Resource Guide:
Design Principles
Digital Open Education Resources
Websites and Digital Archives
The following websites are librarian-evaluated to provide trustworthy information for your topic. They include digitized collections connected to your topic.
Subject Headings
Subject headings are selected terms to represent a topic. Searching subject headings in the library catalog will bring the most complete list of results. Below are some example subject headings. More subject headings can be located in the red books at the reference desk.
- Art -- Technique
- Composition (Art)
- Communication in art
- Communication in design
- Design
- Perspective
- Shades and shadows in art
- Symmetry (Art)
Research Databases
The following databases are specifically useful for your topic. You can search them individually on the databases page.
Print Materials at the Von Canon Library
Below are some selected materials in the library with their shelving locations. Browsing in the listed areas of the library will help you find more materials for your topic.
| Title | Call Number |
|---|---|
| Art Fundamentals : theory and practice | N 7430 .A697 2013 |
| Geometry of Design : studies in proportion and composition | N 7431.5 .E44 2001 |
| Form, Space, and Vision: discovering design through drawing | NC 730 .C6 |
| How to Draw : drawing and sketching objects and environments from your imagination | NC 730 .R63 2013 |
| Drawing : a contemporary approach | NC 730 .S34 2008 |
| Making Color Sing | ND 1488 .D63 2011 |
| Color : a natural history of the pallette | ND 1488 .F56 2004 |