Research Guides: Interior Design: Background Information & Images

Reference Databases

Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
An art e-reference source that contains subject entries, biographies, and images.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Contains about 1,000 academic e-reference books covering many disciplines.
Oxford Reference This link opens in a new window Contains approximately 200 academic e-reference books covering many disciplines.

Image Sources

ARTstor This link opens in a new window
Digital images in the arts, architecture, design, humanities, and sciences. Download, save or print the images you find.

Links to collections from discontinued CAMIO
Links to the various collections that comprised the CAMIO database which has been discontinued as of 12/31/2018
NYPL Digital Gallery
Browse and search the over 800,000 free and open access images of the New York Public Library.

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Color: An Introduction to Practice and Principles
Call Number: Online in Credo Reference
Publication Date: 2013
"...comprehensive, non-mathematical introduction to color science, complete with historical, philosophical, and art-related topics."
A Dictionary of Modern Design by Jonathan M. Woodham
Call Number: Oxford ebook
ISBN: 0192800973
Publication Date: 2005
The elements of style : an encyclopedia of domestic architectural detail by Cromley
Call Number: Reference Collection NA2850 .E445 2005
ISBN: 9781554070794
Publication Date: 2005
Encyclopedia of Interior Design by Joanna Banham (Editor)
Call Number: Reference Collection NK1165 .E48 1997
ISBN: 1884964192
Publication Date: 1997
The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art by Gerald W. R. Ward
Call Number: Reference Collection N8510 .G76 2008
ISBN: 9780195313918
Publication Date: 2008-10-06
History of Design: decorative arts and material culture, 1400-2000
Call Number: Q (Oversize) 745 H62965 Located on 4th floor
"Spanning six centuries of global design, this far-reaching survey is the first to offer an account of the vast history of decorative arts and design produced in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Indian subcontinent, and the Islamic world, from 1400 to the present."
Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Call Number: E-book. Available online in Credo Reference
ISBN: 9780749468668
Publication Date: 2013
"Examining the subject in an integrated manner and from a holistic perspective, it examines all the key areas, including: product design; procurement; cleaner production; freight transport; warehousing and storage; purchasing; supply management; reverse logistics; recycling; strategy and more."