Graphic Design
| This guide lists selected online, electronic and print information sources available to Kwantlen Faculty, students and staff. Check the Library Catalogue to find additional resources at Kwantlen Polytechnic University Library. |
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Other Kwantlen Library Subject guides that may be of interest to Graphic Design students: Interior Design |FIND| Marketing | Fine Arts |
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Background Information |
Kwantlen Library subscribes to a variety of journals both in print and online. If you're not sure if a journal is scholarly (often called "academic" or "peer-reviewed"), look at our checklist.
Primary Indexes & Databases for Graphic Design
Other Useful Indexes Kwantlen Library subscribes to a variety of journals both in print and online.
Journals@Kwantlen
TIP for Advanced Researchers: Set up an alert for your favourite journal and you'll be notified when the latest issue is available electronically. For help with this, see our Search Alert guide.
Online Journals
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Important Print Resources
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| Examples & Collections |
Resources & Tools |
- Ad*Access Images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955
- Advertising artwork of Dr. Seuss
- AIGA Medalists the most distinguished in the field of graphic design and visual communication.
- Arts of the Book Collection
- Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
- Creative Club - the UK's largest advertising archive. Including over 1.5 million advertisements across all media.
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Search over 82,000 images
- Germanic Collections Former East Germany (GDR) and Latin America 1970-1989. The images of political leaders, writers, revolutionaries
- Government Publications, maps and data, Northwestern University Library: World War II Posters The 338 items, primarily World War II-era posters
- Monuments of the Future
- The National Museum of American Illustration - artworks from the (Golden Age of American Illustration)
- Posters American Style
- Posters from the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies collection of posters published in Africa and elsewhere.
- Prints and Photographs Division, Advertising and Propaganda, American Memory Project, Library of Congress which comprise an estimated 13.7 million items.
- Prints and Photographs Reading Room
- Tupperware
- Wallace Library, Special Collections greatest strengths in graphic design and applied photography.
TIP: Don't believe everything you read! Evaluate web sources very carefully for their accuracy, authority, and currency. Here are some evaluation criteria to help you |
Typography
Web Design
Blogs
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Citation Styles |
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- APA - American Psychological Assoc. guidelines
- MLA - Modern Language Assoc. standards
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Suggest a Purchase
Updated by: Elaine Samwald
Graphic Design Liaison Librarian
Updated: 19/10/10