Resources for Information Design
A multi-disciplinary guide for UMD's Minor in Information Design
Check out the blog for students and faculty in the Writing Studies department.
For some answers to common questions about library research at UMD, see the Research FAQ .
Subscription Databases for the Writing Studies Department
Electronic indexes, full text databases and high-quality reference sources provided by the UMD library and especially useful to students and faculty in the Composition Department.
Subscription Databases for Art + Design
Electronic indexes, etc., originally grouped for the Art + Design students, but useful for the Design portions of this field of study.
Subscription Databases for the Communication Department
Subscription resources originally grouped for the students in the Communication Department, but useful for this area of study.
Web Resources for Information Design Students
Three decent weblogs on Information Design
Models, Processes and Techniques of Information Design
This website by Dr. Saul Carliner provides a source for study of the theoretical issues behind information design, as well as some guides for practical planning of ID projects.
InfoDesign list of professional organizations
This list can give you an introduction to the professional world of Information Design
International Center for Information Ethics
This is a comprehensive collection of web resources on Information Ethics, including critical study of Cyberculture, providing links to articles, bibliographies, experts, organizations and news.
UMD pays for electronic access to approximately 5000 computer reference books (software and programming) through IT Pro.
Research Guide to UMD's Art + Design Students
A resource page like this one, for UMD's Art + Design students; useful for the graphic design aspect of this area of study.
Print periodicals for the Writing Studies Department
Where to go if you want to browse...
Browsing the library's stacks can be a great way to make discoveries in your areas of interest.
Information Design as taught at UMD is strongly interdisciplinary; therefore, relevant books are going to be found in different areas of the library.
The books in the UMD library are all shelved according to the Library of Congress Classification System, which is based on the alphabet. Call numbers that begin with A through H are found on the third floor, and call numbers beginning J through Z are on the fourth floor.
Beginning at the beginning...
Some books on the moral and ethical aspects of technology are at BJ 59.
BF 241 has visual perception.
HM 846 to 851 has social aspects of technology in general.
HM 851 has books on the information society.
HN 49 .I56 has books on the digital divide and moral and ethical aspects of information technology.
P 87 through P 96 have books on different aspects of communication.
P 90 is for mass media
P 93.5 is for visual communication.
P 96 .T42 has books on communication and technology
P 211 has books on written communication
QA 76.9 .C66 has books on computers and society
QA 76.9 H85 has books on human-computer interaction
T 14.5 has books on the social aspects of technology
TK 5105.888 has books on web design and web site development
Z 286 .E43 has books on electronic publishing
Information Design at UMD
The Minor in the current Catalog
Your Librarian for Information Design is...
Rory Litwin
Library Rm. 268
218-726-7896
Email: rlitwin@d.umn.edu
Contact him with any questions that you may have about information resources for Information Design.
Page last updated 3/3/2008
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