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Unless otherwise noted, these resources are available at the Art Institute of Chicago, the SAIC campus, or from other locations with an ARTIC username and password.

Design Abstracts Retrospective

Provides coverage of more than 100 design and design-related journals most of which have ceased publication, but which are distinctly important to the development of design concepts in the early 20th century.  DAR provides broad, international coverage on a wide range of subjects in the fields of industrial and product design, architecture, interior design, furniture design, ceramics, glass, jewelry, metalsmithing, fashion and textile design, graphic design, and others.

Types of material covered: Journal articles only

Dates covered: 1894-1986


Design and Applied Arts Index

Contains over 130,000 annotated references from more than 500 design and craft journals on industrial and product design, architecture, interior design, furniture design, ceramics, glass, jewellery, metalsmithing, fashion and textile design, graphic design, etc.

Types of material covered: Journal articles only.

Dates covered: 1973 to present.


Design ProFILES

Covers more than 100 journals and yearbooks, including important titles that have not been indexed or abstracted before.  It provides information about more than 8,000 designers and design-related organizations that were influential in the 20th century world of design, including over 1,000 female designers.

Types of material covered: Profiles of designers and design organizations

Dates covered: 1894-1986


Dissertation Abstracts

Provides access to citations and abstracts from all titles in the Digital Dissertations database. Titles published since 1997 have 24 page previews available. No full-text dissertations available.

Types of material covered: Masters and Ph.D theses.

Dates covered: 1861 to the present.