The databases below are recommended for finding articles on graphic design topics. Click HERE for additional recommendations of databases for Design.
Some specific journal titles you can browse either online or in print, depending on our holdings.
ONLINE: Click the links below to access the title's information in OneSearch, then click on the database link directly below the words "Available Online" (may need to sign in with your SacLink credentials).
Grafica: journal of graphic design
International designers network (IdN)
International Journal of Design
International Journal of Art & Design Education
Journal of Graphic Engineering & Design
Printing Industries of America
Scandinavian Journal of Design History
Visible Language (1971-2005 avail. in print)
PRINT: Locate the individual issues by their call number listed (current journals are all located on the 3rd floor).
| [AIGA] Graphic Design USA (1980-1998 ) | 3 North NC 997 .A1 A12 | |
| American Illustration (1983-2005) | 3 North NC 975 .A45 | |
| Communication Arts (1969-current) | 3 South Periodicals | |
| Graphic Arts Monthly (1987-2007) | 3 South Periodicals | |
| Graphis Design Annual (1952-63, 1987-2005) | 3 North NC 997 .A1 G73 | |
| International Design Yearbook (1985-2007) | 3 North NK 1160 .I57 | |
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Lower Level Periodicals | |
| Print (1940-2011, issues up to 2017 online) | 3 South Periodicals | |
| Step Inside Design (2002-2009) | 3 South Periodicals | |
| Step-by-Step Graphics (1986-2002) | 3 South Periodicals | |
