the resources you need to support your projects

The Modern Library offers research help, design inspiration, a place to focus on projects, and a wide range of books and magazines. And, of course, lots of digital resources. Below is a list of digital resources that will help support your projects, courses, and development as a design professional.

Access The Modern Library Catalog, or find direct links to these resources in your Canvas account.

Credo Reference

Access to over 3 million easily searchable articles, images, and videos. Start your search here, and you'll also get links to other Modern databases and The Modern Library catalog. Mindmaps, related subjects, vocabulary, and more will help your research.

JSTOR

JSTOR has more than two million images from leading museums and collections around the world. Need to show your instructor the design style of your favorite artist? Need an image representing a specific period in art history? Look here.

Dayton Metro Library

The Dayton Metropolitan Library is a great additional free resource for students. Sign up for a free library card and gain instant access to video tutorials, digital magazines, ebooks and many additional research databases.

ProQuest Central & Research Library

A multidisciplinary research database with thousands of full-text scholarly articles featured in relevant trade publications, magazines, newspapers, and case studies from leading publishers and experts in all major subject areas including business, social sciences, arts and humanities, and science and technology.

ProQuest Ebook Central

Ebook Central offers on-demand, instant access to the complete text of millions of authoritative, scholarly online books in the fields of business, technology, and more. Discover titles from notable publications such as Pearson, Oxford Press University, and Wiley.