LibGuides: Design Research Guide: Websites

Web Search Engines

CiteSeerX
CiteSeerxis an evolving scientific literature digital library and search engine that has focused primarily on the literature in computer and information science. CiteSeerxaims to improve the dissemination of scientific literature and to provide improvements in functionality, usability, availability, cost, comprehensiveness, efficiency, and timeliness in the access of scientific and scholarly knowledge.

Design Related Sites

AIGA
The professional design association.
AIGA / CT
The Connecticut chapter of AIGA.
Art & Design section of the New York Times website
Baseline Magazine
An international typographics magazine.
Connecticut Art Directors Club
D&AD Awards
The Design and Art Direction's creative awards for the design and advertising industries.
Design articles from the New York Times website
Design Occupations
Bureau of Labor Statisitcs information on occupations in Art and Design.
Eye Magazine
The international review of graphic design.
Killersites.Com
Web site design Internet site providing training, website templates, tutorials and web designer resources.
SOTA: the society of typographic aficionados.
An international not-for-profit organization dedicated to the promotion, study, and support of type, its history and development, its use in the world of print and digital imagery, its designers, and its admirers.
Testing Your Webpages
Includes CSS and HTML validators.
Typebase
The content of Typebase includes articles, conferences, news, organizations, forums, portals, and much more.
TypeCulture
An independent digital type foundry and academic resource.
Typographica
A review of typefaces and type books, with occasional commentary on fonts and typographic design.
Typography Served
"A steady supply of top quality creative work, with each site streaming fresh projects in specific categories(e.g. fashion, industrial design, photography...). To deliver this work to you, it combs through projects from the portfolios of the most talented creative people and teams around the world."
Typophile
A typography discussion board.
Under Consideration
Dedicated to the progress of the graphic design profession and its practitioners, students and enthusiasts.