GRAPHIC DESIGN PROGRAM RESOURCES

The Art Institute of Vancouver Library carries many Graphic Design resources that cover topics such as color theory, layout, package design, typography, and more. Search the Voyager Library Catalogue to see what resources are available.

See also Program Resources for:

• EVALUATING INFORMATION - Books, Web, & Journals
• RESEARCH, WRITING & COPYRIGHT
• PHOTOGRAPHY & DIGITAL IMAGE RESOURCES

Complete, up-dated information on the magazine collection can be found on the Voyager Library catalogue and a full list of titles can be found HERE.

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The Art Institute of Vancouver Library is proud to offer a collection of excellent databases and online resources that Graphic Design instructors and students can use. These resources are available for you to use at any of The Art Institute of Vancouver campuses or remotely from home for your study, research, work, and leisure needs.

**Please note that you must obtain the necessary Access USER IDs & Passwords from the library to use these resources.  Please drop by at any Art Institute of Vancouver Library location, call, or email the library staff to obtain the necessary information.**

• Digital Tutors - Please contact library if you need information as to how to create a user account
Access over 11,000 video training tutorials on Maya, ZBrush, Soft Image, Photoshop, Illustrator, and more for your design and digital media needs. To create your personal account User ID: current Ai Vancouver students, faculty, and staff mus use their Ai email accounts (aii.edu / stu.aii.edu). Click on "Create an Account" and use the temporary password that is emailed to you by DT to log into your new account.

• Fashion Snoops
  User Guide (PPT)
  Fashion Snoops is an online forecasting service that provides inspiring content, research and strategic guidance to companies in the fashion industry. Its coverage includes lifestyle trends, runway, retail, street, vintage, trade shows, happenings, market intelligence, news and editorials. Though focused on fashion, Fashion Snoops also provides content in areas of interest to Interior Design and Graphic Design, such as research in emerging trends, design and color direction, graphics and fabrics.

• Getty Images - If you have already signed-up for Getty Images, contact library for access codes. Otherwise, *Sign-up* for Getty Images.
  Getty Images User Guide (PDF)
  Over 500K high quality stock imagery. Students may download up to 50 high-resolution images and an unlimited number of low-resolution imagery per quarter. Images are for educational purposes only and using them for any commercial (even non-profit) or non-coursework or non-portfolio related purposes is strictly prohibited.

• Grove's Dictionary of Art / Oxford Art Online
  A comprehensive collection of fine art and architecture images from many of the world's most prestigious art museums, and encyclopedia articles and entries from Groves and Oxford Reference.

• H. W. WilsonWeb Omnifile Full Text Select
  Quick Tips Search Guide (PDF) Full User Guide Tutorial (PDF)
  Periodical database that provides full-text articles with their accompanying indexing and abstracts on topics in the arts, applied and pure sciences, social science, education, humanities, legal and business fields. Contains full text of articles from over 2500 publications, some back to 1982.

• Material Connexion - Please contact library to create a user account for remote (Home) access.
  Material Connexion is a resource for all disciplines of design development - the world’s largest library of advanced, innovative, sustainable materials and processes in the world, providing you with immediate access to over 4,500 materials. For all of your interior, packaging, fashion, and retail design need.

• Oxford Reference Online
  Contains about 100+ dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works and an expanding range of key titles from the acclaimed Oxford Companions Series, plus the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. Includes subject coverage from art & architecture to language & literature to science. See: Art & Architecture, Economics & Business

• Proquest Bigchalk Electric Library
  ELibrary offers a broad range of full-text and multimedia content, including a digital archive of information sources of more than 2700 full-text periodicals, international newswires, classic books, maps, photographs, and major literary, art, and reference titles.

• Proquest “Big Bundle"
  Proquest Quick Reference Guide (PDF)
  One stop access to THOUSANDS of periodical magazine, newspaper, trade and scholarly publications including Proquest Research Library; ABI Complete which covers business, economics, product and competitive info, corporate and management techniques and strategies; National Newspapers 27 which provides articles from major regional dailies; and Proquest Psychology which encompasses a range of topics from over 500 leading psychology publications

• Safari Technical E-Books
  Sample Searches Search Guide (PDF)
  An electronic library collection of about 5000 e-books in a fully searchable database from Addison-Wesley, Peachpit Press, Adobe Press, and many other top technology publishers, covering Adobe CS suites, Maya, Photoshop, and much more.

• Style Sight
  With numerous trendboards, over 4 million images on interiors and women's, men's, and children's fashion; concise forecasting and reporting, Style Sight has everything you need to assess current trends and to collaborate and analyze trend forecasts and reports for effective results during the design cycle.

• VTC (Virtual Training Company)
  VTC Technical FAQs (PDF)
  VTC provides online streaming access to over 81,000+ Flash and Quicktime video tutorials covering Animation & 3D, Audio, Business Applications, Graphics & Layout, Internet & Web Design, Multimedia & Film, and MORE!

• DIGITAL JUICE (DJ) – Sound Effects, Animation, Stock Footage, and more. The Digital Juice collection is one of the few electronic resources that can not be access online. In order to search the collection and/or access files, you must use one of the three library computers that are housing the DJ collections.

• RECOMMENDED DVDS
  • Adobe Illustrator CS4 beyond the basics - by Lynda.com
  • Adobe InDesign CS4 beyond the basics - by Lynda.com
  • Color Management: Essential Training - by Lynda.com
  • Font Management - by Lynda.com
  • Graphic secrets for business professionals - by Lynda.com
  • Helvetica - instructor use only
  • Total training for Adobe Creative Suite 4 design workflow
  • Total training for Adobe Illustrator CS4 essentials
  • Total training for Adobe InDesign CS4 essentials
  • Total training for Adobe Photoshop CS4 extended essentials

Do you know of any other resources to add? Having trouble finding the information that you need? Need the user access codes for these databases? Please contact the Library for help, or if you have any comments or resource suggestions.

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