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// FINDING LETTERFORMS //

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ACROSS TIME PERIODS:

•  "illumination of books" facsimiles - handwritten and decorated books, prior to the invention of the printing press in 1455.
•  Centuries: add the number (e.g., 17th, 19th, 20th, etc.) to your search. For example, typography 20th

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GEOGRAPHIC AREAS:

• Add the country or culture as a term. For example, typography German*

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PRINTING METHODS AND HISTORY:

Try these subject headings or terms in the catalog.

Graphic design (Typography)  | Graphic design (Typography) -- History.

Printing -- History.

Type and type-founding. | Type and type-founding -- History

Advertising layout and typography | Alphabets |

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// FINDING IMAGES OF OBJECTS //

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IMAGE-RICH TERMS:

Add one of the following terms to your topic:

• pictorial
• exhibitions
• "in art"

SEARCH TERMS - NARROW TO BROAD:

Few or no results? Use broader terms for more results.  

• geodes pictorial (specific term: 0 results) >  sedimentary rocks pictorial (broader term: 1 result) > rocks pictorial (broadest term: 33 results)

Still no luck?

BRAINSTORM TERMS: 

Catalog records do not search the full text of the books and you can't always be certain what terms are used to describe your topic.

           For example, try: 

           minerals pictorial | crystals pictorial