Ralph Baylor

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Reading List: Art, Astronomy, and the Arrival of Summer

Happy first day of summer! Ralph Baylor, Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Lead, offers a reading list on the history of astronomy in art from the collections of the Frick Art Reference Library, in celebration of the summer solstice here in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Reading List: Halloween and the Supernatural

Celebrate Halloween with a list of recommended reads from the Frick Art Reference Library! Available for consultation by appointment in the library’s reading room, these books explore scholarship on spooky themes associated with the holiday, from gothic horror to Surrealism, witches, and the supernatural.

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Reading List: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2021

In recognition of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month this May, browse through a list of recommended reading from the Frick Art Reference Library. Consult the physical books in our reading room at Frick Madison or peruse the free e-books online, all of which highlight artistic contributions of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Super Searcher: Strategies for Getting the Most Out of Your Online Searching

Ralph Baylor, Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Lead, provides tricks and techniques for efficient searching in this webinar.

How to Create an Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Account

Learn how to create an account to use the interlibrary loan and document delivery services offered by the Frick Art Reference Library.

Research Tool Overview: Zotero Session 4

Zotero is a free tool that allows users to collect, organize, and share research. It instantly creates citations and bibliographies, formatted to most of the popular style guides.

Session 4 of this four-part series will demonstrate sharing and collaboration with group libraries in Zotero. Participants will learn how to use the Zotero web library to back up and restore their personal collections. An overview of Zotero’s advance feature menus will be provided. Time will be allotted for questions at the end of the session.

Research Tool Overview: Zotero Session 3

Zotero is a free tool that allows users to collect, organize, and share research. It instantly creates citations and bibliographies, formatted to most of the popular style guides.

In Session 3 of this four-part series, participants will learn how to create citations and bibliographies with Zotero. Using a combination of live demonstration and handouts, you will see how to add and edit citations and bibliographies in a variety of styles in Google Docs and Microsoft Word. Time will be allotted for questions at the end of the session.

Research Tool Overview: Zotero Session 2

Zotero is a free tool that allows users to collect, organize, and share research. It instantly creates citations and bibliographies, formatted to most of the popular style guides.

Session 2 in this four-part series will be a comprehensive demonstration of creating records in Zotero. Participants will learn how to edit collections, items, and metadata; how to create and use notes; and PDF storage and access in Zotero. Search functionality and layout options will also be reviewed in this session. Time will be allotted for questions at the end of the event.

Research Tool Overview: Zotero Session 1

Session 1 of this four-part series will provide an overview of Zotero, a free tool that allows users to collect, organize, and share research. Zotero instantly creates citations and bibliographies, formatted to most of the popular style guides. Future sessions in this series will expand on each of Zotero’s key features. Time will be allotted for questions at the end of the session.

Speaker: Ralph Baylor, Head of Interlibrary Loan, Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection

Exploring Open Access Resources

This webinar examined resources that can assist researchers in their quest to uncover relevant materials to their areas of interest. Participants were guided via live demonstration on freely accessible, digital repositories such as the Internet Archive and the Digital Public Library of America.

Presented by Ralph Baylor, Head of Interlibrary Loan, Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection