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Research

• General
• Bartleby.com : Online books, including reference, classics, fiction and more.
• Complete Review : Reviews of books and more.
• Directory of Open Access Journals : Free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.
• Highwire Press : Stanford University's peer-reviewed, open-access article repository.
• Perseus Digital Library : Ebook collection that covers the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world.
• Voice of the Shuttle : Humanities research.
• Copyright
• US Copyright Office : Official copyright info for creators, users, and the general public.
• Copyright Tutorial : Crash course in copyright use.
• Comapanies, Demographics & Statistics
• Annual Reports
• Census Bureau
• EDGAR : Database of corporate info from the SEC.
• Federal Statistics
• Forbes Lists : Lists of business leaders.
• Fortune 500
• SME Info : Japan's Ministry of International Trade & Industry website for international business info.
• SEDAR : Public securities documents and information filed in Canada.
• Images
• NCRS Photos : Natural resource and conservation photos from across the US.
• Public Health Image Library : Multimedia from the Center for Disease Control.
• UW Digital Collections : Archive of visual materials.
• UW Photo Archive : Historic Washington area photos.

Government Agencies

• Local
• City of Seattle
• State
• State of Washington
• National
• Department of Agriculture
• Department of Commerce
• Department of Defense
• Department of Education
• Department of Energy
• Department of Health & Human Services
• Department of Housing & Urban Development
• Department of Labor
• Department of State
• Department of Transportation
• Department of the Treasury
• Department of Veteran Affairs
• The White House

Seattle Arts

• Ambache & Rice : Ballard art gallery.
• ArtDish : NW forum on visual art.
• Crawl Space : Artist run gallery.
• Davidson Galleries: Painting, sculpture and multimedia.
• Frye Art Museum : A FREE museum. Highly recommended.
• Garde Rail Gallery : Contemporary self-taught, folk and outsider art.
• HankBlog : The Henry Art Gallery blog.
• Henry Art Gallery : UW art gallery.
• Lawrimore Project : Contemporary art.
• Open Satellite : A residency program for contemporary art.
• Platform Gallery : Pioneer Square art gallery.
• Punch Gallery : Rotating exhibitions plus work by member artists.
• Roq la Rue : Setting national trends right here in Belltown.
• Seattle Art Museum :Internationally known and right up the street.
• Town Hall : A lovely space for performances.
• Western Bridge : Nonprofit contemporary art space.
• Winston Wachter : New York or Seattle - your choice.

AiS Links

• AiS Thesis Projects : An archive of AiS Graphic Design students' thesis projects.
• Food & Pastry : A blog showcasing the work of AiS Culinary students.
  
• Josh Brinko : A collaboration of designers with a focus on interior design.
• Carl Jackson : The work of our drawing and painting instructor.
• Michael St. John : Syllabi, PPT presentations and more for Michael St. John's science classes.

Possibly helpful, always interesting sites.

• ExploreCulinary : International recipes from Ai.
• iCook : Ai recipe management. User name and password required.
• LA Public Library Menu Collection : Historic menus from the Los Angeles area.
• UW Library Menu Collection : Historic NW menus and more.
• The Wine Wall : Chef Redman's blog.

Graphic Design, Web Design, Industrial Design

• AiS Thesis Projects : An archive of AiS Graphic Design students' thesis projects.
• Ad2 Seattle : Local chapter of a NW professional org for recent college grads.
• AIGA Seattle : Local chapter of the national professional org. Hosts neat events.
• Blueprints : 3/4/5-view drawings, templates and blueprints for a lot of objects.
• Castle Type : Lovely fonts that cost money.
• CG Textures : Free textures.
• Core77 : Industrial design news.
• Creative Commons : Free licenses and other legal tools for creative work.
• Creativity-Online : Design news.
• Dafont : Free fonts.
• Design Museum : Awesome British museum's website.
• Design Observer : Writings on design and culture. Excellent list of recommended links.
• Dexigner : Design related news, events, competitions, and resources.
• Digital Media Net : Tons of news & info for all things digital.
• Eyebeam : Exposing the world to new technologies and media arts.
• Fecal Face : Supports the art scene in San Francisco and beyond.
• Ffffound! : Image bookmarking with user recommendations.
• Flickr Set: Business Cards : The name says it all.
• Fwis : Graphic design firm with an interesting site.
• fxguide : Special effects compositing and imagery.
• Gig Posters : Submit your poster art, browse other people's creations.
• Graphic Exchange : A blog of neat-o artwork, collected by a graphic designer.
• House Industries : Type and more from industry trendsetters.
• I Love Typography : Oft-updated blog about type.
• Kuler : Adobe's color theme generator, complete with hexadecimal codes.
• Matte Painting : Gallery & forum for CG art.
• NCSU Image Collections : Includes photography, graphic design, and other digital resources.
• NotCot : A network of design sites.
• NCRS Photos : Natural resource and conservation photos from across the USA.
• Print Liberation : A hipster design studio. Turn the volume down before entering.
• Printed Matter, Inc. : Promotes publications made by artists.
• Public Health Image Library : Multimedia from the Center for Disease Control.
• Red-Dot : International design info.
• Rhizome : Emerging artistic practices that engage technology.
• Supernaturale : Dedicated to the DIY culture.
• Typedia : A mix between IMDb and Wikipedia, but just for type.
• UW Digital Collections : Archive of visual materials.
• VADS: The Online Resource for Visual Arts : Copyright-free images.
• Vecteezy : Free vector artwork.
• VectorVault : Vector artwork and more.
• Veer : Creative elements. Cool, free wallpaper in Ideas.
• VFX : News & forums for videographers & cinematographers.
• Visual Complexity : A project focused on visualizing complex networks.

