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If you are just starting out with your research and don't yet know much about your topic you are researching, you may want to do a broad search by keyword or subject. A keyword search is less specific than a subject search, and may pull up different results. Once you find a library catalog record that interests you, click on the link to go to that specific catalog record. You can find out more about the book you are interested in by clicking on the "details" tab. It is also helpful to note what the Library of Congress Subject Heading is. Clicking on that subject heading in the library catalog will get you into a more specific area of material. Of course, the more information you have about the book, the quicker you can find it. You can also search by title, author, Library of Congress Call Number, and Other. To select a search method, click on the appropriate circle under the menu tabs.

In the library Investigator catalog you can start by doing a subject search using the term MUSEUMS. Here you will also see the other related subjects in the hierarchy.

NEW TO THE LIBRARY

Lost in the museum : buried treasures and the stories they tell / Nancy Moses.

Subject access to a multilingual museum database : a step-by-step approach to the digitization process / Allison Siffre Guedalia Kupietzky.

Museums and education : purpose, pedagogy, performance / Eilean Hooper-Greenhill.

A companion to museum studies / edited by Sharon Macdonald.

Museums and their communities / edited by Sheila Watson.

Museums in motion : an introduction to the history and functions of museums / Edward P. Alexander and Mary Alexander.

THESE BOOKS MIGHT ALSO BE A GOOD PLACE TO START

The archive / edited by Charles Merewether.

Museums in the material world / edited by Simon J. Knell.

Museums, media and cultural theory / Michelle Henning.

Reshaping museum space : architecture, design, exhibitions / edited by Suzanne Macleod

Museum marketing : competing in the global marketplace / edited by Ruth Rentschler and Anne-Marie Hede.

Museum revolutions : how museums change and are changed / edited by Simon J. Knell, Suzanne MacLeod and Sheila Watson.

There are a few ways to uncover what Museum Studies related Periodicals the library subscribes to. To find what we have in hard copy, you can do a Subject Search using this search string: Museums-Periodicals. Another way to do this is to use the Limiter Tab for Journals and use Museums as your Subject. Try both ways to see the difference.

To find what journals we subscribe to electronically, go to the Electronic Journal List and browse by subject Arts and Humanities. Of course, you can also just look them up by title in both of these places.

Here is an example of some of the academic journals the library carries for Museum Studies research. Full access is limited to SFSU users only. You must have a library PIN and SFSU ID number to access off-campus.

International Journal of Arts Management

International Journal of Heritage Studies

International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Museum International

Museum Management and Curatorship

There is a full list of databases that the J. Paul Leonard Library subscribes to at the Database Link found on the library homepage. Scroll down to find the Subject Areas and you will find databases specific to Museum Studies.