GRAPHIC DESIGN & DIGITAL PRINT PRODUCTION

Graphic Design at The Art Institute of Philadelphia involves combining design, images and printed words for the dynamic fields of advertising, publishing, television, and visual communication. The Library is continually acquiring materials that will support this curriculum. You are encouraged to suggest new titles that will be useful to students in this department. Send any suggestions to Ruth Schachter (schachtr@aii.edu).

Library policies can be found on the About Us page. Please become familiar with students' borrowing privileges and responsibilities, loan periods, and fines for overdue materials.

To search for books and videos/dvds, use Athena, our online catalog. Athena can be accessed from the library website (in school access only).

       - Subjects
       - Authors
       - Titles
       - Keyword

A few terms that may be useful in a search for graphic design-related materials are:

Advertising
Alphabets
Borders
Color
Commercial art
Copy art
Human figure in art
Logotypes
Paper work
Trademarks
Type and type founding
Typography

Copy the entire call number for any titles that are of interest. To get the complete call number, click on the title to view the entire record. If there is more than one copy, click on "show copies" to see what is in the Library, where it is located, what is checked out, and when it is due back. If you are having a problem finding books on the shelf, or information on your topic, ask for help. We understand that you may not be familiar with this library.

To see the newest titles, go to the What's New page.

Browsing

If you want to browse through the collection (and don't forget the Reference area!), try these call numbers for graphic design topics:

HF 5821-HF 6182 (Advertising)
N (Visual Arts)
NC (Drawing, Graphic Design)
NC 760 (Artistic Anatomy)
NC 997-NC 1003 (Commercial Art)
ND (Painting)
NE (Print Media)
NK (Decorative arts)
T 221-T 325 (Trademarks)
T 385 (Image Manipulation)
Z 1116-Z 265 (Printing, Typography)
Z 250 (Type Faces, Fonts)

Videos / DVDs

The Library has a growing collection of VHS and DVD titles. Most may be checked out for three days. Limit 2. A complete list of titles is held at the Circulation Desk in a binder. All titles are also in the Athena database, our online catalog.

Magazines / Journals

The Library has a large collection of print subscriptions. New issues are on display in the library. Older issues are bound, and are shelved behind the Reference area. Some interesting titles are:

Advertising Age (in print and electronic)
Adbusters
Adweek
Baseline
Communication Arts
Eye
Computer Arts
Creative
Graphic Design
Graphis
How
Lurzers International Archive/Ads, TV & Posters
One
Print
USAd Review

Electronic Resources

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