INTERIOR DESIGN PROGRAM RESOURCES

The Art Institute of Vancouver Library carries many Interior Design resources that cover a variety of topics such as architecture, historical design and styles, furniture, marketing and branding, textiles, environmental design, and much much 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
• BUSINESS & MARKETING RESOURCES

The Art Institute of Vancouver Library uses Library of Congress classification call numbers. Interior Design books are generally found in the call number range as follows:

Interior Design periodicals are primarily located at the 1090 W. Georgia (downtown) library campus. The following Interior Design titles are available in PRINT or ONLINE:

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 Fashion 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.**

• Fashion Snoops - Campus computer access only
  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, Earth & Environmental Sciences

• 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 over 7800 e-books in a fully searchable database from Addison-Wesley, Peachpit Press, Adobe Press, and many other top technology publishers, covering Adobe, Maya, Photoshop, and much more. Includes AutoCad resources

• 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!

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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