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Subject Guide - Graphic Design
Compiled by Sue Leibold, Graphic Design Librarian Liaison. Updated
2006.
Selected Reference Books
REF T385 .G37 1989 Graphics, Design, and Printing Terms: An International
Dictionary
REF Z244.3 .L42 2004 Graphics Master 8: The One-Volume Library and
Workbook for Planning Aids, Reference Guides, and Graphics Tools
Selected Circulating Books
Z246. E933 2006 Exploring Publication Design
Z118.L96 2000 Prentice Hall Graphic Communication Dictionary
TR897.5 .L67 1998 Creating 3-D Animation: The Aardman Book of Film
Making
TK6678.B86 1997 Digital Video on the PC: Video Production on Your
Multi-Media PC
QA76.64 .R647 2004 Game Architecture and Design
NC998.5 .A1 F663 2001 Creative Business Guide to Running a Graphic
Design Business
Full-Text Books Online
NetLibrary
This database includes access to such titles as Inside the Business
of Graphic Design: 60 Leaders Share Their Secrets of Success, Photoshop
7: The Complete Reference, HTML & Web Design: Tips and Techniques,
Becoming a Graphic Designer: A Guide to Careers in Design, and Cascading
Style Sheets Complete.
Print Magazines in Kiefer Library
Print
Step Inside Design
Communication Arts
Computer Graphics World
American Photography
Videography
Wired
The Library’s subscriptions to magazines that are of interest
to our Graphic Design students are primarily in electronic format.
Full-text articles are available in electronic formats through online
databases. (see below)
Magazine, Journal & Newspaper
Article Databases or Online Periodicals
Academic
Search Premier | Off-Campus
Access
Academic
Search Premier gives access to many full-text
Graphic Design materials such as Graphic Arts Monthly, Entertainment
Design, Electronic Design, Digital Creativity, Computer Graphics
World, Advertising Age, and Design Issues.
Facts
on File | Off-Campus
Access
Proquest
Research Library | Off-Campus
Access
Proquest Research Library gives access to many
full-text Graphic Design materials such as Journal of American
Culture and Design Quarterly.
Other Library
Materials
Video/DVD
MDSV VIDEOCASSETTE #9-J01 Animation 101
MDSV VIDEOCASSETTE #4-F05 Breaking in Graphic Design: The Portfolio
MDSV VIDEOCASSETTE #4-F01 Graphic Design 1: Demonstrating the Values
of
Good Design
Searching the Library Catalog
The above titles are just a few of the resources available for you.
The Kiefer Library Catalog, http://tlc.aims.edu/ provides
access to resources available at Aims Community College. Use the
following subjects (Library of Congress) and keywords to search in
the library catalog:
Graphic design, graphic arts, computer graphics, computer aided
design, electronic publishing, desktop publishing, animation, advertising,
game design, visual communication, and commercial art.
Selected Web Resources
Society of
Illustrators
The Not so Serious E-Zine
for the Serious Designer
Design
Meltdown
HTML Code Tutorial
XML Tutorial
Selected Statistical
Resources
U.S. Dept. of Labor
Graphic Designer
Selected Online Images and
Other Media
Color,
Contrast & Dimension In New Designs
Examples of Bad Web Site
Design
Online Free Photo Collection
Other Library Catalogs
Colorado State University
Loveland Public Library
Prospector: Colorado Unified
Catalog
University of Northern College Library
Catalog
High Plains Library District
Windsor-Severance
Library District
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