IDSN 3550 – Materials and Specifications for Interior Design
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AERIAS:Offers some of the most comprehensive, in-depth information on indoor air quality available online. The reports, articles and statistics featured here have been compiled based on studies conducted in AQS laboratories, knowledge gathered from AQS experience in the field, research and scientific literature surveys, and AQS extensive database of pollutants and sources.
Provides a complete framework for assessing building performance and meeting sustainability goals. Based on well-founded scientific standards, LEED emphasizes state of the art strategies for sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality. See Rating Systems.
Provides overview of articles, slide shows, links to other sources of information, recommended books and videos, and educational materials and programs that can help your community in its sustainable development efforts.
provides a tool to make it easier to purchase products and services with reduced environmental impacts. Environmental information on over 600 products and services are included.
SustainableDesign Information Center: Excellent basic information on green design and becoming a green designer. From the American Society of Interior Designers.
A Word About Using Web Sites for Your Research .........
Many instructors advise you to use the Web wisely and with discernment, because the Web has much that is valuable, but also some material that may not be as authoritative as the instructor prefers you to use for your research. Here are some principles for evaluating what you find on the Web:
The following terms are subject headings used in the Joyner Library catalog. Use the Subject Alphabetical search option to see titles listed under each heading and to see related terms. Theheading Green Products is a good, broad term, but it also encompasses household products like cleaners. Narrower terms to locate green construction resources include:
Terms to locate green construction resources include:
Comprehensive series of manufacturers' bound catalogs with product overviews, photos, illustrations, 3-Part Specs and other information needed to compare and select products.
Sweets Directory Online A good place to start your preliminary product research. You can search more than 10,700 manufacturers, with 61,300 products represented.
Codes Guidebook for Interiors(REF KF 5701 H37 2001)
Focuses on codes that affect interior projects. Describes and discusses codes, standards, and federal regulations used throughout the country. Includes a glossary and a bibliography arranged by topic.
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Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals:offers a comprehensive listing of journal articles on architecture and design, including bibliographic descriptions on subjects such as the history and practice of architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, historic preservation, and interior design and decoration. It contains more than 440,000 thousand entries surveying over seven hundred American and international journals. These include not only scholarly and popular periodical literature, but also publications of professional associations, American state and regional periodicals, and the major serials on architecture and design of Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Australia.
ABI/Inform Global:Most scholarly and comprehensive way to explore and understand business research topics. Search nearly 1800 worldwide business periodicals for in-depth coverage of business and economic conditions, management techniques, theory, and practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. Expanded international coverage. Fast access to information on 60,000 + companies with business and executive profiles. Now includes The Wall Street Journal.
CambridgeScientific Abstracts Databases and Subfiles:Choose DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index, Environmental Engineering Abstracts, Environmental Sciences and Pollution Mgmt, Pollution Abstracts, TOXLINE, Toxicology Abstracts
IEEE Xplore: Provides full-text access to IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers) transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published since 1988 plus select content back to 1950, and all current IEEE Standards. IEEE and IEE publish primarily in the fields of electrical engineering and computer science.
LexisNexis Environmental:provides access to a comprehensive collection of environmental sources and documents, including: Environmental Abstracts, New, Journals & Commentary, Codes & Regulations, Case Law & Agency Actions, Waste & Materials.
Proquest Research Library: contains over 2,600 periodicals in a wide range of subject areas. The database consists of two components: the core list, containing 800 periodicals, and 15 subject-specific modules that supplement the core list by providing additional titles in the following areas: Arts, Business, Children, Education, General Interest, Health, Humanities, International, Law, Military, Multicultural, Psychology, Sciences, Social Sciences, and Women's Interests. The core and subject modules are combined so users can seamlessly search all selected modules simultaneously. The Research Library includes PA Research II, plus additional sources. Searches can be restricted to peer-reviewed journals
If It's Not Full Text: Serials Solutions
This new software will help you find out whether the library has a print or electronic copy of an article from some databases. When you choose a citation from among your results, click on the button to generate a menu of options. Listed at the top are any databases which will lead you to an electronic copy. Further down the list is a link leading to the Joyner catalog, for you to search for print copies.
Citation Linker: If you already have a citation from someone else’s bibliography and want to find out if we have that article, key it into the Citation Linker. When you click the Find IT! button at the bottom of the page, you will generate a menu of options that works like the one described above.
