This guide will tell you about the best ways to search the University of Greenwich's physical and online collections.
There are several different kinds of academic resource available to you to support your learning and research. These include print books, eBooks (online books), journal articles, videos, and more. Depending on the type of resource you want to find, you will need to use Library Search, our Digital Resources Search, or the Publication Finder.
| Tool | Use to search |
| Library Search | All print books (plus some eBooks) |
| Digital Resources Search | All eBooks, journal articles, and other digital resources. |
| Publication Finder | eBooks and academic journals that you know the title for |
Library Search is the Library’s main search tool, allowing you to cross search many of our print and online collections in one place. Use Library Search to discover books, full text journal articles, some (but not all) of our eBooks, and audio-visual content.
On the student or staff University portal, find the link to Library Search on the My Learning (students) or Learning Support (staff) page. Type your search words, or the title of the resource you are looking for, into the Quick Library Search box under Search the Library to get started. The next page will display a list of library resources that match your search.
You can also access Library Search on the University Library’s homepage or directly via the link at the end of this page.
You can use the options on the left- and right-hand side of the Library Search results screen to select your home campus library for print books, or to select the format you are looking for (books, eBooks, articles etc.).
Find out more about how to use Library Search here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAoB6LV2Pug.
Visual Literacy is a set of abilities that enables an individual (you) to effectively find, interpret, evaluate, use and create images and visual media.
According to the IVLA (International Visual Literacy Association) the term “Visual Literacy” was first coined in 1969 by John Debes, one of the most important figures in the history of IVLA. Debes’ offered (1969b, 27) the following definition of the term:
“Visual Literacy refers to a group of vision-competencies a human being can develop by seeing and at the same time having and integrating other sensory experiences. The development of these competencies is fundamental to normal human learning. When developed, they enable a visually literate person to discriminate and interpret the visible actions, objects, symbols, natural or man-made, that he encounters in his environment. Through the creative use of these competencies, he is able to communicate with others. Through the appreciative use of these competencies, he is able to comprehend and enjoy the masterworks of visual communication.”
Visual Literacy Array based on ACRL’s Visual Literacy Standards by D. Hattwig, K. Bussert, and A. Medaille
Copyright 2013 The Johns Hopkins University Press. This image first appeared in PORTAL: LIBRARIES AND THE ACADEMY, Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2013, p. 75.
Ways of Seeing by John Berger
ISBN: 0140135154
Publication Date: 1990-12-01
John Berger's Classic Text on Art John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and the most influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC television series about which the (London) Sunday Times critic commented: "This is an eye-opener in more ways than one: by concentrating on how we look at paintings . . . he will almost certainly change the way you look at pictures." By now he has. "Berger has the ability to cut right through the mystification of the professional art critics . . . He is a liberator of images: and once we have allowed the paintings to work on us directly, we are in a much better position to make a meaningful evaluation" --Peter Fuller, Arts Review "The influence of the series and the book . . . was enormous . . . It opened up for general attention to areas of cultural study that are now commonplace" --Geoff Dyer in Ways of Telling Winner of the 1972 Booker Prize for his novel, G., John Peter Berger (born November 5th, 1926) is an art critic, painter and author of many novels including A Painter of Our Time, From A to X and Bento's Sketchbook.
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