Research Guides: Interior Design: Articles

Interior Design Journals

A sampling of research journals in interior design. Click to see holdings in VCU Libraries and online full text access.

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Avery Index

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (Proquest)
Citations from the international architecture literature. Also includes archaeology, city planning, interior design and set design. Some search terms: city planning, transportation planning, and urban transportation.

DAAI

Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) - (Proquest)
International index to articles in more than 450 design and craft journals. Also contains data on designers, craftspeople, studios, schools, workshops, and firms.
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Major areas of coverage include:
Product design
Interior design
Graphic design
Ceramics
Glass
Jewellery
Textiles
Furniture
Fashion and clothing
Illustration
Typography and type design
Metalsmithing
Retail design
Architecture
Industrial design
Sustainability
Advertising
Packaging
Theatre
Vehicles
Exhibitions
Book design
Web design
Computer aided design
Computer graphics
Animation
Garden design
Landscape architecture
Urban design
Education
Design management
Inclusive design
Universal design
Design history

(1973 - present) VCU access only

Interior Design Research Tip

Combine the Avery Index and DAAI databases to search for articles on interior design in both together!

Start with one database e.g. Avery Index
Use the hamburger menu to select 'change databases'
Select the other database e.g. DAAI, then 'Use selected databases'
Search!

Top Art and Design Databases

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

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (Proquest)
Citations from the international architecture literature. Also includes archaeology, city planning, interior design and set design. Some search terms: city planning, transportation planning, and urban transportation.
Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) - (Proquest)
International index to articles in more than 450 design and craft journals. Also contains data on designers, craftspeople, studios, schools, workshops, and firms.
more...less...
Major areas of coverage include:
Product design
Interior design
Graphic design
Ceramics
Glass
Jewellery
Textiles
Furniture
Fashion and clothing
Illustration
Typography and type design
Metalsmithing
Retail design
Architecture
Industrial design
Sustainability
Advertising
Packaging
Theatre
Vehicles
Exhibitions
Book design
Web design
Computer aided design
Computer graphics
Animation
Garden design
Landscape architecture
Urban design
Education
Design management
Inclusive design
Universal design
Design history

(1973 - present) VCU access only
Art Full Text (EBSCO)
Citations, abstracts, and selected full-text for articles from periodicals published throughout the world. Also indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals. Includes selected full-text.
Research Tip: Click on 'Choose Databases' to add related databases e.g. Hospitality & Tourism Complete, Education Research Complete, Greenfile, and Environment Complete.
ARTbibliographies Modern (Proquest)
Abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, PhD dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art (1974 - present).
Urban Studies Abstracts
Covers trends in urbanization, urban affairs, community development, urban history, housing and real estate, and architecture and urban design.
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1973-present VCU access only
JSTOR
Searchable backfiles of core journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. (Backfiles end 3 - 5 years prior to current date).
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Contains digitized copies of complete runs of hundreds of scholarly journals, many of which contain illustrations and art reproductions. Select the "caption" feature (in the Advanced search) to limit your search to image captions.

Criticism and Reviews of Contemporary Art & Design

In addition to art and design databases, try these newspaper and magazine databases
to find reviews or criticism about contemporary art and design.

New York Times
More than a newspaper for an American city, the New York Times is an international record of national and world news, as well as personal stories of how events affect individuals. Covers from the first issue in 1851 to three years prior to the current year.
Access World News
Access World News is one of the larger databases of newspapers and includes the Richmond Times-Dispatch
Newspaper Source Plus
130 newspapers including the New York Times, Washington Post & Times (London).
Dow Jones Factiva
Comprehensive, full text up-to-the-minute news and business source from Dow Jones and Reuters.