Julier, G. (Ed.) (1993). The Thames and Hudson dictionary of 20th century design and designers. Available via XReferPlus.

Livingston, A. & Livingston, I. (Eds.) (2003) The Thames and Hudson dictionary of graphic design and designers. Available via XReferPlus.

McLean, R. (1992). The Thames and Hudson manual of typography. New York: Thames and Hudson. (Z244.3 .M45 1992)

Read, H. & Stangos, N. (Eds.) (1994). The Thames and Hudson dictionary of art and artists. Available via XReferPlus.

(1982, 1987-1988, 1992-1994). Corporate showcase. New York: American Showcase. (TR706 .C67)

(1990-present). Design annual. New York: Graphis. (NC997.A1 G73)

(1996). Innovative low budget design. New York: Madison Square Press. (NC997 .I56 1996)

(2004-present). New talent design annual. New York: Graphis. (XNK1160 .G73)

(1983-1984, 1986-1997, 1999-2001). Typography: The annual of the type directors club . New York: Watson-Guptill Publications. (Z250 .T9)

Walton, R. (Ed.). (2000). Typographics 4. New York: HBI. (Z250 .T85 2000)

For more examples, search the University of Baltimore Catalog.

Academic Search Premier  [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1990 - present. Provides full-text for over 3,400 scholarly journals covering the social sciences, humanities, education, sciences, and more. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL).

Communication & Mass Media Complete [on-campus]
Coverage: various dates. Provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media. This database originated with the acquisition and subsequent merging of two popular databases in the fields of communication and mass media studies -- CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association (NCA)), and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Pennsylvania State University). Communication & Mass Media Complete provides an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and educators interested in any and all aspects of communication and mass media. offers full text for over 200 titles and contains citation coverage for additional sources. In total, several hundred valuable sources are covered.

Design & Applied Arts Index [on-campus]
The Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) contains annotated references from more than 500 design and craft journals and newspapers published from 1973 onwards. Topics covered include graphic design, computer aided design, animation, advertising, industrial design, multimedia design and marketing.

University of Baltimore Catalog
University System of Maryland (USMAI) Catalog
Decker Library (Maryland Institute College of Art)
WorldCat
NetLibrary

AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts). http://www.aiga.org/

AIGA - Baltimore chapter. http://baltimore.aiga.org/

Cox, M. (Ed.) (1999). 2000 Artist's and graphic designer's market: 2,500 places to sell your art & design. Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer's Digest. (XN8600 .A76 1999)

Creativepro. http://www.creativepro.com

Creative hotlist. Coyne & Blanchard, Inc. http://www.creativehotlist.com/

The i spot. http://www.theispot.com/

Piscopo, M. (2004). The graphic designer’s and illustrator’s guide to marketing and promotion. New York : Allworth Press. (NC1001.6 .P577 2004)

Bilak, P. Typotheque. http://www.typotheque.com/index.php
"Typotheque is a type foundry developing and marketing contemporary original fonts for the Mac and PC."

Coles, S. and Lurie-Terrell, J. Typografica. http://www.typographi.com/
"A journal of typography featuring news, observations, and open commentary on fonts and typographic design." RSS feed available.

The creative forum. http://www.thecreativeforum.com/
"A Web-based community for the creative professional that will allow graphic designers, art directors, commercial photographers and other commercial artists to exchange creative ideas via posting of images and work samples for discussion and critique."

Cuban Council. The designer's lunchbox. http://www.k10k.net/
An online source for design news, events and tips, as well as a place to display artwork and get project help from a community of designers. Created and maintained by Cuban Council, a San Francisco-based design firm.

Design and publishing. Showker Graphic Arts & Design. http://www.graphic-design.com
An e-zine for graphic design professionals.

Design Institute. The knowledge circuit. University of Minnesota. http://design.umn.edu/go/to/kc
"The Knowledge Circuit scans design and new media conferences around the world, tracking emerging ideas and practitioners in all design disciplines."

Jamra, M. TypeCulture. http://www.typeculture.com/
"A digital type foundry and academic resource."

Lupton, E. & Miller, A. Ellen Lupton: Design writing research. http://www.designwritingresearch.org/index.html
"Ellen Lupton is a writer, curator, and graphic designer. She is director of the MFA program in graphic design at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore."

Sodaplay. http://www.sodaplay.com/index.htm
Create your own 3-D model online, and race it agaisnt machine-generated models. Detailed instructions on the website allow anyone to join in the "creative play." Java plugin required.

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