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BOOKS
Looking for books on Interior Design? Most books are located on the 3rd Floor of the Gorgas Library. If you are browsing, here are some call number areas that will have materials:
NK1700-2138 General books. History. Special Rooms NK2140-2180 Decorative Painting NK2200-2750 Furniture NK2775-2898 Rugs and Carpets NK3175-3296.3 Upholstery and Drapery NK3375-3496.3 Wallpapers Many books are also located on Floor 4M of Gorgas Library.
TH2025-3000 Details in building design, including walls. TH7700-7975 Illumination and Lighting TH8001-8581 Decoration and decorative furnishings TT300-382.8 Painting (incl. interiors); Wood finishing TT387-410 Soft home furnishings TX301-339 The house FINDING BOOKS In the Catalog
While browsing the shelves is helpful, the best way to find books is to use the Libraries' online catalog: http://library.ua.edu and search by keyword or subject heading. Some suggested subject headings are:
Interior Decoration (use this for interior design)
Light in architecture
Lighting, Architectural and decorative
Design
Furniture
House furnishings
Interior Architecture
Architecture, Domestic
RECOMMENDED DATABASES/INDEXES
Looking for articles? The best place to start looking for articles is in one of the Libraries' databases. What is a database? A database is an organized collection of information (which includes journal, magazine and newspaper articles) that is in an electronic format. Below are some recommended databases to start with if you need to find articles for a research paper. These databases are only a few of the numerous databases the University Library makes available to you. To access these or any other databases, go to http://www.lib.ua.edu/databases/ and go to the appropriate letter for the name of the database, OR go to the Subject Listing for Clothing, Textiles and Interior Design.
Suggested Databases to start with
DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) is the leading source of abstracts and bibliographic records for articles, news items, and reviews published in design and applied arts periodicals from 1973 onwards. An indispensable tool for students, researchers, and practitioners worldwide, DAAI covers both new designers and the development of design and the applied arts since the mid-19th century, surveying disciplines including ceramics, glass, jewellery, wood, metalsmithing, graphic design, fashion and clothing, textiles, furniture, interior design, architecture, computer aided design, Web design, computer-generated graphics, animation, product design, industrial design, garden design, and landscape architecture
Art Full Text This database indexes, abstracts, and full-text from international periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. Areas covered include archaeology, architecture, art, film, humanities, marketing, motion pictures and photography.
Textile Technology Index The Textile Technology Index is designed to serve academic institutions and libraries by providing extensive coverage of the scientific and technological aspects of textile production and processing. The Textile Technology Index contains indexing and abstracting for over 400 periodical titles, and for thousands of titles drawn from sources such as books, conferences, theses, technical reports, and trade literature.
Academic Search Premier Academic Search Premier contains the full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. It also contains indexing and abstracts for over 8,000 magazines, news sources and refereed journals in nearly every area of academic study including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies and more.
Research Library Complete This resource provides indexing and full text for a basic collection of general-interest, humanities, social science and science periodicals and newspapers; 1986 to present. Divided into Newspapers and periodicals sections.
Print and E-JOURNALS
The library provides several print and electronic journals for research in Interior Design. To determine whether a particular journal is available as an e-journal, go to the Libraries e-journal page and type in the title of the journal. To locate a print journal, go the library's catalog: http://library.ua.edu and search by journal title. Current issues of print journals can be found in the Periodicals Reading Room on the Second floor and are arranged alphabetically by title. Older issues of print journals are located on floor 4M and are arranged in call number order. Below is a list of journals that may be helpful. E-journals are designated by an (E).
Abitare
Architectural Lighting (E)
Architectural Design (E)
Architectural Record(E)
Building and Environment (E)
Contract (formerly Contract Design) (E)
Country Living (E)
Design Issues (E)
Design Studies (E)
Design Week (E)
Dwell
Frame the international review of interior architecture and design (E)
Hospitality Design (E)
House Beautiful (E)
Interior Design (Print and E)
Interiors (E)
Interiors and Sources (E)
Journal of Architectural and Planning Research (E)
Journal of Design History (E)
Journal of Interior Design (Print and E)
Lighting Magazine (E)
Metropolis
Metropolitan Home
Old-House Interiors (E)
STEP: Inside Design (E)
Selected Dictionaries and ENCYCLOPEDIAS
If you need a definition or a brief introduction to a topic, consult a dictionary or an encyclopedia. The library has several dictionaries and encyclopedias, available in the Reference Room on the first floor of Gorgas Library. Below are some sample titles.
Dictionary of Furniture, 2nd Edition
Gorgas Reference NK2205. D5 2001Encyclopedia of Interior Design
Gorgas Reference NK1165 .E48 1997 (2 vols.)The Encyclopedia of Patterns and Motifs
Gorgas Reference NK 1175 .B67 1995xDesigner's Guide to Furniture Styles
Gorgas Reference NK2235. C76 1999History of Interior Design and Furniture
Gorgas Reference NK1710 .B57 1997
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