Interior Design History and Theory

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• Artstor on JSTOR This link opens in a new window

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  Database of art images from museums and other institutions included in JSTOR
  
   

• Gale OneFile Home Improvement This link opens in a new window

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  Contains full text articles, abstracts, and citation indexing from 1984 to present for more than 4.5 million articles from more than 200 construction, architecture, materials, and home improvement focused titles, covering topics including techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and more.
• Home Furnishings Retailers Database [Chain Store Guide] This link opens in a new window

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  Covers buyer contacts and basic information on home furnishings retailers such as IKEA, Rooms To Go, Pier 1 Imports, and more. (To be included, retailers must have two units or operate one unit with sales of at least $10 million. Wholesalers and distributors must have sales of at least $1 million.)
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  A material database with access to innovative, sustainable materials and technologies from 75+ industries.
  
   

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• Interior Design (Credo Reference)

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  References to Interior Design: Styles - Time Periods - Terminology
• Credo Reference - Architectural Style

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  References to Architecture: Periods and Styles
• Architecture (Credo Reference)

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  References to the Art of Building.
• Architecture (in The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather guide) (Credo Reference)

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  References to Architecture: Regions - Styles - Time Periods - Terminology

• Color, Space, and Style: all the details interior designers need to know but can never find. by Chris Grimley; Mimi Love

  Publication Date: 2007

• A Guide to Socially-Informed Research for Architects and Designers (SUNY book) by Michelle Janning

  Publication Date: 2022
• Interior Design by Stephanie A. Clemons

  Publication Date: 2015
• Interior Design by Jenny Gibbs; Chronicle Books Staff; Laurence King Publishing Limited Staff

  Publication Date: 2010
• Virtual Aesthetics in Architecture by Sara Eloy; Anette Kreutzberg; Ioanna Symeonidou

  Publication Date: 2021