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Design Thinking: Bringing d.thinking to Research, Writing & Presentation

PWR 2KSB - Spring 2015 - Instructor: Savelson, K.
Last Updated: 3-Apr-2015

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This is a guide for PWR 2 Design Thinking: Bringing d.thinking to Research, Writing & Presentation taught by Kim Savelson.

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Subjects

Art
Architecture
Art history
Design

Around Stanford

Virtual Crash Course in Design Thinking
Art and Architecture Library

Suggested reference sources

These two general reference tools are great for beginning your research regardless of your topic.

Blackwell reference online
Provides full-text access to reference works in the humanities, social sciences, and business and management. It supports browsing and full-text searching.
Reference universe
A searchable database of back-of-the-book indexes to subject encyclopedias and other reference works in a wide variety of subject areas. Search the contents of nearly 4.500 reference titles.
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Searchworks tips

SearchWorks is the name of the Stanford Libraries catalog. It contains records for books, ebooks, DVDs, journals, archival material and more. It does not contain records for articles. SearchWorks uses relevancy ranking in displaying search results, much like Google. For tips on searching for  books, see the "Find books" guide on the top of the page.

SearchWorks records include linked Subject terms which describe a particular item. Below are some Subject terms which relate to this class. Note how a main heading may further subdivide by subheadings like Social aspects, Environmental aspects, Case studies, etc. Linked headings will help you discover more material on your topic.

creative thinking
creative ability
industrial design
product design

Suggested databases

Academic search premier
A great starting point for discovering current articles and essays on your topic. This multidisciplinary database provides full text for over 4,650 scholarly publications, more than 3,600 of them peer-reviewed. Includes topics in the social sciences, humanities, general science, education and most areas of academic study. Abstracts and indexing provided for 8,200 journals in the collection. Coverage from 1965 to the present.
Design and applied arts index: DAAI
International index to over 130,000 annotated references from more than 500 design and craft journals and newspapers published from 1973 onwards, and data on over 50,000 designers, craftspeople, studios, workshops and firms. Research articles are covered, along with topical news items, conference and seminar reports, and book, video and exhibition reviews. Major areas of coverage include: Product design, Interior design, Graphic design, Ceramics, Glass, Jewellery, Textiles, Furniture, Fashion and clothing, Illustration, Typography and type design, Metalsmithing, Retail design, Architecture, Industrial design, Sustainability, Advertising, Packaging, Theatre, Vehicles, Exhibitions, Book design, Web design, Computer aided design, Computer graphics, Animation, Garden design, Landscape architecture, Urban design, Education, Design management, Inclusive design, Universal design, Design history.
Sociological abstracts
CSA Sociological Abstracts indexes and abstracts the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,800+ serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers.
Web of science
Search over 12,000 core journals across the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities to find the high quality research. Move backward or foward in time using cited/citing reference identified by researchers. Updated weekly; covers Sciences 1899-present, Social Sciences 1898-present, and Arts and Humanities 1975-present.