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.

• Apartments
• Architects (also try specific architects' names)
• Architectural drawing
• Architecture
• Architecture, Domestic (used for Residential architechture)
• Bathrooms
• Bedrooms
• Buildings - Remodeling for other use
• Childrenís rooms
• Color in design
• Color - Psychological aspects
• Country homes
• Decoration & ornament
• Decoration & ornament, Architectural Design
• Designers (also try specific designers' names)
• Dwellings (used for Houses, Homes)
• Furniture (also try pieces of, e.g. chairs, tables, etc.)
• Historic buildings
• House construction
• House furnishings
• Interior decoration
• Interior decoration rendering
• Interior decoration - History
• Interior decoration - Psychological aspects
• Interior decorators
• Interior lighting
• Kitchens
• Lighting, Architectural & decorative
• Living rooms
• Lofts
• Manors
• Nurseries
• Palaces
• Perspective
• Remodeling
• Room layout (Dwellings)
• Small houses
• Specific design movements, e.g. Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Arts & Crafts style, Neoclassicism, etc.
• Textile fabrics

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.

• BF 789 .C7 - Color Psychology
• BF 1779 - Feng-shui
• NA 238-7882 - Residential architecture; Architectural History, Architects, & Rendering
• NK - Interior Design & Decoration; Decorators; Styles; Techniques;Business Aspects, Specific rooms & other decoration spaces; History; Furniture
• QC 495.2 - Color Theory
• TH - Remodeling & Building
• TH 7700-7975 - Illumination & Lighting
• TK 4125-4399 - Electric Lighting
• TT 140-790 - House furnishings, Furniture-making, Upholstery, Finishing, House painting, Craft Ideas

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.
	H.W. Wilson 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.

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.
	Building Green (On-Campus Access only) information for improving environmental performance and reducing the adverse impacts of buildings.
	Marketline On-Campus Access Off-Campus Access Economic and demographic information on companies, industries and countries.
	SRDS: Local Market Analyst (On-Campus Access only) Market research tool with demographic, lifestyle, and targeting data for US markets. Includes PRIZM lifestyle and social group descriptors with quick reports by zip code (see the blue box on the right).

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 - DVDs available for checkout More than 200 instructional DVDs for digital artists.
	Digital Tutors - DVDs available for checkout Video-based training for emerging digital artists.

Audio, Images & Video

Audio

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

Omnimusic 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.

• Abitare
• American Bungalow
• American Style
• Arcade
• Architech
• Architectural Digest
• Architectural Record
• Architecture
• Contract
• Design Issues
• Detail
• Domus
• Dwell
• Elle Decor
• Environmental Building News
• Fabric Architecture
• Fiberarts
• Fine Homebuilding
• Furniture History
• GOOD
• HFN (Home Furnishing News)
• ID
• Interior Design
• Interiors and Sources
• Journal of Interior Design
• Maisons Cote Sud
• Martha Stewart Living
• Metropolis
• Metropolitan Home
• Natural Home
• Northwest Home + Garden
• Old-house Interiors
• ReadyMade
• Seattle Homes and Lifestyles
• Textiles
• This Old House
• Wallpaper*
• World of Interiors

Possibly helpful, always interesting sites.

Send us your links!

• Blueprints : 3/4/5-view drawings, templates and blueprints for a lot of objects.
• Accreditation Council : Professional organization.
• Apartment Therapy : Fun amateur interior design blog.
• Decorative Arts & Material Culture : Images, documents, more.
• 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.

The library will be OPEN during the break, 8am-8pm. Meanwhile, let us know if you need help with final projects!