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IDES 441: Senior Design Seminar

Top Interior Design Databases

Use these art and design databases to search for scholarly articles and essays on Interior Design topics.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Citations for journal articles on architecture and design, covering subjects such as the history and practice of architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, historic preservation, and interior design.
Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI)
International index to articles in hundreds of design and craft journals. Also contains data on designers, craftspeople, studios, schools, workshops, and firms.

Interior Design Database Searching Tips

Find tips on how to combine databases for efficient/custom searches on the Interior Design research guide.

Interior Design Database Research Tips

Bloomsbury Design Library

Bloomsbury Design Library
Cross-searchable access to a broad and expanding range of encyclopedias, reference works, e-books, images, and more covering the global history, theory, and practice of crafts and design.

Demographics

US Census Bureau - Quick Facts
QuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more.

Create thematic maps and reports using extensive demographic, business, and marketing data. Allows you to access data by geography, so you can focus on a city, county, zip code, or neighborhood.
Use Claritas Market Segments within SimplyAnalytics to identify the social and behavioral lifestyles of people in a specific geographical location.
Tip: Create an account to save your information.

SimplyAnalytics
Create thematic maps and reports using extensive demographic, business, and marketing data. Allows you to access data by geography, so you can focus on a city, county, zip code, or neighborhood. (5 concurrent users)
To save your data, please create a personal account using your VCU email address.

Maximum Simultaneous Users: 5

Claritas Segments
Browse by zip code, or use Segment Details to filter personas based on specifics info like age, income or education. Then, map relevant segments to locations using Simplyanalytics.

Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliographies - Perdue OWL
Annotated Bibliography definition, breakdown and examples.

Literature Review

Writing a Literature Review - Perdue OWL