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Visual Communication  Tags: visual_communication graphic_design  

This introduces you to a reliable approach for finding information and identifies key library resources in the fields of visual communication and graphic design.
Last update: Dec 02nd, 2008 URL: http://utas.libguides.com/viscom  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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Dictionaries & Encyclopaedias

Why use them?

Dictionaries and encyclopaedias are great to use to start your research

You can:

Define your topic using subject dictionaries

Find background information in encyclopaedias

Identify other keywords and alternative terms for database searching

 
 

Recommended online sources

  • Oxford Art Online  
      
    The Oxford Online resource includes:
    The Dictionary of Art, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Grove Art Online, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms and The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
  • ArtStor  
      
    ARTstor is a digital library of nearly one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes.
  • Credo Reference  
      
    An online collection of over 270 online dictionaries, encyclopaedias, thesauri and other reference texts.
 

Recommended sources on your library shelves

 

Look for these in our libraries. Click on the link to find the location. Ask a librarian if you don't know how to find them

 
 

Help!

 

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