Research Guides: Lighting Design: Articles and Databases

Lighting Design Recommended Databases

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DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) provides abstracts and bibliographic records for articles, news items, and reviews published in design and applied arts periodicals from 1973 onwards. DAAI covers both new designers and the development of design and the applied arts since the mid-19th century, surveying disciplines including ceramics, glass, jewellery, wood, metalsmithing, graphic design, fashion and clothing, textiles, furniture, interior design, architecture, computer aided design, Web design, computer-generated graphics, animation, product design, industrial design, garden design, and landscape architecture.
DETAIL Inspiration This link opens in a new window
Database of thousands of international projects searchable by building type, construction, material, architectural topic, location, and year of construction, with documentation in German and English.
Fairchild Books Interior Design Library This link opens in a new window
This database includes textbooks and supplementary resources that support interior design education; includes construction and building systems; drawing, modelling, and CAD; professional practice; principles of color, light, form, and materials; accessibility; sustainability; and history, theory, and criticism.
MIT Press Direct This link opens in a new window
MIT Press covers more than 40 ejournals and 3200 ebooks , with 150 ebooks added annually. Subjects emphasized include cognitive science, digital humanities & new media, economics, environment, information science, neuroscience, philosophy, science/technology & society, and social sciences.

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ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
ScienceDirect subscribed content can be searched under 4 main headings: Social Sciences and Humanities, Life Sciences, Health Sciences, and Physical Sciences and Engineering. It retrieves book chapters and journal articles, including 1.4 million open access articles.

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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to create and maintain a trusted archive of important scholarly journals and to provide access to these journals as widely as possible. Content in JSTOR spans many disciplines, primarily in the humanities and social sciences. Recent articles are generally not available. JSTOR now includes access to the Artstor collection. Artstor is an extensive image resource for educational and scholarly use . Including high-quality images and visual media from top museums, archives, scholars, artists, and contributors around the world.
ProQuest All Subscribed Content This link opens in a new window
All ProQuest databases, ranging from dissertations to newspaper articles to scholarly journals to trade journals to wire services.

Use these databases to find information about the future of design, colors, and materials.

WGSN Interiors This link opens in a new window
Trend forecasting and reporting on furniture & lighting, decorative accessories, kitchen & tabletop, hospitality, experience design and wellness, and more.

Please note: Users are required to create an account and may need to reactivate their account if they do not use it after 90 days
Stylus This link opens in a new window
Stylus provides inspirational and informative research and relates it to prevailing consumer trends, acting as a catalyst to push the design industries to new levels.

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