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Subject Specific Databases

Art and Architecture in Video This link opens in a new window
Includes documentaries and interviews illustrating the theory and practice of a variety of art forms and providing the context necessary for critical analysis. It addresses art history and theory as well as applied topics such as graphic design.
Art Bibliographies Modern (1974-present) This link opens in a new window
Covers all art forms, including fine art, digital art, crafts, design and photography. Features full abstracts and indexing from art journals published from the 1970s onwards.
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Transitioning to Artstor on JSTOR | JSTOR Images. This resource will migrate to a new platform on June 1, 2024. Features images from some of the world's leading museums, photo archives, scholars, and artists. It is a comprehensive image resource, with many rare and important collections available nowhere else.
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New Artstor platform. Features images from some of the world's leading museums, photo archives, scholars, and artists. It is a comprehensive image resource, with many rare and important collections available nowhere else.
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Academic journals, books, and primary sources in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
The foremost scholarly art encyclopedia, covering both Western and non-Western art.

Mintel | Sample Sustainability Search
Market Intelligence reports, analytics and trends delivering all the data you need and telling you what it means.
Transmaterial
Free online materials database.

RESEARCH TIP: For more information on materials -- see the Materials Research section within the Fashion Studies Research Guide.

Databases for Sustainable Design Resources

GreenFILE
GreenFILE is multidisciplinary by nature and draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology. Subjects covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, recycling, renewable energy, and sustainable agriculture.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that provides health information to prevent harmful exposures and diseases related to toxic substances.
Powerhouse Museum Sustainable Design Database
The Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Australia has over 130 years of design examples. This database shows some items in its collection that meet the criteria for design for the environment.
Energy & Environmental Building Alliance Database
Allows builders, architects, engineers, and designers to search and compare products by category, brand, certifications, ecolabels, and performance criteria. Once selected, users can calculate the materials’ environmental impacts to evaluate how they help achieve their projects’ specific green rating systems,

General Info

The Shape of Green: Aesthetics, Ecology, and Design

Available online

Women in Green Voices of Sustainable Design

Available online

Design for the New World: From Human Design to Planet Design

Available online

Design for Sustainable Change : How Design and Designers Can Drive the Sustainability Agenda

Library location: 4th floor

Call number: 745.2 C533d

Recycle Your Trash (STREAMING VIDEO, 26 minutes)

Available online

Web Resources

Inhabitat
A green design and lifestyle site that provides coverage of environmental news and the latest in sustainable design.
Buckminster Fuller Institute
Dedicated to the realization of R. Buckminster Fuller’s vision of a world that works for 100% of humanity without ecological offense or disadvantage of anyone, by means of a design science revolution.
Convestro | Case Study Gallery
Offers case studies on innovative, sustainable, and diverse high-tech materials.
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum is the only museum in the nation devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design. Explore its many collections and exhibits, including sustainable design.
Core 77 Sustainable Design Blog
Core77 provides a gathering point for designers and others by producing design competitions, lecture series, a design firm directory along with a section on design jobs and portfolios.
Environmental Working Group - News & Analysis
Environmental connections to health.
Interior Design Magazine | Products/Materials
Interior Design’s curated content featuring the latest new and unique project designs across the A&D industry.
Materials & Design Journal
A multi-disciplinary free open access journal exploring themes ranging from materials to design that seeks to bring together aspects of materials science, engineering, physics, and chemistry.
Safer Choice | US Environmental Protection Agency
Safer Choice helps consumers, businesses, and purchasers find products that perform and contain ingredients that are safer for human health and the environment.

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General Info

The Shape of Green: Aesthetics, Ecology, and Design

Women in Green Voices of Sustainable Design

Design for the New World: From Human Design to Planet Design

Design for Sustainable Change : How Design and Designers Can Drive the Sustainability Agenda

Recycle Your Trash (STREAMING VIDEO, 26 minutes)

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