- Egyptian hieroglyphs
- Art of ancient Egypt
- Prehistoric Egypt
- Old Kingdom of Egypt
- Middle Kingdom of Egypt
- New Kingdom of Egypt
- Aegean art
- Cyclades
- Minoan art
- Minoan civilization
- Mycenaean Greece
- Greek Dark Ages
- Ancient Greek art
- Ancient Greek sculpture
- Ancient Greek architecture
- Pottery of ancient Greece
- Archaic Greece
- Classical Greece
- Hellenistic art
- Etruscan art
- Roman art
- Ancient Roman pottery
- Ancient Roman architecture
- Roman sculpture
- Roman Republic
- Roman Empire
- Flavian dynasty
- Late antiquity
- Byzantine art
- Byzantine architecture
- Jewish culture
- Early Christian art and architecture
- Medieval art
- Islamic art
- Romanesque art
- Gothic art
Here are a few basic rules for creating and editing articles in Wikipedia:
Copyright: paraphrasing and citations are necessary. Do not copy/paste text from another website or source - paraphrasing and citation is necessary.
Neutral point of view: all articles must be written from a neutral point of view, representing views fairly and without bias.
Verifiability: all articles must have citations from verifiable, reliable sources.
Usually, academic and peer-reviewed articles are the most reliable sources. Other sources include textbooks, magazines, journals, newspapers, and books.
No original research: all articles must link to reliable, published sources. Articles may not contain your own interpretation or new analysis of published material.
Conflict of interest: You should not edit pages that represent a conflict of interest.
Images
Here are resources for finding images for your Wikipedia articles:
