COMPETENCY #6--PROJECT MUSE: Browsing Search

I selected this database to search because I was curious as to its content. After discovering that its content related to humanities and fine art, I knew I couldn't find any resources relating to e-books. So I chose a topic that was similar--computer-generated art.

I had a lot of browse choices at Project Muse. I chose to browse journals based on subject headings for articles. I typed "computer generated art" in the search box and had success with the first subject heading listed. Fifty subject headings were retrieved. The first heading was entitled "Computer Graphics". It contained nine articles. After reviewing the articles, there were a wide variety of fields represented. There were articles about computer-generated body imaging for medical purposes and even an article about creating two-dimensional computer images based on polyinominal equations in Algebra. I found two articles that were very interesting and tied into my search subject, "Caricature Generator: The Dynamic Exaggeration of Faces by Computer" and "Psychological Implications of the History of Realistic Depiction: Ancient Greece, Renaissance Italy and CGI".

My thoughts going into this search was that it would be the equivalent of surfing the web, in other words, wandering aimlessly hoping to find something of interest; however, I found browsing to be quite effective. The key difference was having the topic preselected so that I could narrow the scope of browsing.