Basic Design Resources  

UCLID

Use UCLID to search for publications by subject heading, such as:
  • Graphic arts
  • Commercial art
  • Color advertising
You may also search under specific movements, such as Art Deco or Art Nouveau, or under names of individual designers.

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Directories

Dictionary of Art
and DAAP Reference N31.D5 1996

Design Encyclopedia
DAAP Reference NK1370.B93 1994b

Contemporary Designers
DAAP Reference NK1166.C66 1990

Dictionary of 20th Century Design
DAAP Reference NK1390.P53 1990

Bibliographies

American Graphic Design: A Guide to the Literature
DAAP Reference Z5956.D5 T46 1992

A Bibliography of Design in Britain 1851-1970
DAAP Reference Z5956.D5 C68

Art Information: Research Methods and Resources by Lois Swan Jones
DAAP Reference N85.J64 1990

Design (Modern Art Bibliographical Series, Vol. 3)
DAAP Reference Z5956.D5 D48

Indexes

Art Abstracts
1929 to present

ArtBibliographies Modern, 1974 to present

Design & Applied Arts Index

Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)
1973 to present

Ergonomics Abstracts 
1969 to present

   


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