• Interior Decoration
• Design, Industrial
• Furniture
• Lighting
• Computer-Aided Design
• Engineering Design

REF NK1370 B93 1994b
Byars, Mel. The Design Encyclopedia. New York: John Wiley & Son, 1994.
Includes entries of individuals and firms "directly associated with the production of the decorative and applied arts in the past 125 years." Brief bibliographies are included.

NK1390 C65 1990
Contemporary Designers. 2nd ed. Chicago: St. James Press, 1990.
Includes major contemporary interior designers practicing in all fields of design. Entries include lists of important works and brief bibliographies by and about the entrant.

REF NK1390 P53 1990
Pile, John. Dictionary of 20th-Century Design. New York: Facts on File, 1990.
Brief, but informative entries, of individuals as well as styles, periods, and movements.  Includes biographies of well-known manufacturers and definitions of technical terms.

REF NK2110 T48 2001 
Time-Saver Standards for Interior Design and Space Planning. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001.
Professional handbook providing data for the planning , design, and detailing of interior spaces.  Includes sections on specific types of spaces, construction details, architectural woodwork, and various tables, charts and formulas for planning.  Also includes a section of data for ADA (American with Disabilities Act) requirements.

Academic Search Elite - A general database indexing over 3000 journals.  Over 1700 journals have full-text available.  Coverage from 1984-present.  Many articles on design, especially from a business perspective. 

Factiva - This database offers full-text searching of about 5,500 newswires, newspapers, magazines and trade journals.  A good place to look for articles related to interior design and fashion, especially focusing on the business or industry of interior design.