LibGuides: Graphic Communication: Graphic Design

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Use these resources from any computer with an Internet Browser.

AIGA (Professional Association)
Links to standards of professional practice, design & business, cross cultural & sustainable design, resources for students and professionals, galleries of winning designs, and much more.
Ad*Access
Free digital collection from Duke University has 7000+ advertisements from print magazines and newspapers, published 1910s-1950s, focusing on radio, television, transportation, beauty/hygiene, and World War II. Search by keyword or browse focus areas and then narrow results by company, product, subject, or year.
WorldImages
California State University IMAGE Project includes 80,000 images that may be freely used for non-profit educational purposes. It has been selected by the Library of Congress for inclusion in its historic collection of Internet materials.

Use these database links to search for full text online articles in every field of art and graphic design.

EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window Ebscohost provides access to thousands of periodicals and journals, with approximately 9,000 unique titles in full-text. In addition, users may access other reference materials through this site. A portion of this database was funded through the Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction, Library Division.
OmniFile (EBSCOhost) (multidisciplinary, all fulltext) This link opens in a new window This is the best database for articles in all fields of the visual arts, including graphic design.
Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window Business Source Premier is the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. Business Source Premier is superior to the competition in full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Updated daily. Provided by Wisconsin DPI.

Link to selected resources from a search of the Library Catalog. These items can be sent to the campus of your choice.

Color in Graphic Design
The use of color in advertising, graphic design, layout, etc.
Creativity and Problem Solving
Creative ability. artistic creativity, problem solving in design
EBSCO e-Books for Graphic Design
Search a collection of e-books for full text online books in every field of the arts. Search by keywords such as art, design, advertising, etc.
Graphic Design/Commerical Art
Advertising art (logos, typography, brochures, posters, retail graphics, packaging, signage, symbols, creating brands) design elements and principles; the business of design
Typography and Graphic Design
Use of type fonts, designing with type, layout of typeface

Link to these subject groups, or search for specific topics. Select a title and click PLAY!

Applied Arts (FOD)
On the Arts & Architecture page, under Applied Arts, select Graphics & Design to see videos on elements & principles of design, color, composition, product & logo design, digital design, and artists/designers

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Use Credo Reference to help define art and graphic design terms, or find background on artists and designers. See also selected titles below.

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Credo Reference is an online collection of over 650 encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other ready-reference books covering a range of topics, such as art, business, literature, and science. There are millions of entries, including thousands of images and audio pronunciation files.

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