#finding sources

[thckskulll]

researching my interests like a detective or scientist makes things so much more fun and stimulating. so satisfying 🙂‍↕️

[izz-ler]

So I need help from the art history side of tumblr rn, I’m writing a really important paper(like fail or redo the year kind of paper) and it’s about the historical evolution of the paintbrush, HOWEVER that specific topic is turning out to be almost impossible to find some reputable sources that don’t cite back to itself(looking at you Britannica). I don’t know if it’s bc I don’t know how to look up stuff properly or if it’s just a really niche subject(you’d think it would be just as discussed and researched as paints, but apparently not, at least not what I can see)

If anyone is an expert in the field or know of a paper or could just help me out with some decent search words and terms and also good source finding sites I would be incredibly appreciative! I’m kind of in a panic rn bc my teacher is threatening to fail me if I don’t find something decent, like yesterday..!

[ren-shonen]

Tools for Finding the Source on That Cool Art

If anybody is wondering how I have been finding the source posts on the art I've been reblogging recently, I make significant use of Google Image Search (GIS) reverse image search tool at https://images.google.com/ - where you upload an image that the search engine then uses as the search term to pull up pages that have that image on them. (Google Lens can also work in similar fashion.)

To make this faster, I use a browser addon called Search by Image by Armin Sebastian (in Firefox, but it's also available for other browsers and for mobile) which lets me just right-click on any image to pull up a GIS reverse search for it. It also will search other image search engines such as TinEye (which will sort by age, among other things).

Sometimes it takes following a few links to be able to find where someone has credited the artist by name, and that will then allow me to search for the artist's profile(s) directly. Twitter itself has a particularly robust internal search engine that allows you to search all posts by a particular account using keywords, date ranges, tweets containing links or media, etc., though you have to be logged in to use it (and Twitter is extra-borked right now, of course).

I also make significant use of an auto-translate addon called TWP - Translate Web Pages by FilipePS - very handy when search result pages are in languages I don't speak.

(I don't have the energy to write up further tips or find a proper tutorial to link, but if you've got other resources that might be useful, please feel free to add them!)

[thepoisonivyleague]

 me after finding a relevant source for a research paper

[honoringthor]

How to Find Free References for Folk Magic, Witchcraft, and Paganism

[hwrpast]

Getting to Know Hannah Lathrop Keith: Family Sources

How do you find more information on your ancestors, besides just names and dates? Here's how I did this with one of my ancestors, Hannah Lathrop Keith, using family sources.

When I started researching my family tree, I did not start from scratch.

My parents and grandparents had been researching their own genealogy for some time before I came along. They had written down many names and dates into handwritten and typewritten genealogy scrapbooks, which then were transferred into a computer file. I helped transfer that computer file onto Ancestry.com and…

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[hwrpast]

What to do When You Hit a Brick Wall

What to do When You Hit a Brick Wall

Do you have a “brick wall” in your family tree? You’ve been able to trace most of your family lines pretty far back in time, but there is that one line that you just can’t figure out. You have an empty spot on your family tree, and you are just itching to fill it in, but you have searched for that ancestor in so many places, you don’t know where else to look. When you hit a brick wall, don’t…

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