VIC191Y: Artistic Creation & Public Issues

Virtual Reference Service

Research support service is available via the UTL's virtual reference service, Ask a Librarian, open in the evenings and weekends.

Hours of Service (Fall Term)

Closed Monday, 9 October (Thanksgiving). 

Email Inquiries

Basic questions related to navigating the libraries (such as locating a particular book title in the catalogue) can be sent via email (please keep your message brief).  

Please use your @mail.utoronto.ca account, identifying the course (VIC191Y).

We respond to messages Monday to Friday, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm (please note we do not check our email accounts in the evenings or on the weekends).

Research Appointments

Agatha Barc (Reader Services and Instruction Librarian, Victoria University Library, agatha.barc@vicu.utoronto.ca) is available for appointments customized to the research requirements of particular assignments.

We are generally available for consultations Monday to Friday, between 10:00 am and 3:30 pm. Advanced notice is required to request an appointment.

We recommend requesting an appointment as soon as you begin the work on completing your assignment. 

Before requesting a consultation, please complete the following:

• identify a topic of research
• conduct preliminary research using the resources outlined in this guide, and 
• locate at least one scholarly source (such as a book or journal article) that is relevant to your chosen subject.

Please be prepared to discuss your findings with the librarian during a research consultation. 

In addition, when requesting an appointment, please outline how you will be connecting your chosen topic to to the process of creative work, artistic inquiry, or your exhibition.

Lead image: Leonid Pasternak (1862–1945), Passion for Creation, 1917, oil on canvas.