ID 245 - Interior Design Studio 2

This class guide supports research for the Spring 2020 session of ID245.

Library Research Guide

Books: Quick Links

Sample subject headings

As you research, look for Subjects or Descriptors. These terms may not incorporate the professional vocabulary utilized in the interior design profession.

Architecture—History

Barrier—free design

Building laws

Buildings—Specifications

Chair design

Color in interior decoration

Color—Psychological aspects

Furniture design

Furniture—History

Furniture designers

House furnishings

Industrial design

Interior architecture

Interior architecture—History

Interior decoration

Interior decoration—History

Interior decorators

Lighting, Architectural and decorative

Store decoration

Sustainable architecture

Textile fabrics in interior decoration

Upholstery

Windows in interior decoration

Sample call numbers

This is sample list of call numbers to illustrate how library materials are grouped by topic using the Library of Congress Classification System:

BF 789: Color psychology

NA: Architecture

NA 2000: Architecture, sustainable design

ND 488: Color theory

NK: Decorative Arts

NK 1700—3599: Interior Design

NK 2115.5: Color in Interior Decoration

TH: Building construction

TH 7703—7900: Lighting

TP 934—TP 1079: Paints

TS 1300—TS 1869: Textile Industry

TS 880—889: Furniture

TS 1774—1779: Carpets & Floors

TT 194—199.4: Furniture and Woodworking

TT 387—TT 489: Soft Home Furnishings

Find Books and Book Chapters

WorldCat Database

Search for books at K-State Libraries and those at other libraries simultaneously. WorldCat can help you to determine if your topic is mentioned within a book. Many records include the table of contents.

We highly recommend the WorldCat Advanced Search option (see image below).

If we have the title at K-State, you can retrieve the call number from Search It:
- open Search It Advanced
- select the K-State Libraries Only tab
- change Any to in the title
- type in the title of the book
- beside Material type select Books
- and click on Search
If we do not have the title at K-State, use the Get It button and select Not Available? Request from Interlibrary Loan to place an Interlibrary Loan request.

If K-State Libraries owns a copy of a book, this will be indicated in WorldCat with a "K-State Libraries" icon below the title:

Use Search It to get the call number and location in our libraries:

The call number will be displayed next to the library location:

Search It Tips

Using Search It Advanced:

K-State Libraries Only: Selecting this tab limits your search to what we have available locally.
Use quotation marks when searching for names or phrases.
Use AND to limit your search: Try entering 2 or 3 search terms (ex. "Steven Holl" AND biography).
When you find a relevant title, use the information under Details to help you find different, perhaps more accurate search terms.
As author/creator: Search for a designer by last name for a list of titles with that designer as the primary subject.
In subject: subjects (or, subject headings) are simple tags used to categorize materials. Search for a designer, a particular brand, company or house of design. This will generate a list of subject headings that relate specifically to that topic. This also works with movements in design (ex. Art Nouveau, Bauhaus, Minimalism, or Modernism).

Sample list of subject headings:

Chapel of St. Ignatius (Seattle, Wash.)
Holl, Steven, 1947—
Seattle (Wash.) — Buildings, structures, etc
Seattle (Wash.) — Saint Ignatius Chapel
St. Ignatius Chapel (Seattle, Wash.)