Instructional Services Librarian
Art & Architecture Source Quick Guide
- Art & Architecture Source Quick GuideOne-page handout with tips and strategies for using the Art & Architecture Source database.
The CCA Libraries subscribe to a large number of international design journals and magazines. Current issues can be checked out from the library. Archived issues are available for in-library use only. You can check our complete print and online subscriptions using the Journal Finder.
Featured Print Magazines
Print MagazineCCA print holdings: 1940-present. Features on typography, interactive design, theory, and history. Bills itself as "America's graphic design magazine."
CA: Communication ArtsCCA print holdings: 1959-present. Leading magazine for advertising, design, and illustration.
Juxtapoz: Art and CultureCCA holdings: 2009-present. San Francisco-based art magazine that explores style, street art, and underground culture.
Research Databases
You can use the following licensed databases to find articles from magazines, newspapers, scholarly journals, and trade journals. When accessing the databases from off campus, you will be asked to input your CCA credentials.
- Art & Architecture Source
Full-text articles and citations from journals and books related to fine, decorative, and commercial art, as well as architecture and architectural design.
- Design and Applied Arts Index
Citations for research on design and craft.
- JSTOR
Scholarly articles from hundreds of journals in a wide range of academic subjects, including art and design.
