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 Starting Points: Guide to Interior Decorating
 CIRCULATING BOOKS 
643.58 Zim At Work At Home: Design Ideas for Your Home Workplace
643.58 Mac Calm Working Spaces
747 Bet  Better Homes and Gardens Flea Market Decorating
747 Lew Less is More: A Practical Guide to Minimizing the Space in Your Home
747 Low Christopher Lowell's one-of-a-kind decorating projects: fast & flexible ways to personalize your home
747 Pil Interior Design
747 Rea Reader’s Digest Complete Book of Home Decorating
747 Rea Real Life Decorating: Your Life, Your Style, Your Home
747 Str Decorating vintage style: using romantic fabrics and flea market finds
747 Van 1001 Ways to Decorate What You Love
747 War Use What You Have Decorating
747 Wol Learning to See – Bringing the World Around You Into Your Home
747.77 Eva Bedrooms
747.78 Ard The Bathroom Planner: Hundreds of Great Ideas for Your New Bathroom
747.797 Lee Kitchens: a design sourcebook
The Library also subscribes to the following magazines, to be found in Periodicals: Architectural Digest, Architectural Record, Better Homes and Gardens, House Beautiful, and Southern Accents.
FINDING BOOKS AND OTHER LIBRARY MATERIALS/ Dewey Decimal browsing numbers: 747
In addition to reference books, you may want to search for other books and materials (videos, audiobooks, etc.) on your topic. The best way to find good sources of information is to do a subject search in our Library catalog. You can access the Library’s online catalog from the Library or home by going to our Web page (www.wppl.org), then to Search Our Catalog.  Good subject headings for this topic are interior decoration and house furnishings.
eBOOKS
You may also want to check out the collection of thousands of online books (eBooks) the Library offers located on the Web site www.netlibrary.com. Initially, you must open an account from Library computer terminals, but you will then be able to use the account from home as well.  See a reference librarian for more details.
FINDING ARTICLES
The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing with your topic:

· The Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature - Adult Reference R 050 R Search for articles on a subject within any given year.
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EBSCOhost and InfoTrac OneFile - Access from the Library or at home using your library card number at www.wppl.org.

Search for full text articles on these online databases using your choice of keywords. You can limit your search to a certain year or even a certain magazine.
WEBSITES
About.com’s Interior Decorating Practical advice, dos and don’ts, and links for every room of the house.
Better Homes and Gardens Hundreds of links to BHG’s decorating guides, tips and articles. 
Carpet Guru’s Carpet College Everything you wanted to know about choosing and buying a carpet.
Decorator Secrets Decorating ideas and tips for the decorator on a budget.
Home & Garden Television Hundreds of decorating, gardening, craft ideas and how-to articles and photos.
Home Decorating Decorating tips and news in convenient categories.
Interior Decorating Do It Yourself.com’s interior decorating pages include decorating by room, by colors, for kids, home accents and other categories.
Rental Decorating Digest Practical decorating advice and articles for the renter.

See also, the Library's Home and Garden links.    
 


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Updated: December 11, 2007

 

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