All guides: Interior Design and Interior Decoration: Key Resources

Recommended Databases

Search these key databases for articles, images, plans and more:

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (ProQuest)
Includes subjects such as the history and practice of architecture, city planning, historic preservation, and interior design and decoration. Excellent for finding articles containing images, plans and drawings.
Art and Architecture Archive (Proquest)
An archive of magazines comprising key research material in the fields of fine art, decorative arts, architecture, interior design, industrial design, and photography, dating from the late-nineteenth century to the twenty-first.
DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index (ProQuest)
Key design database providing access to quality articles from international journals.
Informit
The source for online Australian information. Includes full text journal articles and also a large video collection covering news and documentaries.

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WGSN Lifestyle and interiors
A global trend forecasting service and product development tool focused on the interiors industries.

Ecospecifier
A knowledge base of eco-products, materials, technologies and resources. The leading global source of sustainable, life-cycle assessed green product information including Global GreenTagCertTM certified and rated products.
Environment Design Guide (RAIA)
Provides building design professionals with accurate, accessible, professional literature on how to reduce environmental impact.

See these guides on finding visual resources

Architectural plans and drawings
RMIT Design Archives
Includes collections in many areas of Australian design, covering architecture, automotive, ceramics, design education, fashion and textiles, graphic design, illustration, industrial design, interior design and landscape architecture.
Images and videos

See the library guide on finding information relating to architectural professional practice

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (ProQuest)
The primary database for architectural journal literature.
ARCH: Australian Architecture Database (Informit)
Key database for Australian architectural journal literature.
Art and Architecture Archive (Proquest)
Archive of key research material in the fields of art and architecture, from the late-nineteenth century to the twenty-first.
DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index (ProQuest)
Key design database providing access to quality articles from international journals.
ProQuest Central
Covers a range of topics including design, art, architecture. Also includes newspapers and other sources.
Acumen (Australian Institute of Architects)
Practice advice for architects.

Search these databases for research articles, with extra information like citations, researcher data and journal rankings.

Google Scholar
Search articles, theses, books and abstracts from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.
Scopus (Elsevier)
Scopus is a comprehensive scientific, medical, technical and social science database containing relevant literature.
Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)
Research-level science, social science, and arts and humanities literature.

IBIS World
Detailed analysis on all aspects of Australian industries (including architectural, construction and engineering industries). Includes market share, future outlook of industry and more.
Passport
Compare your industry/markets with overseas competitors. Provides extensive coverage of industries and markets via statistical data and reports (formerly GMID)
Company 360 (Dun & Bradstreet)
Provides business analysis information on over 50,000 Australian private companies. Includes information on company profiles, financials, ownership structure, ratio analysis, director and executive profiles and peer analysis.