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DSGN 105 - Visual Design Systems: Find Images in Books

Browse the shelves

Try searching by an artist's name, or use these keywords:

  • Composition (Art)
  • Symmetry (Art)
  • Proportion (Art)
  • Design Principles
  • "Gestalt Principles"

Using the library catalog search on this page, or at http://library.scad.edu

Browsing the shelves? Try these locations:
N 7430 -- Art Technique, Composition, Design
NA -- Architecture
NB -- Sculpture
NC -- Drawing and Design
     *NC 997 -- Illustration & Graphic Design
     *NC 1002 -- Animation Art

ND -- Painting
NE -- Printmaking
NK -- Decorative Arts (ceramics, textiles, book arts)

PN 6700 -- Graphic Novels and Comics
TR -- Photography
TT 500 -- Fashion


Within each of these areas, books are usually grouped by style/movement and then geography. Find one book about Italian Renaissance painters, and you'll see many others just like it!

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Classic Catalog

Book Search Tips

  • Check the location, availability and call number before heading to the shelf
  • Not sure how to read a call number? Watch this video on Youtube.
  • Books are organized by subject, so take time to browse the shelves. You might find something useful you didn't see in the catalog.
  • Get books from other SCAD locations or place a hold with the request service

Design Principles & Techniques