Design Databases

Name Description
Avery Index
1930-current

Contains records describing articles in more than 1,000 periodicals in the field of architecture and related disciplines.

DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index
1973-current

Covers current trends in design and the applied arts worldwide. Includes two additional directories: Education and Periodicals.

Fashion Snoops

Available from On-Campus Sites Only!

Forecasting and trend analysis for the fashion industry

Material ConneXion
1997-current

Material ConneXion houses over 1,400 new and innovative materials representing eight categories: polymers, glass, ceramics, carbon-based materials, cement-based materials, metals, natural materials and natural material derivatives.

WGSN
Current

NEW! Drexel patrons must enter username and password for access.

WGSN (Worth Global Style Network) is a fashion and style forecasting service, and additionally provides access to all the latest news, business and retail strategy reports for the style and fashion industry.

Women's Wear Daily Online
1994-current

5 concurrent users maximum

Current fashion news and trends, retail information. Online version of Women's Wear Daily.

Name Description
AES On-line Electronic Library

Full text of the Audio Engineering Society journals, convention preprints, and conference papers, over 3,100 articles.

Architectural Index
1982 - Current

Covers core periodicals in architecture (view list). Searchable or browsable by subject categories, building type, architect/designer's name, combination of architect/designer and/or location and/or magazine.

Art Bibliographies Modern
1974-current

Includes abstracts of English and foreign-language material on modern and contemporary artists, movements, and trends from the late 19th century onwards.

ARTstor
Dates vary

Browser MUST ALLOW POP-UPS for full access to ARTstor Flash Player Version 6 or above is required for access. Cookies must be enabled. Internet connection must be a minimum speed of Lan 100=, DSL, ISDN, or Cable. ARTstor is combatible with the following Operating Systems: For PCs: Windows 2000 or Windows XP For Macs: OS I0.2 or I0.3 For Linux: Any Version

The ARTstor Digital Library Charter Collection is: A repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images and related data; The tools to actively use those images; and A restricted usage environment that seeks to balance the rights of content providers with the needs and interests of content users.

BuildingGreen Suite
1992 - Current

BuildingGreen Suite integrates online versions of GreenSpec, Environmental Building News, and a database of more than 160 high-performance building case studies. The information is searchable and cross-referenced by CSI MasterFormat division, LEED? credit, or green topic. Each article, product listing, and case study also lists related content and information sources.

Grove Art Online
Dates vary

5 concurrent users maximum.

Oxford Art Online was formerly known as Grove Art Online. This database comprises the full text of The Grove Dictionary of Art (1996, 34 vols) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art (2001). Articles that have been added or updated since their appearance in print are date-stamped in the upper right corner of the screen.

SAGE Journals Online :: SAGE Premier Collection
1999 - current

SAGE Premier collection is comprised of full-text access to nearly 500 journals published by SAGE covering all academic disciplines, but specializing in Social Sciences.

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