DESIGN AND DESIGNERS  Tags: architecture textiles design designers art interior_design  

Use the Stout Library Catalog to identify books and media about your topic. Use a keyword guided search and then click on the Long View. You can then explore any of the listed subject headings by selecting the link.

Search the Stout Library Catalog for books and media:  Flash Tutorial

E-BOOKS:

 The Stout Library Catalog includes links to two collections of electronic books which can also be searched separately:

• Books 24/7  + Instructions
• NetLibrary  + Instructions

Sometimes the University Library does not have the materials you need.  Search these resources and request:

Examples of books available at the University Library.

• 300 Years of Industrial Design TS171.4 .H42x
• Ancient Inventions T16 .J36
• Historical First Patents REF T223 .P2 B76
• Landmarks of Twentieth-Century Design REF NK1390 .H44
• Material Life in America 1600-1800 E161 .M36
• Norton History of Technology T15 .C37x
• World Design NK1166 .W67
• World of Invention REF T15 .W82

Design of Specific Items:

If you have a specific item in mind, see what you can find under that keyword in the Stout Library Catalog, e.g. TOOLS or AUTOMOBILES, or RUGS, or PACKAGING. Combine that with the word DESIGN to be more specific. Some examples follow:

• Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile REF TL9 .B43
• Design on File (design patterns) REF NK1570 .D46
• Early Tools and Equipment TJ1195 .S57
• Elements of Style REF NA2850 .E445
• Encyclopedia of Cars REF TL9. E5233
• Human Factors Design Handbook REF TA 166 .W57
• Illustrated Directory of a Century of Flight REF TL515 .I66
• Interior Graphic Standards (Book and CD-ROM) REF TH2031 .M34
• Time Saver Standards for Interior Design and Space Planning REF NK2110 .T48
• Time Saver Standards for Housing and Residential Development REF NA9051 .T55