DESIGN

Books

Finding Books and Other Materials

Use UCLID (UC's Library Catalog) to locate books, periodicals, videos, and other materials owned by UC, and the OhioLINK catalog for items owned by other Ohio college and university libraries. There are several ways to search the catalog.    Search Tips for UCLID and OhioLINK has detailed searching tips.

Examples of subject headings and subdivisions:

Design, Industrial - History
Automobiles - Design and Construction
Design - Encyclopedias
Graphic Arts - 20th Century
Fashion - France
Web Sites - Design

Keyword searching allows you to search specific words in the title, author, and some table of contents (chapter titles), publisher as well as subject headings.

The request button (located at the top of the page) allows you to request books from other UC libraries and select where you would like the item delivered.    For books not owned in the UC libraries or those currently checked out, you may use the request feature in OhioLINK.

Local, national and international library catalogs may also be valuable sources of additional information.

Browsing the Stacks

There are areas of the Library that have resources specific to the area of design.   Browse the DAAP Library stacks in the following call number areas.   For detailed breakdown of subjects covered in each area, consult the Library of Congress Classification List

A : Museum studies
B : Creative thinking & Psychology
C.U. : UC theses
D-F : History
GT: Historic Clothing, Costume
H : Communities, Planning & Economics
HT : Cities
N : Art History
NA : Architecture
NA9000-9428 : City Planning
NB : Sculpture
NC : Drawing
NC 900- : Graphic Design
ND : Painting
NE : Printmaking
NK : Design, Interior Design, Furniture
QA : Computer Science
SB :  Landscape Architecture
T : Computer Graphics, Digital Design
TA : Ergonomics, Human Factors
TK : Web design
TR : Photography
TS : Industrial Design, Product Design
TT : Fashion
Z : Publishing & Typography