The purpose of this publication is to provide you with a starting point to locate resources for your unit pertaining to Indigenous Creative Enterprise.
- Reference Texts
- Resources
- Journals
- Subject Headings
- Journal databases
- Video Resources
- Internet guides and resources
- Web search tools
Reference Texts
Reference sources are a good starting point for any assignment topic, as they can help to clarify concepts and keywords, as well as provide an overview of a topic. They include dictionaries, encyclopaedias, directories, handbooks, manuals, etc. Some reference books are not available for loan, but can instead be used in the library.
| Title | Dewey number | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Aboriginal artists dictionary of biographies | 709.9403 4 | KG |
| The Macmillan encyclopedia of Australia's Aboriginal peoples | 994.0049915 125 | KG Curriculum |
| Aboriginal artists of the Western desert : a biographical dictionary | 750.92294 1 | KG, CA |
| The Oxford companion to Aboriginal art and culture | 700.899915 1 | KG Ref |
Resources
Here are just some of the resources in the Library which might be useful. They are arranged as they relate to different creative enterprises, and include both print and multimedia material. To find additional resources, see also the subject headings.
These items are shelved at the locations indicated - GP: Gardens Point, KG: Kelvin Grove, CA: Carseldine, and Law.
Indigenous Creative Enterprise- General
| Title | Dewey number | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Kaltja now : indigenous arts Australia | 704.039915 26 | KG |
| Aboriginal voices : contemporary Aboriginal artists, writers and performers | 709.20899915 1A | KG |
| Bayagul: contemporary indigenous communication | 704.039915 23 | KG |
| Aboriginal voices : contemporary Aboriginal artists, writers and performers | 709.20899915 1A | KG |
| The Way We Civilise: Aboriginal Affairs the Untold Story | 305.89915 432 | KG, CA |
| Grog war | 362.292089915 1 | KG, CA |
| IMBA: (Listen) Tell You a Story | A823.3 WHA 4 | KG |
Indigenous Creative Writing
| Title | Dewey number | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Stories without end | A820.989915 5 | KG |
| Dhuuluu-yala = to talk straight : publishing indigenous literature | 070.50899915 1 | KG |
| Indigenous Australian voices : a reader | A820.8 25 | KG, GP |
| Indigenous literature of Australia = Milli milli wangka | A820.989915 4 | KG |
| Aboriginal writing today : papers from the first National Conference of Aboriginal Writers | A820.989915 2 | KG |
Indigenous Cultural Policy
| Title | Dewey number | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Valuing art, respecting culture : protocols for working with the Australian indigenous visual arts and craft sector | Electronic Resource | Onlne |
| From ceremony to CD-ROM : indigenous creative industries in Brisbane : report prepared for the Economic Development Branch, Brisbane City Council | 306.09943 2 | KG |
| Indigenous arts and copyright : a practical guide | 347.371 AUST | KG |
| Respecting cultures : working with the Tasmanian Aboriginal community and Aboriginal artists | 704.0399159 1 | KG |
Indigenous Dance
| Title | Dewey number | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Dance Links | Electronic Resource | Online |
| The Awakenings: An Aboriginal/indigenous triumph at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. | 796.480899915 1 | KG |
| Dreamtime to dance | 793.31994 21 | KG |
| Dance and body art | 305.89915 566 | KG |
Indigenous Film and Television
There is a range of audio visual material available which relates to the field of Indigenous and Creative Industries Studies. If you're after particular movies, check out the subject guides, for example Motion Pictures Australian will take you to all the Australian movies QUT holds. Also check out Aboriginal Australians In Motion Pictures and Feature Films in the catalogue.
| Title | Dewey number | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Issues paper: towards a protocol for filmmakers working with Indigenous content and Indigenous communities | 791.430899915 5 and Electronic | KG |
| Bringing to light: a history of ethnographic filmmaking at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies | 302.23439915 1 | KG |
| From sand to celluloid | 305.89915 459 | KG |
| Australian cinema after Mabo | 791.430994 101 | KG |
Indigenous Media and Communication
| Title | Dewey number | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Songlines to satellites: indigenous communication in Australia, the South Pacific and Canada | 302.23089 4 | KG, GP |
| The myth of privilege : aboriginal status, media visions, public ideas | 302.230899915 4 | KG, CA, GP |
| Complex entanglements : art, globalisation and cultural difference | 700.103 88 | KG |
| Media ethics, an Aboriginal film and the Australian Film Commission | 791.430994 98 | KG |
Indigenous Music and Sound
| Title | Dewey number | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Screen scores : studies in contemporary Australian film music | 781.5420994 1 | KG |
| Deadly sounds, deadly places : contemporary aboriginal music in Australia | 781.629915 15 | KG |
| Sending a message a compilation of contemporary Indigenous music. | 782.421642 3 | KG |
| Buried country the story of Aboriginal country music. | 781.629915 13 | KG |
| Stories + songs of the people they came for gathering | 305.89915 532 | KG |
| The rough guide to Australian Aboriginal music | 781.629915 6 | KG |
Indigenous Performance Studies
| Title | Dewey number | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Making Walyalup dreaming | 398.2099411 1 | KG |
| Creating frames : contemporary indigenous theatre 1967-1990 | 792.0899915 1 | KG |
| Blak inside : 6 indigenous plays from Victoria | A822.008089915 1 | KG |
Indigenous Visual Arts
| Title | Dewey number | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Banggu-Minjaany : 20 years of contemporary indigenous visual art | 708.99436 1 | KG |
| Painting culture : the making of an aboriginal high art | 759.9940899915 1 | KG |
| Across : an exhibition of indigenous art and culture | 704.039915 41 | KG, GP |
| Aboriginal Art | 704.039915 1 /2 | KG |
| Contemporary aboriginal art: a guide to the rebirth of an ancient culture | 704.039915 16/R | KG |
| The beginner's guide to Aboriginal art: the symbols, their meanings and some Dreamtime stories | 704.039915 25 | KG |
Journals
(Also referred to as magazines, serials or periodicals.)
