Recommended Reading 
There is no prescribed or recommended text for this course. There are many useful readings in this book:
Evans, Jessica, and Stuart Hall. 1999. Visual Culture: The Reader, London: Sage. Library copies
Books in the Short Loan Collection and online readings are in the Course Materials list.
Reference Books
Reference books are an excellent place to start your research. You should then go on to read more in-depth journal articles and books.
Bouissac, Paul, ed. 1998. Encyclopedia of Semiotics. New York: Oxford University Press. Library copies
Danesi, Marcel. 2000. Encyclopedic Dictionary of Semiotics, Media, and Communications. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Library copies
Ritzer, George, ed. 2007. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Malden: Blackwell. Library copies
Scott, John, and Gordon Marshall, eds. 2005. Oxford Dictionary of Sociology. 3rd ed, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Library copies
Library Catalogue
Tips for Keyword searching:
- Use truncation symbols to find variant word endings. Use * in The Catalogue and ? in Voyager.
Search for prison* to find prison, prisoner, prisons, etc. (but not imprison)
- Search for synonyms and related terms:
exploration: distant, sublime, exotic
simulation: reproduction, appearance
surveillance: vision, supervision, control
carnivalesque: performance, celebration
- Use "quotation marks" for a phrase
"visual culture"
Search examples:
foucault and panopt*
carnivalesque and film* or movie* or "motion picture*"
carnival* and film* or movie* or "motion picture*"
grotesque and film* or movie* or "motion picture*"
This book will help you select keywords:
- Knapp, Sara. 2000. The Contemporary Thesaurus of Search Terms and Synonyms: A Guide for Natural Language Computer Searching. 2nd ed, Phoenix: Oryx Press. Library copies
Subject Headings
Journals
Databases & Articles
To find more information on a topic, a good place to start is a database that indexes journal articles. More databases are listed on the Sociology resource pages.
Images
Databases of images.
- ARTstor Images from prehistory to the modern era.
- Matapihi Images from several New Zealand archives and collections.
- NYPL Digital Gallery Hundreds of thousands of images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more.
- Picture Australia Images of Australian history from several Australian cultural institutions.
Citing an image.
The Chicago Manual of Style has guidelines on captions and credit lines for illustrations. See sections 3.21 to 3.36 in the Manual Library copies
Internet Sites
Referencing and Plagiarism
The Chicago Manual of Style Online
Honesty and integrity are valued in all academic activities at The University of Auckland. This website provides information about the key principles and practices underlying academic honesty, and advice and resources: Academic Honesty and Plagiarism.
ReferenŠite Academic referencing resource
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