McQuade LibGuides: Graphic Design: Reference Sources

Sampling of Graphic Design Reference Books

ACLS Humanities E-Books This link opens in a new window
This electronic resource includes over 1700 full-text, cross-searchable books in the humanities selected by scholars for their continuing importance for research and teaching. Topics include archaeology and art history.
ARTstor This link opens in a new window
A digital library of more than one million 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.

Credo Reference
Contains dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations and atlases, plus a wide range or subject-specific titles including art, art history, artists, architecture, and architectural history.
Gale Biography in Context
Authoritative reference content (including Lives & Perspectives) with periodicals and multimedia organized into a user-friendly portal experience while also allowing users to search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender as well as keyword and full text.
General Reference Center Gold
A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources in one easy-to-use interface, including newspapers, reference books, and periodicals, many with full-text and images.

Grove Art Online This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present day! Now available through the Oxford Art Online gateway, Grove Art Online features over 45,000 signed articles, 5,500 images, 40,000 image links, timelines of world art, MoMA lesson plans, and links to ARTstor and Art Resource.