LibGuides: Institute of Design Research Guide: Resources: Art/Architecture/Design

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Art & Architecture in Video
Art & Architecture in Video contains over 500 hours of documentary and interview footage on different topics within visual media. The videos pertain to topics such as archaeology and painting techniques allowing users to browse by subject and people. The database also allows users to create "playlists" under their institution that allows them to collect videos and share them with fellow users.
Artstor
Search across Artstor plus other openly accessible image and primary source collections on JSTOR.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals is an index containing citations and abstracts for articles from state, regional, and professional publications, as well as major serial publications in the fields of architecture, urban planning, interior design, and landscape architecture. It offers researchers and professionals access to a wealth of information on architectural history, theory, and practice from the 1930s to the present.
MIT Press Direct
MIT Press Direct is the best way for libraries to offer MIT Press eBooks to their patrons. Key subject areas covered in the complete collection include art and architecture, biomedical sciences, business and finance, computer science, cognitive science, design, education, environment, game studies, humanities, information science, linguistics, neuroscience, new media, philosophy, and social sciences.
Saskia Art Images Collection
Digital images of paintings, sculpture and architecture.

Free-Access Websites

AIGA - American Institute of Graphic Arts
"AIGA, the professional association for design, is the place design professionals turn to first to exchange ideas and information, participate in critical analysis and research and advance education and ethical practice."
Bauhaus-Archive Museum of Design
The Bauhaus Archive / Museum of Design in Berlin is concerned with the research and presentation of the history and impact of the Bauhaus (1919-1933). It's important to understand your roots.

CARLI Digital Collections
Digital collections created by member libraries of the Consortium of Academic and Research libraries of Illinois (CARLI). Subjects mostly include art, photography, and Illinois history.

Centre for Sustainable Design
The Centre for Sustainable Design, a research centre of The Surrey Institute of Art and Design (UK). It is involved in education, training and research into sustainable design.
Cooper-Hewitt Education Resource Center
"Cooper-Hewitt’s Educators’ Resource Center provides you with the resources you need to engage in the design process and use it effectively in your classroom."
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution is the only museum in the nation devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design.
Free Internet Images
This site is not a collection of images, but a blog that announces the discovery of free image resources on the web.
NASA Images
View images of and by the different NASA creations (the Hubble, space station, etc.). A collaboration with the Internet Archive

NYPL Digital Gallery
NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 600,000 digitized images their collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs.

Chicago Collections
"Chicago Collections is a consortium of libraries, museums, and other institutions with archives that collaborate to preserve and share the history and culture of the Chicago region."
The Smithsonian Institution Archive Collections
Image database featuring more than 13 million items in some seven hundred collections throughout Smithsonian museums and research centers. Subject areas include aerospace engineering, history, manufacturing, and the humanities.
Smithsonian Open Access
Download, share and reuse images and data from the Smithsonian's network of museums, libraries, archives, research centers and the National Zoo.