Microsoft PowerPoint - aat_in_depth.pptx

5/4/2019

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Introduction to the AAT

revised May 2019 For educational purposes

Standard general reference sources

major authoritative language dictionaries

encyclopedia

Library authority headings

Other authoritative sources•

other authoritative thesauri and controlled Vocabularies

textbooks, such as Gardner, Art through the Ages and Janson, History of Art

Other material on pertinent topics

books, journal articles, and newspaper articles

archives, historical documents, and other original sources (for historical terms only)

Other sources

databases of contributors

articles or databases on museum or university Web sites

Sources

It is required to list sources.

For the preferred term (descriptor), prefer the most authoritative, up-to-date source available.

Sources of information in the AAT record may include the following in this order of preference:

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• Avoid commercial sites. Avoid Wikipedia and other crowd-sourced

resources, where the quality and author

itativeness of the information

is unreliable.

• However, such resources may include citations to authoritative

publications that could be helpful