These subject headings can help you search for a topic in the library’s catalog, Voyager. These terms might also be helpful in an Internet search.

• Advertising
• Advertising layout
• Advertising, Direct-mail
• Airbrush art
• Alphabets
• Anatomy, Artistic
• Annual reports (use Corp reports)
• Archival art (use Clip art or Dover pictorial archive)
• Art
• Art portfolios
• Art, Modern
• Artists (also try artist names)
• Billboards
• Book jackets
• Brochures
• Business cards
• Clip art
• Color
• Color printing
• Commercial art
• Computer art
• Computer drawing
• Computer graphics
• Corporate image
• Corporation reports
• Decoration & ornament
• Desktop publishing
• Drawing
• Graphic artists (also try names)
• Graphic arts
• Graphic design (use Graphic arts)
• Graphic design (Typography)
• Illustration of books
• Illustrators (also try illustratorís names)
• Layout (Printing)
• Letterheads
• Lettering
• Logos (Design)
• Logotype
• Magazine illustration
• Newsletters
• Packaging design
• Painting
• Perspective
• Posters
• Printing
• Printing, Practical (used for Type)
• Self-promotion
• Signs & signboards
• Signs & symbols
• Sound recordings - Album covers
• Specific art movements, e.g. Art Deco, Bauhaus, Arts & Crafts, etc.
• Stock photography
• Storyboards
• Trademarks
• Type & type-founding
• Visual communication
• Women artists

The following Call Numbers relate to this program.

These items may be found in the main book shelves, as well as in the Directory (DIR), OVERSIZE, Ready Reference (RREF), Reference (REF), and SMALL BOOKS sections. Please ask at the Circulation Desk for Videos, DVDs and CDs.

• HD - Corporate identity
• HF 5800-6161 - Advertising
• N - General art, Art History, Artists
• NC - Commercial Art & Graphic design
• NC 730-825 - Technique, Drawing
• NC 845-915 - Materials, including Airbrush
• NC 950-975 - Illustration, including annuals
• NC 997-999 - GD history & designers
• NC 1000-1001.6 - Commercial art, Promotion
• NC 1002-1003 - Specific types of advertising art (brochures, business cards, fliers, logos, menus)
• NC1800-1850 - Poster design
• NC 1860-1896 - Cards, book & CD jackets/li>
• ND - Painting (History & Technique)
• NE - Engraving, Prints, Letterheads
• NK - Design & Decorative Arts
• T 223-305 - Logos & Trademarks
• T 385 - Computer graphics
• TK 5105.888 - Web design
• TS 195.4 - Package design
• TT - Crafts, e.g. Origami, Paper work
• Z - Printing & Production, Typography

Library Collection

The AiS Library

Find what you're looking for in the great collection on our shelves!

Voyager Voyager is the library catalog - use this to find materials in the library.

Hot Topics

Resources put together by our librarians on popular subjects.

	Graphic Novels These hefty volumes of sequential art are first in line for motion picture development.
	Sustainability Learn about the movement that's reshaping consumer culture.
	Street Art From the hugely influential Banksy to the anonymous graffiti artis; they ruin buildings as they shape our perceptions.
	Multimedia Stand on the shoulders of giants by using our vast collection of stock images, sound clips, tutorials and more.

Research

Articles

Power tools for research papers that meet scholarly standards.

	Proquest Full-text articles from ABI Complete, National Newspapers 27, and Proquest Psychology.
	WilsonWeb Full text of over 2,000 popular, trade & scholarly magazines.
	eLibrary Full text magazine, newspaper & encyclopedia articles, images and more
	Oxford Reference Library Online reference access to encyclopedias and dictionaries.
	Oxford Art Online 34 volume Dictionary of Art.

Fashion

Learn where its going and where its been.

	WWD Women's Wear Daily Daily news for the fashion industry. On-campus access only. Archives go back 12 months. Limit of five concurrent users - if you can't log in, try again later.
	WWD/Proquest Archives Daily newspaper focusing on the fashion industry. Use Proquest login to access full-text archives.
	WGSN International fashion news.

Business

Head into the business world armed with quality information.

	First Research via Proquest Market analyses for dozens of industries, from Ad Agencies to Wineries & Vineyards, and everything in between.
	Marketline On-Campus Access Off-Campus Access Economic and demographic information on companies, industries and countries.

Manuals & Tutorials

Tech Manuals & Tutorials

No need to buy expensive software manuals. Read them here. Or fill in the gaps with quality video tutorials

	Safari Books Online Thousands of online technical manuals and streaming video tutorials.
	Virtual Training Company (VTC) Over 60,000 streaming software tutorials.
	Gnomon Workshop Streaming tutorials for visual effects artists. Also, we have more than 200 Gnomon DVDs for checkout in the library.
	Digital-Tutors Online training for emerging CG and digital artists. Email the AiS Library to request login instructions. Plus, we have a collection of Digital-Tutors DVDs for checkout in the library.

Audio, Images & Video

Audio

Raw material for your mix and clips for your multimedia projects.

FirstCom Music Downloadable sound files of compositions in a variety of styles, genres, and instrumentations.

Images & Video

Professional images and stock footage for your creative projects.

	Camio Images High-res images of art from around the world, from a variety of prominent museums.
	Getty Images & Footage Stock image and footage collection for use by students and faculty. To sign up, fill out this User Agreement Form. We'll email the username, password, and instructions within 24 hours (longer on weekends).
	Reuters - DVDs available for checkout Copyright-free news footage from the archives of European news agents ITN and Reuters.
	Footage Firm - DVDs available for checkout Broadcast quality, royalty free, stock footage clips from around the world, many in high-definition.

The library has over 300 magazine and newspaper titles.

A selection of current issues is displayed near the library’s computer lab and does not circulate. Back issues are located in the last three book shelves and may be checked out for one week. If you’re looking for a specific article, please talk to a librarian about using a subscription database.

• 3D Artist
• Adbusters
• Advertising Age
• Adweek
• Airbrush Action
• American Artist
• American Style
• Animation
• Applied Arts
• Art in America
• Artforum International
• Artist Trust Journal
• ARTnews
• Artweek
• Before & After
• Bomb
• Business Week
• CMYK
• Communication Arts
• Computer Arts
• Computer Graphics World (CGW)
• Creative
• Design Issues
• Design Week
• Dynamic Graphics
• Eye
• Face
• Flash Art
• Flaunt
• FPO
• Frieze
• Giant Robot
• GOOD
• Graphic Arts Monthly
• Graphic Design USA
• Hi-Fructose
• HOW
• Imagine FX
• International Designers Network (IdN)
• Journal of Design History
• Juxtapoz
• Layers
• Letter Arts Review
• Lurzer's International Archive
• Mac|Life
• Macworld
• Media Inc.
• National Geographic
• New Yorker
• Novum
• Package Design
• Parkett
• PC World
• Penstuff
• Photoshop User
• Prehistoric Zoobooks
• Print
• Ranger Rick
• Ray Gun
• ReadyMade
• Sales & Marketing Management
• SBS Digital Design
• Sports Illustrated
• Stash (Video Magazine)
• Wallpaper*
• Western Advertising
• Wired
• Your Big Backyard
• Zoobooks

Possibly helpful, always interesting sites.

Send us your links!

• 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.
• Creative Commons : Free licenses and other legal tools for creative work.
• Castle Type : Lovely fonts that cost money.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• NotCot : A network of design sites.
• NCRS Photos : Natural resource and conservation photos from across the USA.
• NCSU Image Collections : Includes photography, graphic design, and other digital resources.
• 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.
• 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.
• Visual Complexity : A project focused on visualizing complex networks.

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