Login and search LibrarySearch using keywords that describe your topic, then refine your results to books and chapters.

Search Tips

• Combine your keywords with AND to find all search terms.

• Use OR to find any words or synonyms.

• Find “exact phrases” with quotation marks.

• Add an asterisk to part of a word to find different endings and plurals.

An example search: 

"window display" AND (color OR colour)

Try these keywords and subject headings to search for relevant books:

• Retail merchandising design 

• Visual merchandising 

• Window display 

• Display of merchandise 

Browse the shelves using the following call numbers:  

• 152.145  Colour perception 
• 535.6      Colour theory  
• 658.8      Marketing 
• 659.1      Advertising 
• 659.15    Visual merchandising 
• 701.85    Colour in art and design 
• 725.21    Stores, retail--design 
• 747         Interior design 
• 747.94    Colour in interior decoration 
• 770         Photography 

**Be aware of the variant spelling for colour = color 

See the Library’s e-Book guide for tips on using e-books.

This video explains how to understand a call number to locate a book in the Library.

RMIT University Library (14 October 2021) ‘How to find a book in the Library’ [video], RMIT University Library, YouTube website, accessed 14 April 2023. https://youtu.be/38qiN_pyLUM