The NYSID Library collection focuses on books on interior design, architecture, and the decorative and fine arts. When starting to do research about the architecture and design typical of a certain country, the NYSID LIbrary collection is a great place to go. Also know that the collection features books on Landscape Design.
You can search for books in Bobcat, the NYSID Library catalog. You will also be able to search for books that might be at NYU, Cooper Union or the New School. Use a variety of keywords when searching, for instance, "Mexico", "Mexico landscape", or "Mexico interiors".
An example search and results list obtained when simply searching for the country name "Mexico" is below. When looking at the results, Available means the book is on the shelf, Check Availability may already be checked out. Make sure you're looking at the item that says "New York School of Interior Design Library". The Call No. for the book is located within the parenthesis.
NYSID Library provides over 125,000 e-books for students to use, read and download. E-books from NYSID Library can be read online, downloaded as PDF's and printed.
ProQuest's EBook Central is a collection of EBooks curated by the NYSID LIbrarians. Many of your textbooks can be found in ebook format here, and all of ebooks are related to interior design.
EBSCOHost Ebook Collection is a more general collection of ebooks, which may be especially helpful for this project when looking for general information about a country.
EBSCOHost: This database features articles related to Art, Architecture and Sustainability. Use the same variety of keywords that you did while searching for books, and remain flexible.
Architectural Record: (Manual sign-in; log-in information provided under Library tab in NYSID Portal). A round up of the latest architectural projects can be found in Architectural Record. Searching by the country name, you will come up with a list of recent works, many of them with images and floor plans.
