Ricker Library currently maintains several research guides that reflect current curricular trends and strengths across liaison areas in the College of Fine and Applied Arts. They serve as a roadmap to Ricker Library’s collections and provide recommendations for self-driven pursuit of knowledge.
We partner with faculty, campus units, and community members to implement diverse case studies, precedents, and authors into our guides. Key courses, special events, and more can be adapted into new and existing library guides. Contact a librarian to learn more about requesting a research guide.
The Basics
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#FromMarginToCenter Guides
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Subject Guides: Architecture
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- Architecture: Basic Sources
- Architecture: Climate Change and the Built Environment
- Architecture: Details
- Architecture: Historic Preservation
- Architecture: History
- Green/Sustainable Building
- Illinois School of Architecture | Fall 2023 Lecture Series
- Illinois School of Architecture Fall 2021 Lecture Series
- Illinois School of Architecture Fall 2022 Lecture Series: Confronting Climate
- Illinois School of Architecture Spring 2022 Lecture Series
- Illinois School of Architecture Spring 2023 Lecture Series: Climate Fictions
- Indigenous Architecture across Abya Yala (Latin America)
- Islamic Gardens and Architecture
- Resources for Women in Architecture
- Sustainable School Buildings
Subject Guides: Art & Design
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- ABZ: Artists’ Books & Zines
- Anime and Manga
- Art & Design: Art Education
- Art & Design: Art History: Theory & Methodology
- Art & Design: Graphic Design
- Art & Design: Photography
- Decorative Arts: Glass
- Decorative Arts: Ceramics
- Decorative Arts: Furniture
- Decorative Arts: Metalwork
- Decorative Arts: Textiles
- Health and Safety in Arts Education
- Middle Eastern Language Films
- Museum Studies & Curatorial Practice
- Printing — Flexography Topic Hub
- Printing — Lithography Topic Hub
- Reviewing the Reviews: What Critics Say about Artists
- Sustainable Product Design
Course Guides
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Other Guides
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- Krannert Art Museum | Jen Everett: Could You Dim the Lights?
- Krannert Art Museum: Art Since 1948
- Krannert Art Museum: Encounters: The Arts of Africa
- Krannert Art Museum: Exhibitions Guide Archive
- Krannert Art Museum: Fake News & Lying Pictures: Political Prints in the Dutch Republic
- Krannert Art Museum: Pattern and Process
- A. Richard Williams Papers
- Resources for Women in Architecture
- Aspen Magazine: Art in a Box
- Brazil
- Classical Archaeology & Art
- Color Our Collections
- Intersections of Science and Humanities Resources