Fashion Design & Marketing

• American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) : Industry news and statistics.
• The Alexander Report : Guide to business resources and services.
• The Fashion Center New York City : Economic profiles, statistics, annual report, etc. for NYC's Fashion District.
• Fashion-Era : Historic fashion images and info.
• Fashion-Incubator : Lessons from the sustainable factory floor.
• Fashion Windows : News, runway, merchandising, more.
• Garment Industry Development Corporation : NYC apparel industry info with statistics and likns.
• Garmento : Apparel manufacturing resource.
• The Hosiery Association : Sock and hosiery guides, charts, news and more.
• Infomat : Fashion industry search industry.
• NIST's Standardization of Women's Clothing : Online exhibition about the history and standardization of clothing.
• Pantone : Color palettes.
• Perseus Digital Library : Ebook collection that covers the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world.
• Style.com : Fashion news.
• SuperNaturale : Dedicated to the DIY culture.
• UW Library Fashion Plate Collection : Historic fashion images.

Possibly helpful, always interesting sites.

• CG Textures : Enormous, organized archive of FREE textures.
• Creative Commons : Free licenses and other legal tools for creative work.
• Digital Media Net : Tons of news & info for all things digital.
• Eyebeam : Exposing the world to new technologies and media arts.
• fxguide : Special effects compositing and imagery.
• Internet Archive : Permanent access to digital historical collections.
• Pat Moriarty : AiS Animation instructor.
• Rhizome : Emerging artistic practices that engage technology.

Audio Production / Digital Filmmaking & Video Production

• Artists House Music : Career development.
• Audio Engineering Society : Professional organization.
• Creative Commons : Free licenses and other legal tools for creative work.
• Custom Audio Designs : Articles about soundproofing.
• Digital Media Net : Tons of news & info for all things digital.
• The Director's Bureau : Film news and info straight from Hollywood.
• FilmSound : Sound design.
• GearSlutz : Replace all your stuff with different stuff, or just talk about your stuff.
• Magnetic Tape Handling & Storage : It's not getting any younger; be gentle.
• Media-Convert : Downloadable file converter.
• Model Mayhem : Where professional models meet professional photographers.
• Prelinger Films : More than 2,000 films.
• Rane Pro Audio Reference : Comprehensive audio reference book.
• Smithsonian Institution : So many museums, so little time.
• Sound on Sound : Music recording technology magazine.
• UW Digital Collections : Archive of visual materials.
• VBS.TV Shows : Online broadcast network. Volume alert.

Interior & Residential Design

• Accreditation Council : Professional organization.
• Building Green : Improve the environmental performance of buildings (on-Campus Access only).
• Decorative Arts & Material Culture : Images, documents, more.
• Creative Commons : Free licenses and other legal tools for creative work.
• InformeDesign : Comprehensible research.
• International Studio : A collaboration of designers.
• Smithsonian Institution : So many museums, so little time.
• U.S. Green Building Council : Official green building info, including LEED standards.

Possibly helpful, always interesting sites.

• Creative Commons : Free licenses and other legal tools for creative work.
• George Eastman House : Photography museum.
• International Center for Photography : Contemporary exhibits, 100,000+ original prints, and more.
• Model Mayhem : Where professional models meet professional photographers.
• MorgueFile : Public image archives; this means free.
• NCSU Image Collections : Includes photography, graphic design, and other digital resources.
• Old Computers : Photos of old computers, what else?
• Photography Now : Contemporary and classical photography.
• Polanoid : They're building a huge Polaroid collection while celebrating the magic of instant photography.
• Shorpy : "Always something interesting." Vintage photos.
• Smithsonian Institution : So many museums, so little time.
• TiltShift Maker : Manipulate your real-life scenes to make them look like model photographs.
• UW Digital Collections : Archive of visual materials.
• UW Photo Archive : Historic Washington area photos.
• Yearbook Yourself : Hilarious do-it-yourself old-school yearbook looks.

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