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CODS 504 - Design Pioneers

Short guide to accompany the first assignment in CDE 504 - Researching a designer

Researching Designers

Researching Designers Online

Begin your research with the Search Box on the Library homepage:

Home Page with callouts for Search, Library Cat, and Databases

 

The Search Everything tab will show you all the resources the library has to offer, both online and physical.

The Library Catalog  tab brings back primarily books and DVDs that are physically on the shelves IN the library.  Ebooks and streaming video are also included to make things simpler.

The Databases tab is for finding databases specific to the majors and minors at Kutztown.  Select that tab, and then under Subjects, select "Communication Design".  Start with JSTOR.

Design Pioneers Home Page

The Design Pioneers website

 

The DESIGN PIONEERS projects are posted to the Kutztown University Institutional Repository, the KU Research Commons (KURC)

Scroll down to see the number of downloads so far.

JSTOR databases

JSTOR - a good place to start for your project

A good database to check if you are having problems finding information on your designer is JSTOR.

http://library.kutztown.edu/jstor

JSTOR is a database of scholarly or research journal articles.

JSTOR has recently merged its image database ARTSTOR, with the JSTOR journal database, so you will see lots of images here as wel.  All are licensed for academic use.

Use the ADVANCED SEARCH to better define your search terms and to screen out book reviews.