Selected Books for Graphic Design
Searching and Browsing Tips
Subject headings can offer a more accurate and comprehensive way of searching than keyword searching. Subject headings are often found on the side of search results or within a book or article record (summary).
If you'd like to browse our graphic design books, look in the N's (for art / art history) but also in these areas:
| HF 5800-6161 | Advertising |
| NC | Illustration, Design, Drawing |
| NE | Printing |
| NK | Decorative Arts, Applied Arts |
| NX | Arts in General |
| TK 5105.888 | Web design |
| TR | Photography |
| Z | Printing & production, typography |
Recommended Database
In addition to the other Arts database, try this one for graphic design:
- Communication & Mass Media Complete
Communication & Mass Media Complete offers access to journals covering communication, mass media, linguistics, discourse, rhetoric, sociolinguistics, communication theory, language, logic, organizational communication and other closely related fields of study.
Other Professional Resources
- AIGA
The profession’s oldest and largest professional membership organization for design - Graphic Artists Guild
Another major organization for designers. Check out the practical resources (such as tips for copyright) under "Tools + Resources."
Special Resource: Communication Arts Journal
- Communication ArtsBrowse current and past issues of this print publication, the largest international trade journal of visual communications.
