You can use this guide as a starting point for your research in the field of arts administration. Use the tabs above to navigate through the different types of resources.
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Understanding how to effectively use research tools not only helps you back up an opinion or argument about a topic, but it also allows you find valuable information to use when making decisions in a professional context.
The field of arts administration (or arts management) is largely practice-based and has only been around since the 1960s. When conducting research, you’ll want to know how to search more current sources, such as newspapers, in addition to academic sources.
When you’re researching a topic, for example labor disputes in the symphony orchestra, there are a few different source types you should consider. Scholarly journal articles and books/ebooks will provide academic-based information about the larger issue of labor disputes in the arts. Newspaper articles will provide a more time- and location-specific context about a labor dispute happening in a certain city or organization. It's particularly useful to see how major newspapers cover issues and events that happen in their own cities.
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Notice that the newspaper article provides detailed information about a specific labor dispute happening at the Philadelphia Orchestra, reported by a newspaper located in that city. The peer-reviewed journal article looks at the bigger picture of labor issues in symphony orchestras, in general. And the ebook pulls the lens out even more to look at labor disputes across industries.
