RESEARCH AND COURSE GUIDES
Research Guides can help you get started with your research, whether it’s for a course assignment, a project at work or on externship, or personal interest. Each Research Guide includes recommended books, magazines and websites. Many also include blogs, films, and websites with images that may be used for academic purposes.
Featured Guides:
Interior Design Course Guides:
- Building Codes & Standards
- Building Systems
- Design Elements: Chair Project
- History of the Built Environment I
- Human Factors
- Interior Design III: Hospitality Design
- Interior Design V
- Portfolio + Presentation Techniques
- Senior Project
- Sustainable Environments
- Textiles
- Visual Communication I + II
General Education Course Guides:
- American History: 1865 to the Present
- Environmental Studies
- History of Modern Art
- Physical Geography (with links to tutorials and practice quizzes)
- World Civilization
Art, Architecture + Design Subject Guides:
- Biomimicry + Biophilia: Nature in Design
- Building Codes + Standards
- Building Systems
- Chair Project (Design Elements)
- Drafting
- Education Design
- Environmental Psychology
- Healthcare Design
- History of the Built Environment I
- History of Modern Art
- Hospitality Design
- Human Factors
- LEED
- Nature in Design
- NCIDQ Exam Preparation Guide
- Portfolios
- Presentations
- Products + Materials
- Retail Design
- San Diego Site Research
- Site Planning + Landscape Design
- Sustainable Building Rating Systems
- Sustainable Building Systems
- Sustainable Case Studies
- Sustainable Cities + Communities
- Sustainable Design Careers
- Sustainable Thinking
- Sustainable Materials + Furnishings
- Sustainable Product Certifications
- Sustainable Sites + Landscape Design
- Textiles
- Universal Design
- Worship Facility Design
Other Subject Guides:
- LIBRARY HOURS
- DISD EMAIL
-
VIA ePORTFOLIOS
(requires login)
- BOOKLIST
- DISD LIBRARY CATALOG
-
PROQUEST CENTRAL
Ebooks and online articles from magazines and journals (requires login)
-
BUILDINGGREEN
Articles and product info (requires login)
-
KRAVET’S WEBSITE
Fabrics, wallcoverings and more (requires login)
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MEDLINE PLUS
Health and medical information
- EMAIL THE LIBRARY
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