Research Guides: Resources for Interior Design Students: E-resources

Library Databases

Articles in periodicals can be found by using indices and databases. For best results, consult our guide "Using Databases in Architectural Research."

The following are just a few selected databases that can be used for your research:

Academic Search Premier from EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
A leading multidisciplinary research database. It provides acclaimed full-text journals, magazines, and other valuable resources from 1970 to the present time.
Art Abstracts (H.W. Wilson) from EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive resource for art information featuring high-quality indexing and abstracting of periodicals, dissertations, and reproductions of artworks. The database covers fine, decorative, and commercial art, folk art, photography, film, and architecture, and also includes a database-specific thesaurus. Coverage: 1984 - present.

Art Bibliographies Modern

Art Index Retrospective (H.W. Wilson) from EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
Provides access to over half a century of art literature covering fine, decorative, and commercial art. Content includes high-quality indexing of hundreds of publications, many of which are peer-reviewed, and citations of book reviews. Coverage:1929-1984
Artstor This link opens in a new window
Artstor provides faculty and students with a complete image resource covering a wide array of subjects with the breadth and depth to add context and examine influences beyond the confines of one's discipline. Contains hundreds collections composed of over two million images (and growing).
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals from EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals indexes periodicals published worldwide on archaeology, city planning, interior design, historic preservation and architecture.

Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)

Design & Applied Arts Index (DAAI) This link opens in a new window
Provides abstracts and bibliographic records for articles, news items, and reviews published in practice, theory and history of design, craft, advertising and more from 1973 to the present. Coverage: 1973-present.
Grove Art Online This link opens in a new window
Access is available for 3 simultaneous users. The Grove Dictionary of Art Online contains articles on every aspect of the visual arts - painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts and photography - from prehistory to the present day. Entries include bibliographic information with related resources.
JSTOR (Essential Collection and Life Sciences Collections) This link opens in a new window
The JSTOR Essential Collection include hundreds of core titles across disciplines including humanities, social sciences, business, science and mathematics, botany, ecology, health sciences, and more.
Nexis Uni (formerly Lexis Nexis Academic) This link opens in a new window
Nexis Uni features business and legal sources from LexisNexis including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. The database offers personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents.

Littman Library Image Database

Material ConneXion This link opens in a new window
Material ConneXion maintains the world’s largest subscription-based materials library, with thousands of innovative materials and processes across all disciplines of design. Users can search and browse by physical properties such as texture and stiffness, performance properties such as fire and water resistance, sustainability and more.
OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
A full-text database of essential publications for research across many disciplines, including art, education, humanities, and technology. It also provides indexing and abstracts for thousands of publications.

Reference resources

e-journals

In addition to journals available in print: Abitare, Design Issues, Domus, Dwell, Frame, Interior Design, Interiors, Wallpaper, Metropolis, Bauen + Wohnen etc., you can access some periodicals online via databases. To locate them, search our journal locator or check an updated list of periodicals at the Littman Library. Below are direct links to a few:

e-books

This is just a selection of books available in digital format for more titles search online catalog

Building Systems for Interior Design
Green Building: Project Planning and Cost Estimating
Building Construction Illustrated
Autodesk 3ds Max 2014 Essentials
ISBN: 111875025X
Autodesk Revit Architecture 2013
ISBN: 1118330501
Interior Design Visual Presentation
ISBN: 1118173244
Interior Graphic Standards
ISBN: 0471461962
Standards of Practice in Construction Specifying
ISBN: 1118748999

Videos & Podcasts

TED Design

Selected Sources of Images

Artstor This link opens in a new window
Artstor provides faculty and students with a complete image resource covering a wide array of subjects with the breadth and depth to add context and examine influences beyond the confines of one's discipline. Contains hundreds collections composed of over two million images (and growing).

Resources for Interior Design Students: E-resources