Rachel, The following books might give you and the student another entry point to the subject: Film architecture : from Metropolis to Blade Runner (ISBN: 9783791321639) http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36817181 The invisible art : the legends of movie matte painting (ISBN: 9780811831369) http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45243227 Designs on film : a century of Hollywood art direction (ISBN: 9780060881221) http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/548626463 Best of luck, Joel Joel Parham | Librarian | Fox Research Library p: (310) 369-2782 | f: (310) 369-3645 | e: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> From: Rachel Beckwith <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Reply-To: Rachel Beckwith <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 10:26:32 -0500 To: <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: [ARLIS-L] help with research question <mailto:[log in to unmask]>Dear collective wisdom, I have a student working on an independent study project on the topic of artists who were set designers in the 20th-21st centuries. While she has found tons of sources on individual artists who worked as set designers, she is looking for more compilations or comprehensive sources on the topic as a whole. I have tried searching for "set design" and "artists" as subjects in various databases (DAAI, Art Abstracts, to name a couple), but am also getting hit or miss relevancy (lots of articles/ books on individual artists, but no comprehensive articles on the topic as a whole). Any ideas from the great minds of ARLIS? Many thanks, Rachel -- Rachel Beckwith Arts Librarian Hampshire College Library 893 West Street Amherst, MA 01002 413-559-5433 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~