LRC Resources for…

Foundation
This LRC user guide is an introduction to some of the resources
available to the Foundation related programme, with an emphasis
on Fine Arts. This is NOT a comprehensive list of all that may be
relevant to Foundation students. Please check the other subject
guides depending on which pathway you are following.

Journals

Read the following JOURNALS for up-to-date information relevant to the

arts. Current issues are displayed on the ground floor of the LRC while
older issues are shelved upstairs in alphabetical order in Bay 16 - 22. Titles
in bold are available electronically. See the LRC website at
http://intranet.rave.ac.uk/lrc/electronicJournals.htm. You may need to ask
LRC staff for a username and password.

Active and ongoing subscriptions

Art Review Artforum

Baseline Communication Arts
Computer Arts Creative Review
Design Week Flux
Frieze Icon
National Geographic Leonardo
Modern Painters

Magazines archived upstairs in the LRC-

Art Monthly Art in America

Flash Art International Make (Women’s Art)

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Subject headings
Search the LRC catalogue (iPAC) using the following subject keywords-

Architecture Animation
Art history Conceptual art
Computer animation Computer graphics
Design history Digital art
Digital photography Graphic arts
Fashion Fashion – History
Furniture design Interior Design
Modern art Motion pictures
Painting Photography
Pop art Product Design
Sculpture Textiles
Typography Video art

Also try searching for individual artist or designer names, e.g. Warhol, Andy

Online Resources
Various e-resources are available through the LRC web pages to help you
search for magazine and newspaper articles and find industry information.
For more information see your LRC subject webpage
http://intranet.rave.ac.uk/lrc/foundationArtdesign.htm
and the Foundation Quickstart guide to electronic resources.

For general information about electronic resources see the LRC leaflet ‘E-
Resources: Databases & Newspapers’ or visit the LRC website on the
College Intranet.
http://intranet.rave.ac.uk/lrc/electronicresources.htm

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Shelf (Dewey) Numbers

Browse the SHELVES (Bay 02 to 16) at the following numbers for books available for
loan. Longer numbers represent more specific subjects.

005.3 Computer software e.g. Photoshop

006.6 Computer Graphics / Web Graphics
391 Fashion/costume
580- 599 Plants, flowers and animals
611 Human body
659.1 Advertising/Commercial graphics
659.134 Brands/Corporate Identity/Trademarks
677 Textiles
686.22 Typography
690 Building construction
709.04 20th Century art
720 Architecture
724.6 20th Century architecture
730 Sculpture
741 Drawing
741.5 Cartoons and comics
741.6 Graphic Design / Illustration
741.672 Fashion illustration
741.674 Posters
743 Drawing of human figure
745.2 Product and industrial design
745.4 Design and decoration
746.92092 Fashion designers
747 Interior decoration
749 Furniture
759 Painting by artists (by country of birth)
760 Printmaking
770 Photography
778.5347 Animation
779 Photographs
791.43 Cinema
791.45 Television

Please note that books about artists or designers are often grouped together
separately by type of artwork and then country of birth. They may have a shelf number
such as e.g. 741.942 HOC FRI which is a book about David Hockney drawings with
HOC representing the artist, and FRI the author or editor.
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Directories and Reference Books

The same Dewey numbers also apply to Reference material. The following
Reference materials are for use within the LRC only and are shelved on the
upper floor in Bay 01, or kept at the LRC counter. Also, use Credo
Reference to search many other reference works electronically, such as
dictionaries and encyclopaedias of art, which include images. This is
available through the LRC website- http://www.credoreference.com

Writers and artists yearbook 070.5 WRI

Le Book (Fashion) 391 LEB
Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Fashion
and Fashion Designers- 391 THA
-also available online at http://www.credoreference.com/entry.jsp?volid=83
Fashion Today 391.00904 MCD
Forms, folds and sizes (Graphics) 686.2 EVA
Art World Directory 700 ART
Creative Handbook 700 CRE
-also available online at http://www.chb.com
Artist’s Yearbook 700 WAR
Contemporary Artists 703 CON
Encyclopedia of World Art 703 ENC
20th Century Art Book 709.04 BAR
Prestel dictionary of art and artists
in the 20th century 709.04 PRE
Contemporary Architects 720 CON
Thames and Hudson Dictionary of 20th Century
Architecture 720.9 LAM
-also available online at http://www.credoreference.com/entry.jsp?volid=77
Phaidon Atlas of World Architecture 724.7 PHA
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Interior Design Handbook 729 IDH
Design Encyclopedia 745.2 BYA
Contemporary Designers 745.2 CON
Phaidon Design Classics 745.2 PHA
Thames and Hudson dictionary of 20th Century
Design and Designers 745.4442 JUL
also available online at http://www.credoreference.com/entry.jsp?volid=79
Encyclopedia of Interior Design 747 INT
Contemporary Photographers 770 HED
BFI Film Handbook 791.43 BFI
Time Out Film Guide 791.43 PYM
BFI Television Handbook 791.45 BFI

The following books are available in the Reference Section to help you
apply for undergraduate courses-

Art and Design Directory

- for art and design courses 378 GRA
Directory of university and college entry 378 DIR
How to complete your UCAS application form 378.1056 UCA
UCAS big guide 378.1056 UCA

Prospectuses

A range of undergraduate and postgraduate prospectuses are available at

the end of the reference section. These cannot be borrowed.

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Videos/DVDs

Please refer to the other subject guides for video and DVD
resources in the different subject areas covered by your course.

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