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Welcome to the CCSF Research Guide for Visual Media Design!

Use the navigation tabs on the side of this guide to browse through books and ebooks, find images, learn about copyright for artists, animation, design resources on the web, and, everybody's favorite: MLA citations.

Visual Media Design eBooks from CCSF Libraries

Extra Bold: A Feminist, Inclusive, Anti-Racist, Non-Binary Field Guide for Graphic Designers

Citizen Designer: Perspectives on Design Responsibility

Black, Brown + Latinx Design Educators: Conversations on Design and Race

No Compromise: The Work of Florence Knoll

Picture This: How Pictures Work

Feck Perfuction: Dangerous Ideas on the Business of Life

Design for Emotion

Never Use Futura

White Space Is Not Your Enemy

Best Practices for Graphic Designers, Color Works

Typography Essentials Revised and Updated

Making and Breaking the Grid

Layout Workbook: Revised and Updated

Design School: Layout

Design Elements: Form & Space

Cool Infographics

Color Design Workbook: New, Revised Edition

Protest!: A History of Social and Political Protest Graphics

Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design

Beautiful Users: Designing for People

Graphic Design Reader

The Graphic Design Idea Book

The Design of Dissent

Graphic Design: the New Basics

Rex Ray

W. E. B. du Bois's Data Portraits

How Design Makes Us Think

Guerrilla Girls: The Art of Behaving Badly

Calligraphic Drawing

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Remote Access

Assistance

An active RAM ID (student ID number) and RAM ID password is required for off-campus access to CCSF Library subscription resources and databases, including online articles, streaming video, and e-books. When accessing these resources from off-campus, users will be prompted to log in with RAM ID, then will be able to view resources as if they are on-campus.

Email reference is available Monday through Friday during the Fall and Spring semesters. We try to respond within two days.

Chat with the library 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to meet with a librarian for in-depth help with your research.

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