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Finding Journal Articles

Quicksearch design journal databases using Supersearch

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e.g., interior design lighting

  • This quicksearch option searches across a number of science journal databases.
  • It is useful for conducting an introductory search on a topic.
  • To link to the full-text of articles (if available), click on the SFX button :

Quicksearch will often retrieve a large number of hits. If you need to conduct a more sophisticated search, try searching one or more of the individual databases listed below :

  • Art Index references to journal articles, yearbooks and museum bulletins. Its focus is on painting, sculpture, drawing and architecture - the "fine arts".
  • ARTstor is a digital library of approximately 550,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes. The ARTstor Digital Library is used by educators, scholars, and students at a variety of institutions including universities, colleges, museums, public libraries.
  • Design Special Collection is an index to a special collection of magazines and books held at Prahran, consisting of historical material covering the period 1900-1960. Many architecture and interior design magazines are indexed.
  • Design and Applied Arts Index An international index to current design and applied artts journals. Covers well the areas of industrial design, graphic design, typography and packaging.

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Author: Gordon H. Turnbull - Design Librarian (gturnbull@swin.edu.au)