ILLU 505 - Influences in Illustration: Books & Periodicals

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Popular

• Audience: General
• Purpose: To entertain, sell products, or share news
• Format: Short and usually illustrated
• Sources: Quotes are usually attributed to the speaker, but few sources will be directly credited beyond this

Trade

• Audience: Professional
• Purpose: To keep professionals informed about news, trends, and practices in their field
• Format: Various article lengths with some industry jargon
• Sources: Quotes and sources are usually given attribution in-text, but are rarely cited separately

Scholarly

• Audience: Academic
• Purpose: To inform and advance scholarship
• Format: Longer format, often with field-specific language and limited illustrations
• Sources: Scholarly articles always cite their sources in footnotes and/or bibliographies

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Looking to browse the shelves? Try these locations:

NC1-1940--Drawing. Design. Illustration

• NC1-45--General, Including collective biography
• NC50-266--History of drawing
• NC703-725--General works
• NC730-758--Technique
• NC760-825--Special subjects
• NC845-915--Graphic art materials
• NC950-996--Illustration
• NC997-1003--Commercial art. Advertising art
• NC1800-1850--Posters
• NC1860-1896--Greeting cards, postcards, invitations, book jackets, etc.

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