Retail & Hospitality Design

Starting your research

Starting your Research

Encyclopedias, handbooks and subject specific dictionaries will help provide useful background information, as well as terms to use when searching the databases. For example:

Diamond, J., & Diamond, E. (2007). Contemporary visual merchandising and environmental design. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.	Chen, W. (2008). New shops. Singapore: Page One.
Tikos, B. (2008). The world's coolest hotel rooms.. New York: Collins Design.	Dowdy, C. (2008). One off: Independent retail design.. London: Laurence King.

A GOOGLE search can also help find background information and suggestions for more keywords.

Keywords & OPAC

Keywords & OPAC

Use OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) to find books, journal titles and audio-visual materials in the Library. When searching for information, you need to use keywords. See below for some suggestions.

Commercial art	Communication graphics	Environmental branding
Graphic arts	Display of merchandise	Hotels — Design and construction
Restaurants — Design and construction	Retail stores/Shopping malls — Design and construction	Retail design
Show windows	Spatial design	Store decoration
Visual merchandising

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Finding Articles Online

Finding Articles Online

The articles inside magazines, journals & periodicals are very useful sources of information. Articles are different from books because:

• they are much more up-to-date
• they are shorter (less to read!)
• they concentrate on topics or specific aspects of topics
• there are many articles being published all the time so you have more choice.

The library catalogue, OPAC, does NOT tell you what articles the Library has, only which journals or periodicals, so the easiest way to find articles is to use the online databases.

• Academic Search Premier

• Art Abstracts

• Business Source Premier

• Computer Source

• MAS Ultra: School Edition

Newspaper Articles

Newspaper articles are also very useful sources of information, and can be found in the LexisNexis Academic and the Factiva databases.

• Factiva (Dow Jones)

• LexisNexis Academic

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Recommended Websites

Recommended Websites

Hospitality Design - online version of the same magazine held by the Library at Level 4 NA7800 HD. For just about everything to do with the design of hotels, resorts, restaurants, cruise ships, country clubs, night clubs, conference centers, spas, senior living facilities and all other hospitality-oriented projects.

Retail Design Diva - hosted by DDI Magazine and Global Shop and said to be the industry's first retail design blog. Categories up for discussion include branding, retail technology and sustainability.

VMSD.com - online version of the VM + SD magazine found in the Library at Level 4 HF5801 VMS; said to be the leading magazine for retail designers and store display professionals. Sign up for the e-newsletter, or browse the channels for news on topics like Architecture/Facades or Safety & Security.

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