Welcome! This page offers an introduction to graphic design resources at UMSL Libraries. You will find examples of reference texts and other books, databases with design content, and helpful websites. Please visit the Books or Articles pages of this guide for additional search tips.
For design faculty: Please contact the arts & humanities librarian for purchase suggestions or instruction requests!
Visit our A-Z Databases page for a complete list. Filter by "Art & Design" for databases with design content.
JSTOR contains articles and books, usually at least 3-5 years old, from scholarly sources. They also have some primary resource collections. For more recent material, use Discover@UMSL or other individual databases.
Journal Collections
Arts & Sciences I – XV
Life Sciences
Business IV
Hebrew Journals
Ireland
Public Health
Lives of Literature
Reports & Research
Security Studies
Sustainability
Primary Sources
19th Century British Pamphlets (Bristol Selected Pamphlets, Cowen Tracts, Earl Grey Pamphlets Collection, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Collection, Hume Tracts, Knowsley Pamphlet Collection, LSE Selected Pamphlets, Manchester Selected Pamphlets, Wilson Anti-Slavery Collection)
World Heritage Sites: Africa (Reference)
Struggle for Freedom: Southern Africa (Reference)
Global Plants (Reference)
A short selection of design periodicals. To explore more, use the journals search to browse by discipline or search specific titles.