DSGN 105 - Visual Design Systems

• Check the location, availability and call number before heading to the shelf.
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• 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.

Browsing for books and articles? Search Catalog+  to find a variety of resources all in one place:

Looking for a specific book title or author? Search the Classic Catalog below:

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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