The library subscribes to some print and electronic journals that cover the area of Indigenous Studies and the Creative Industries. Journals comprise articles about current developments and research in a subject area. Browsing relevant journals is a good way of keeping up to date in your area. You can access our electronic journals either through the catalogue if you know the name of the journal you're after, or through searching the databases - see below.
Subject Headings
To find resources on a topic, the best starting point is to perform a keyword search on the library catalogue. Once you have found an item that looks relevant, you can then use the subject headings assigned to that record to find other items. Below are just some of the subject headings that you may find useful:
Journal databases
Locating journal articles is different from locating books. The Library Catalogue will tell you if QUT Library holds a particular journal but it will not provide information about individual journal articles. However, the journal databases will help you to locate references to journal articles, and sometimes the abstract and full-text of the articles.
The journal databases vary in the amount of information which they provide. If you find a reference to a journal article, but not the full text, then you will need to perform a Title search, using the Title of the journal (NOT the article) on the library catalogue. The library catalogue will provide the print and/or electronic holding details if the journal is available to QUT staff and students.
Effective use of the databases requires an understanding of search techniques and the Pilot Information Literacy tutorial provides help on developing search strategies.
In addition, library staff offer training sessions on how to use databases throughout each semester. The Tours & workshops page provides further information.
QUT staff and students can access the databases from within QUT libraries or remotely from your School, home or office via the Internet. Most databases require your QUT username and password. Access to the databases is available from the Databases page.
| Database title | Description |
|---|---|
| EBSCOhost Databases | Academic Search Elite, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia Databases may be searched separately or simultaneously. |
| ProQuest Databases | ABI/INFORM Dateline, ABI/INFORM Global, Academic Research Library, ProQuest Humanities The ProQuest Direct gateway provides access to a number of fulltext databases. |
| Australian Public Affairs via Informit Search | Indexes current journals and newspapers in Australia and overseas for material on Australia's political, economic, legal, social and cultural affairs. |
| AEM - Arts & Entertainment Management via Informit Search | Produced by the Faculty of Management, Deakin University, this database covers financial, legal and strategic management relating to arts and entertainment. Other subjects covered include marketing, funding, project/venue planning and cultural planning. |
| Project Muse - Arts and Humanities | Project Muse was launched in 1995 by the Johns Hopkins University Press, and incorporates content from some forty scholarly publishers in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Indexes nearly 250 journals, with over 170 in fulltext, in history, literature, philosophy, religion, theatre, music and film, and more. |
For more recommended databases, see the Databases Subject Guide
Video resources
The Internet provides some access to resources on Indigenous Creative Enterprise. However, the quality of the resources varies, and as part of your research process, you will need to evaluate each web site. There are guidelines for evaluating information which can help you with the evaluation process. Here is a small sample of Internet guides and resources.
| Title | Dewey number | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Same Place My Home Murriimage Community Video and Film Service 1989 | 305.89915 584 | KG |
| Makin Tracks Murriimage Community Video and Film Service 1995 | 323.119915 56 | KG |
| Ariba Enuba - belonging to you belonging to me Community Video and Film Service 1998 | 994.0049915 141 | KG |
Gulpilil: One Red Blood, Darlene Johnson 2004 |
791.430994 GUL 1 | KG |
Internet guides and resources
The Internet provides some access to resources on Indigenous Creative Enterprise. However, the quality of the resources varies, and as part of your research process, you will need to evaluate each web site. There are guidelines for evaluating information which can help you with the evaluation process. Here is a small sample of Internet guides and resources.
| Web site | Description |
|---|---|
| Australia's indigenous arts [electronic resource]. via the QUT Library Catalogue | "Australia's Indigenous arts are the focus of a great surge of international interest in Australia's arts and culture. It is no exaggeration to say that our Indigenous arts are Australia's most significant cultural asset. Both ancient and modern, they are a profound and powerful force in the Australian cultural landscape.". |
| Digital dreaming : a national review of indigenous media and communications [electronic resource]. via the QUT Library Catalogue | "The report, Digital Dreaming: A National Review of Indigenous Media and Communications, is the result of a year long study undertaken by Indigenous Management Australia (IMA). The review was initiated by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission to assess the current status of indigenous media and communications and identify further developments. The last review of Indigenous media, Out of the Silent Land, was completed in 1984." |
Web search tools
| Web search tool | Description |
|---|---|
Google |
Google is an excellent search engine. To ensure you retrieve material of a scholarly nature use the advanced search facility. In the Domain field, limit your search to .edu or .edu.au or .ac.uk. You can also limit to pdf by choosing the pdf option in File Format field. |
| Vivisimo http://www.vivisimo.com |
Vivisimo is a document clustering search engine. The search technology automatically categorises textual information into meaningful, hierarchically sorted category folders. You can then view results based on type of resources found. |
For further information about using libraries and the principles of searching the Library Databases and the Internet, try Pilot. It is a series of short interactive tutorials on finding information in the library and on the Internet.
There are also guides to citing information (in both APA and Harvard format), and how to find standards in your research area.