INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Finding Books

Use the UC Library Catalog to locate books, periodicals, videos, and other materials owned by UC, and the OhioLINK Catalog for items owned by other Ohio college libraries

Subject search using Library of Congress Subject Headings:

Design, Industrial
Industrial Designers
Engineering Design
Industrial Engineering
Human Engineering
Human Factors

Some narrower subject headings:

Design, Industrial - Awards
Design, Industrial - Competitions
Design, Industrial - History
Design, Industrial - History - 20th Century
Design, Industrial - Italy
Design, Industrial - United States - History
Design, Industrial - Management
Design, Industrial - Psychological Aspects
Design, Industrial - Social Aspects
Design - Psychological Aspects

For browsing:
Industrial design history call number area: TS1-900
Ergonomics/human factors call number area: TA166
Furniture and home appliances call number area: NK

Finding articles in journals using indexes and databases

Use the resources below to locate journal articles

Design & Applied Arts Index Connect

Art Bibliographies Modern Connect

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals. Connect

Computers & Applied Sciences Complete Connect

Academic Search Complete Connect  
Multi-disciplinary
Indexes journals: Ergonomics, Applied Ergonomics, Design News

Business Source Complete Connect

Design Abstracts Retrospective (DAR) Connect

Factiva Connect
General interest and business newspapers and journals

Reference

Materials and design : the art and science of material selection
in product design / Mike Ashby and Kara Johnson.
DAAP Reference TS171 .A74 2002 c.2

Smart materials and new technologies : for the architecture and
design professions / D. Michelle Addington, Daniel L. Schodek.
DAAP Reference TA418.9.S62 A38 2005 c.2

Human Factors Design Handbook. Wesley E. Woodson.
DAAP Ref TA166 .W57 1992

Occupational Ergonomics Handbook
DAAP Ref TA166 .O258 2006

Human dimension and interior space. Julius Panero.
DAAP Reference Oversize NA2542.4.P356 1979 c.2

Web sites

CORE Industrial Design Network http://www.core77.com/

Industrial Designers Society of America www.idsa.org

Ergoweb: http://www.ergoweb.com/index.cfm

The Ergonomics Society http://www.ergonomics.org.uk/

Design Management Institute http://www.dmi.org/dmi/html/index.htm

Design Management Institute Bulletin
http://www.dmi.org/dmi/html/publications/news/ebulletin/index.htm

History of Cars Timeline http://discoverychannel.co.uk/cars/timeline/

Patents and Trademarks Resource list compiled by the Cincinnati Public Library

College of Engineering & Applied Science Library : www.libraries.uc.edu/libraries/ceas/
For reference resources on Industrial Design: click on Reference Guides,
13. Industrial Engineering
Reference Librarian: Jim Clasper 556-1452, jim.clasper@uc.edu