Guides: Department of Design: Department of Design Resources

College of Human Sciences Librarian

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Texas Tech University Library
Room M116
(located on the Mezzanine/Balcony level)

806-834-0898

Subjects: College of Human Sciences, Community, Family & Addiction Sciences, Design, Family and Consumer Sciences Education, Hospitality and Retail Management, Human Development & Family Sciences, Nutritional Sciences, Personal Financial Planning, University Studies

Library Services

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Need help? Not sure where to start? Get in touch with a librarian.

Interlibrary Loan/ILL
Document Delivery is the dept in the library that processes all the interlibrary loans. This service obtains items not owned or otherwise unavailable from TTU, fill out the request form for each item needed.

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Feedback Evaluation

Google Scholar

Articles

How to find Articles?

Use a Database to search for articles. Databases are indexes where citations to journal articles and other items can be searched.

How to find Full Text to Articles you locate in a Database?

Follow the Find It link in most databases to:

● access full text online
● check print holdings of the journal
● request an article PDF via Document Delivery/ interlibrary loan

Journals

The TTU Libraries hold a number of E-Journals and print journals, which can be found through the links below.

E-Journals A-Z
Search for specific journals by title.

Theses and Dissertations

TTU Theses and Dissertations
Search for Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) published by TTU students.
Texas Digital Library
Search for ETDs from institutions of higher education in Texas.
Dissertations and Theses
A comprehensive collection of theses and dissertations from ProQuest.

Welcome

Hello, I am the personal librarian for the College of Human Sciences. There are links to the different subject guides for the College of Human Sciences to the left, under my name. Students, staff, or faculty are welcome to visit my office any time. However, if you prefer, feel free to use any of the contact methods list below my picture whenever you might need some assistance.

What your personal librarian can do for you?

when you have any question about the library
have a citation where you need to read the article, but don't know how to find the article
have an assignment that requires you to find peer reviewed journal articles, or any library materials
help you set up your Document Delivery/ interlibrary loan account
help you locate style manuals or style manual websites
help distance students navigate library resources
help you understand managing citation software: Endnote Basic (Endnote Web), Zotero, and Mendeley

Databases

Art & Architecture Source This link opens in a new window
Covers a broad range of subjects from fine, decorative and commercial art, including architectural design.
ARTstor This link opens in a new window
Over 1.6 million digital images in the arts, humanities, and sciences.
BuildingGreen This link opens in a new window
Designed for building-industry professionals to improve environment performance of buildings.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
The definitive scholarly business database, with coverage from 1886 to the present. Includes company information, company profiles, industry profiles, and market research reports.
DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index This link opens in a new window
Leading source of articles, abstracts, and other publications in the field of design, from 1973 to present day.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR provides access to the highest-quality academic journals, books, and primary sources in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
SAGE Journals This link opens in a new window
More than 500 journals in business, social sciences, humanities, science, technology, and medicine.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
A leading full-text science database covering over 2,500 journals and nearly 20 thousand books.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Covers the world's leading literature in sciences, social sciences, and the humanities, from 1981 to the present.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Designed for academic institutions, this database provides complete coverage of multidisciplinary academic journals.
Academic Video Online (AVON) This link opens in a new window
Academic Video Online is the most comprehensive video subscription available to libraries. It delivers more than 62,000 multidisciplinary video titles including 17,000 exclusive to Alexander Street.
Education Source This link opens in a new window
Education Source is the most authoritative resource for the study of education, covering over 1,700 journals, books, and over 4 million articles.
ERIC (FirstSearch) This link opens in a new window
Contains over 850,000 annotated references to journal articles appearing in the monthly Current Index to Journals in Education, and material published in the monthly Resources in Education.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Psychology journal coverage from 1887 to the present, including more than 1,700 periodicals in 35 languages.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive database on psychiatry, psychology, and related behavioral sciences.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
More than 32 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
MEDLINE Complete This link opens in a new window
Research authoritative medical information, included is the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) index.
Textile Technology Complete This link opens in a new window
Contains indexing and abstracting for more than 470 periodical titles, and for thousands of titles drawn from sources such as books, conferences, theses, technical reports and trade literature.
Women's Wear Daily Archive This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive archive of Women’s Wear Daily, from the first issue in 1910 to material from within the last twelve months. Every page, article, advertisement and cover has been included, with searchable text and indexing.

WWD
The authority for news and trends in the worlds of fashion, beauty and retail. Featuring daily headlines and breaking news from all Women's Wear Daily publications, WWD.com provides the most comprehensive coverage anywhere of fashion, beauty and retail news and is the leading destination for all fashion week updates and show reviews from New York, Paris, Milan, and London.
MADCAD eLibrary
Access to a broad range of building codes, standards and guidelines including.
Design
Complete list of Design databases A-Z.

Make Google Scholar Work for You!

Setting Google Scholar to work with the TTU Libraries allows you to use Google Scholar as your database, by allowing you to get the materials from the TTU libraries. Therefore the materials are creditable and reliable.

Step 1. To change the settings click on the three dashesin the upper left corner.

Step 2. Click onSettings at the bottom of the slide out menu.

Step 3. Click on Library links on far left.

Step 4. Type Texas Tech and nothing else.

Step 4. Click on the box to include Texas Tech Univ. Libraries - FT@TTULib.

Step 5. Click Save.

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