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 | Subject Librarian: Marlys McGuire E-Mail: m-mcgu@tc.umn.edu This subject covers: the design process, elements, principles, and evaluation, color theory and technology, and the history of design and the decorative arts. Other related topics are: Art & Art History, Clothing and Textiles, and Interior Design. |
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Article Databases and Indexes
Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject Indexes
Art Full Text   Art Full Text, produced by The HW Wilson Company, is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from periodicals published throughout the world. There is full-text coverage for selected periodicals. Coverage includes English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, and Swedish. In addition to articles, Art Full Text indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals. Indexing coverage begins 1984; abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. The abstracts range from 50 to 300 words and describe the content and scope of the source articles. Full-text coverage begins in 1997.
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| ArtBibliographies Modern Index and abstracts of articles from periodical articles, books, exhibition catalogs, and index entries for dissertations. Covers all aspects of late 19th and 20th century art, including decorative and applied art, with particular reference to photography and three-dimensional design.
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| Design and Applied Arts Index DAAI is an international index to design and craft journals. It contains annotated references from more than 450 design and craft journals, and data on nearly 50,000 designers, craftspeople, studios, workshops, firms etc.
All areas of design and craft are covered, including industrial design, interior design, environmental design, computer aided design, furniture design, ceramics, glass, fashion design, textile design, graphic design, typography, multimedia design, book design, photography, advertising, theatre design, ergonomics, and design management.
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| Informe Design InformeDesign (www.informedesign.umn.edu) is a research and communication tool for designers of the built environment, such as interior designers, architects, landscape architects, and graphic designers. It contains a database of Research Summaries about design and human behavior research, accessible through either a full-text search or by using the topics listed within the three main categories, Space, Issues, or Occupants. Researchers at the University of Minnesota transform findings from refereed journal articles into research-based design criteria in user-friendly language. Approximately 500 Research Summaries are added annually on average 10 per week. Register with this free, totally accessible site to receive automatic email notification of Research Summaries posted to the site on your topics of interest. The site also offers a Calendar of Research Events, a Glossary of Terms, and a monthly newsletter, Implications. This project is funded through 2005 from a $1.18!
million grant to the Department of Design, Housing, and Apparel from the American Society of Interior Designers. For more information, go to the Web site, or contact Dr. Caren Martin, Director at cmartin@che.umn.edu
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General Indexes to Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles
Academic Search Premier  This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for over 4,600 scholarly (peer-reviewed) publications back to 1975. [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
General Reference Sources
Biographical Sources
| Contemporary Designers, 3rd ed. [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Facts on File Dictionary of Design and Designers [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
Dictionaries
| Conran Directory of Design [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Dictionary of Symbols |
| World design: the best in classic and contemporary furniture, fashion, graphics and more World Design is the definitive guide to classic and contemporary design bringing together the most important international designers, arranged
alphabetically from A (Aalto) to Z (Zanuso)." "World Design is an international gallery of design and a visual panorama of our century: from the Bauhaus light to the living environment, from the Mini to the New Beetle. Every important
field of design is included: the practical world of product designers, the glamour of fashion designers, the innovation of car designers, the brilliance of furniture designers, and the work of the most creative illustrators, architects and artists."--BOOK JACKET.
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Directories
| Consultants & Consulting Organizations Directory [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
Encyclopedias
| Design Encyclopedia [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Gardner's Art Through The Ages [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
| History of Art [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Thames and Hudson Encyclopaedia of 20th Century Design and Designers [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Thames and Hudson Encyclopaedia of Graphic Design and Designers [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
Internet Resources
Gateways & Megasites
Web Sites
| DIgital Library for Decorative Arts and Material Culture The Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture collects and creates electronic resources for study and research of the decorative arts, with a particular focus on Early America. Included are electronic texts and facsimiles, image databases, and Web resources. Made possible by the Chipstone Foundation, the project is produced at the University of Wisconsin Madison General Library System.
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Style Manuals and Writing Guides
Bibliography Software
| RefWorks: Personal Citation Manager RefWorks is a web-based citation manager that allows you to create your own databases of citations by importing references from MNCAT and other databases, and then in seconds automatically generate bibliographies in all major styles (MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago, etc.).
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Library Information
Primary Subject Location
Magrath Library
Books, journals and government publications in agriculture, biological sciences, design, applied statistics, food science, family social science, applied economics and more.
Campus: St. Paul Campus
Address: 1984 Buford Avenue
Telephone: Circulation: (612) 624-2233; Reference: (612) 624-1212
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