Information resources

The Library offers a wide range of information resources that may interest you.
  • Electronic periodicals

    Besides paper publications, the library subscribes to the electronic version of the following periodicals: Shots, Design Issues, Grey Room, Journal of Design History, and Ergonomics in Design

  • Databases

    Library computers also provide access via the Internet to the Design and Applied Arts Index and Matério databases.

  • Other catalogues of interest

    If you cannot find what you need in the Enric Bricall catalogue, the following catalogues may be of use to you: CCUC (Collective Catalogue of the Universities of Catalonia), COAC (Official Association of Architects of Catalonia), etc.

  • How to make a bibliography

    When making a bibliography, the documents consulted should be described to form bibliographic references. The aim is to provide future access to the original documents by stating the essential data in each document in a simple yet standardised fashion

  • How to manage a bibliography: Refworks

    The library provides access to the bibliographic references manager RefWorks via an institutional subscription. RefWorks enables you to create your own database in which you can maintain, organise and shape bibliographic references obtained from one or several databases, extract bibliographic lists in various citation styles and include them in text documents.

  • How to cite documents

    A citation is an abbreviated form of reference inserted between brackets in the text or added as a footnote, at the end of the chapter, or at the end of the entire text. It serves to identify the publication from which an issue, idea, etc., referred to in the text, has been taken, and to specify its exact location in the source publication

  • Links of interest

    ELISAVA's library Netvibes

  • Frequently asked questions

    Check all your questions about the library in this section: When is the library open?, How can I contact the library?, Do you need to have a user card to access the library?, etc.