Use a book for:
in-depth coverage of a subject
history and chronology
overview of a big topic
background information
bibliographies of additional sources.
BIOGRAPHY:
commercial artists, printmakers, illustrators, cartoonists, designers, type designers
GRAPHIC DESIGN:
logography, logos (symbols) -- design, logotypes (printing), signs and symbols, trademarks, letterheads, stationery, business cards, signs and signboards, advertising cards, postcards, t-shirts, shopping bags, packaging, calendars, calendar art, brand name products, menu design, matchcovers, paper, paper work (TT870), posters, bill posting, dance posters, film posters, political posters, poster stamps, sports posters, theatrical posters, travel posters, war posters, industrial design coordination
LAY-OUT:
book design, magazine design, newspaper layout and typography, advertising layout and typography, newsletters
TYPOGRAPHY & PRINTING:
typesetting, type and type-founding, type designers, makeup (printing), layout (printing), printing -- style manuals, printing (Z244), editing, off-set printing, lithography, color printing, color, prints, lasers in the graphic arts
Corporate reports, letterhead logotype, magazine design, posters, signsand signboards, television graphics, trademarks
ADVERTISING (HF):
advertising, advertising photography, advertising fliers, ... in advertising (such as cats in advertising, color in advertising), sales promotion, symbolism in advertising, subliminal advertising, communication -- graphic methods (P93.5), communication in design, communication in art,communication in architectural design, visual perception, intercultural communication, business names, corporate image
ILLUSTRATION:
illustration of books, technical illustration, picture books, drawing, brush drawing, engraving, painting,
COMPUTER GRAPHICS:
clip art, computerized typesetting, computer graphics, computer animation, computer drawing, interactive multimedia, animation (cinematography), animatedfilms, computer drawing, computer fonts, computer art -- technique, imageprocessing, computer-aided design, desktop publishing, electronic publishing
WEB DESIGN:
web sites -- design (TK5105.888), web publishing, world wide web, web servers, internet programming, javascript (computer program language), html, multimedia systems
Retrieved from: Detterb eck, K. (2015). Graphic Design [libguide]. purchase.libguides.com/graphicdesign
Try finding synonyms for your original search term(s).
ex: production artist OR graphic designer OR creator
Put phrases in quotation marks.
ex: "mixed media"
Use AND and OR to narrow or broaden your search results.
ex: William Morris AND Private Press
Example searches:
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Call Number |
Subject |
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BF 789 |
Color--Psychological aspects |
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HF 5733 |
Letterheads |
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HF 5825 |
Advertising layout and typography |
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KF |
Artists--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States; Copyright |
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NC |
Commercial art; Drawing; Graphic arts; Graphic arts--Technique; Graphic design (Typography); Illustration; Letterheads--Design; Logography; Logos (Symbols); Trademarks--Design |
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ND 1488-1495 |
Color in art |
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NE 965.2 |
Business cards--Design |
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NK 1548 |
Color in design |
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NK 3600-3640 |
Alphabets; Calligraphy; Lettering |
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QA 76.76 |
HTML; Interactive multimedia |
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T 201-342 |
Trademarks |
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T 385 |
Adobe Illustrator; Adobe Photoshop; Computer graphics |
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TK 5105 |
Internet; Web sites--Design |
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Z |
Color-printing; Graphic design (typography); Magazine design; Newspaper layout and typography; Printing; QuarkXPress; Type designers; Type and type-founding; Typography |
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