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Guides

• Applied and Decorative Arts: A Bibliographic Guide (Bierce Reference NK1110 .E47 1993)
• Interior Design Sourcebook: A Guide to Resources on the History and Practice of Interior Design (Bierce Reference NK 1705 .L49 1998)
• Architecture Sourcebook : A Guide to Resources on the Practice of Architecture (Bierce Reference NA 2750 .A73 1997)

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Biographical

• Contemporary Architects (Bierce Reference NA 680 .C625 1994)
• Contemporary Designers (Bierce Reference NK 1166 .C66 1997)
• The Decorator (Bierce Oversize NK2115.8 .D36 1989)
• Who's Who in Interior Design (Bierce Reference NK2004.2 .W48 1988/1989)
  (Bierce Reference NK2004.2 .W48 2000/2001)

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Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

• The Dictionary of Antiques and the Decorative Arts: A Book of Reference for Glass, Furniture, Ceramics, Silver, Periods, Styles, Technical Terms, etc. (Bierce Reference NK30 .B57 1967)
• An Illustrated Dictionary of Building (Bierce Reference TH 9 .B74 1997)
• Elements of Architectural Design: A Visual Resource (Bierce Reference NA 2750 .B864)
• The Design Encyclopedia (Bierce Reference NK1370 .B93 1994)
• Visual Dictionary of American Domestic Architecture (Bierce Reference NA 7205 .C27 1994)
• Concise Encyclopedia of Interior Design (Bierce Reference NK1165 .D58 1988)
• Encyclopedia of Interior Design. Joanna Banham, ed. (Bierce Reference NK1165 .E539 1997 2 vols.)
• The Penguin Dictionary of Decorative Arts (Bierce Reference NK 30 .F56 1989)
• The Thames & Hudson Encyclopedia of 20th Century Design and Designers (Bierce Reference NK 1390 .J85 1993)

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Handbooks & Manuals

• The Interior Designer's Portable Handbook : First-step Rules of Thumb for Interior Design (Bierce Reference NK2115 .G86 1999)
• Decorative Style: The Most Original and Comprehensive Sourcebook of Styles, Treatments, Techniques, and Materials (Bierce NK2110 .M394 1990)

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Pictorial Works

• International Interiors (Bierce NK1980 .I584 (v.6, 1997; v.7, 2000))
• Stunning Houses (Bierce NA7100 .S886 1999)

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Periodical Indexes & Databases

• ABI/Inform (business periodicals)[database]
• Art Abstracts [database]
• Arts & Humanities Citation Index Expanded [database] 1980-present
• Arts & Humanities Citation Index [print] 1977-1998 (BIERCE INDEX Z5937 .A795x)
• Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals [database]
• Business & Industry [database]
• Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe [database](newspaper articles, legal resources)
• Periodical Abstracts [database]

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Standards & Codes

• The Codes Guidebook for Interiors (Bierce Reference KF 5701 .H37 1994)

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Periodicals

• Architectural Digest (1968 - )
• Arts Management (1971 - )
• The Burlington Magazine (1968 - )
• Design Studies (1995 - ) [online access]
• Graphis (1963 - )
• Interior Design (1971 - )
• Journal of Interior Design (1997 - )

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Internet Resources

• ASID, American Society of Interior Designers http://www.asid.org/
• Furniture Styles and Periods http://www.iserv.net/~plucas/styles.htm
• Decorating Studio http://www.decoratingstudio.com/

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