Liv Valmestad, Reference Librarian

474-8447; liv_valmestad@umanitoba.ca

Fall 2009

A r c h A r c h i t e c t A r c h i t e c t u r e / F i n e A r c h i t e c t u r e / F i n e A r t s L i b r a r Architecture/Fine Arts Library

INTERIOR DESIGN AND CRITICAL THEORY

Searching BISON for books and journal titles:

" One of the most effective ways to search BISON is by KEYWORD or KEY WO RD (sub ject) :

jacques derrida philosophy, deconstruction design, semiotics design, interior design philosophy,

architecture aesthetics, psychology space (or colour, lighting, etc..); interior restaurants (or

hospitals, hotels, etc.), interior design.

If searching by SUBJEC T -English (browse), the proper subject headings are and must be entered

exactly as follows:

" deconstructivism (architecture)

" interior decoration--philosophy " postmodernism

Search also under: Arts, Mod ern--20th centu ry

Search also under: Avant-garde (Aesthetics)

Search also under: Mod ernism (A rt)

Search also under: Philosoph y, Mod ern--20th centu ry

Search also under: Appro priation (A rt)

ART/INTERIOR DESIGN THEORY BOOKS

The D esign En cyclop edia REF NK 1370 B93 1994

The Diction ary of Art REF NK 31 D5 1996

*Also available online as Oxford Art Online in E-Library (see p.2)

A philosophy of interior design NK 2113.A24 1990

Encyclopedia of Interior Design REF NK 1165 E48 1997

Art in theory REF N 6490 A7167 1992

Artspea k: a guid e to conte mpora ry ideas, m ovem ents.... REF N 6490 A87 1990

Interior architecture NA 2850 K85 1993

Interior design in the 20th century NK 1980 T37 1986

Interior Design Sourcebook REF NK1980 L48 1998

The interior dimension : a theoretical approach to enclosed space NA 2850 M35 1992

Intimus: interior design theory reader NK 2113 I59 2006 (RES)

The Routledge critical dictionary of postmodern thought REF B 831.2 R68 1999

Designers International Index REF NK 1390 D48 1991

Encyclop edia of Postm odernism (o nline) (Search by title in BISON)

JOURNAL INDEXES/DATABASES/E-DICTIONARIES

1. Go to UM Libraries h omep age at: http://www.umanitoba.ca/libraries

2. Under � Find Articles, Books and More, � click on � Collections & Databa ses A-Z . �

3. Choose the first letter of your database.

" Oxford Art On line: a great starting point for theorists and terms (i.e. Barthes, Pollock, semiotics

etc.) for theo retical defin itions etc.

" Credo Reference - includes encylopedias on theory and design online in E-Library; a great

starting po int.

For your project, you will need to consult indexes directly related to interior design, as well as those for

other disciplines. Below is a list of selected databases that may be useful for your topic:

Do a combination of searches with your theorist and interior design/architecture/design askeywords, and theoretical terms combined with design/architecture. Start with Avery:

� structuralism and design � � lacan and design � � semiotics and design � � satre and spatialphenomenology � � gender and design � � feminism and design � etc. etc.

Interior Design Related Indexes

Architecture.com

*ArtBibliographies Modern

*Art Index

*Avery Index

Design and Applied Arts Index

*Start with these first!

Humanities/Social Sciences Indexes

AgeLine

CBCA

EBSCOHost Fulltext

ERIC

Humanities Fulltext

Proquest Direct

PsycInfo

Social Sciences Abstracts Fulltext

Sociological Abstracts

INTERIOR DESIGN JOURNALS

Access by DesignCanadian InteriorsDomusEnvironment and Behavior

Facilities Design and Management

Interni

Interior Design

Historic Preservation

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Journal of Interior Design

Living A rchitecture

Perspective

ART THEORY/CRITICAL

THEORY JOURNALS

Art History

Art Criticism Theory*

Boundary 2*

Architecture Collection

Electronic Journal of Radical Organisation

Leonardo*

October

Postmodern Culture*

Social tex t*

Symposium

Theory, Culture & Society*

(*available online)