Find books, e-books and chapters 

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

• 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: "product design" AND (material OR construction) AND sustainab* 

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

Furniture design 

• Architectural drawing* 

• Chairs 

• Design theory 

• Drawing technique* 

• Furniture 

• Furniture design 

• Furniture design history 

• Furniture finishing 

• Timber processing 

• Wood finishing 

• Woodwork 

Industrial design 

• Architecture human factors 

• Automobiles design 

• Computer aided design 

• Decorative arts - Australia

• Design - Industrial 

• Industrial Design management 

• Industrial Design Drawing 

• Engineering design 

• Environmental engineering 

• Furniture design 

• Human engineering - ergonomics 

• Industrial engineering 

• Industrial safety 

• Manufacturing processes 

• New products 

• Plastics 

• Product life cycle 

• Product management 

• Production engineering 

• Production management 

• Robots - design and construction 

• Robots, Industrial 

Product design 

• Aesthetics 

• Design material 

• Ergonomics 

• Interface design 

• Product design 

• Sustainable design 

• Usability testing 

• Visual design 

You can browse the shelves using the following call numbers: 

Furniture design 

• 604.2: Technical drawing  

• 670: Manufacturing  

• 674: Timber processing  

• 684.1: Furniture manufacture  

• 684.18: Outdoor furniture  

• 691:​ Building materials  

• 741.2: Drawing techniques  

• 745.4: Design theory  

• 747: Interior design  

• 749: Furniture design  

Industrial design 

• 600: How things work  

• 604.2: Mechanical drawing  

• 608: Inventions 

• 620.0042: Engineering design 

• 620.11: Engineering materials  

• 620.82: Human engineering (Ergonomics) 

• 621.381: Electronics 

• 624.1821: Construction of materials 

• 628: Environmental engineering 

• 629.23: Automobile design 

• 658.575: Product planning 

• 658.827: Product management 

• 670: Manufacturing 

• 671-679: Manufacture of products for specific materials 

• 680: Manufacture of products for specific uses 

• 683: Hardware and household appliances 

• 691: Building materials 

• 745.2: Industrial design 

• 749: Furniture 

Product design 

• 745.2: Industrial design 

• 604.2: Technical drawing 

• 620.0042: Computer-aided design 

• 668.4: Plastics 

• 670: Manufacture (planning, design and fabrication of products) 

• 741.6: Graphic design 

• 742: Perspective 

• 745.4: Design theory 

Design history 

• 069: Museology (Museum history) 

• 701: Art -- Philosophy and theory  

• 704.042: Feminism and art 

• 709: Art -- History 

• 720.82: Feminism and architecture 

• 720.9: Architectural history 

• 720.994: Architectural history -- Australia 

• 745: Decorative Arts 

• 745.44: Design -- History 

• 749: Furniture design 

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

Fred Ward, Standard Chair No EAD CS2, 1959, RMIT Design Archives. 

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