Masterpieces
of Design

The Internet resources listed below will help you research masterpieces of design. Keep in mind the following questions as you search for information:

WHAT does it do?

WHY was it invented?

WHEN and WHERE was it invented?

WHO invented it?

WHAT preceded it?

HOW has the design been modified over time?

WHAT is so significant about this object?

 Internet Sites

Design Museums MOMA website: http://www.moma.org/

Bauhaus Museum of Design: http://www.bauhaus.de/english/index.htm

The Chicago Athenaeum - Museum of Architecture & Design: www.chi-athenaeum.org/about.htm

Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum: http://ndm.si.edu/

Design Museum.org: http://www.designmuseum.org/digital

Museum of Art and Design - New York: www.madmuseum.org/site/c.drKLI1PIIqE/b.1105171/k.BD62/Home.htm

The Vitra Design Museum: www.design-museum.de/index.php?sid=26d8e62568c1e0acb6217a25c9e51012
Designers
& Inventors		 Designers on Exhibit at MOMA Resrouce Page: http://www.pomperaug.com/research/designers.htm

The Greatest Inventors and Inventions: http://library.thinkquest.org/5847/homepage.htm

Inventors Hall of Fame: http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_1_search.asp
Products About.com - Famous Inventions History: http://inventors.about.com/od/astartinventions/Famous_Invention_History_A.htm

Famous Inventions A to Z: http://inventors.about.com/library/bl/bl12.htm

Idea Finder - Invention Categories: http://www.ideafinder.com/history/category/index.htm

Idea Finder - Invention Facts and Myths: http://www.ideafinder.com/history/of_inventions.htm

Inventions and Technology: http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Renaissance/University/Inventions/Inventions.html

Inventors and their Inventions: http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Kids/Inventions/Inventors/

PC World - The 50 Greatest Gadgets of the Past 50 Years: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,123950-page,5/article.html

Smithsonian Institute - Inventors and Innovations: http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/invent.htm

Zoom Inventors and Inventions: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexa.shtml


If you do not find what you're looking for in the above resources, try the search tips listed below.
 

 Internet Search Tips

  1. Type the URL (web site address) of a ssaearch directory/engine in the address box: ex: www.yahoo.com, or www.google.com, etc.
     
  2. (Be sure to type the address exactly the way you see it, including any uppercase letters and punctuation).
     
  3. Type in keyword(s). (If your keyword has two parts such as: "paper clip", be sure to put quotes around it so that the search engine only finds the Internet sites on old English as opposed to all of the sites containing the word paper plus all of the sites containing the word clip.
     

  4. If you would like to search for something specific about the paper clip, try a combined keyword search by adding a comma followed by a space and your other search term. For instance; if I wanted to find out when the paper clip was invented, and how it's been modified or improved upon,  I would enter the following:

    "paper clip", invented, modified, improved

    Hit Enter on your keyboard, or click on Search, then scan the description of the "hits" (entries) and click on the links that sound best.
     

  5. Be sure to evaluate each Internet site for the following:

     

  6. Remember: if you choose to use any information (text or graphics) found on an Internet source, 
    you must include it in your bibliography.

Remember:  YOU MUST CITE EVERY RESOURCE YOU USED to gather information on your 
Works Cited (Bibliography) page.  Use the Works Cited Guide to access MLA format.

 

 Citing Works of Art and Webpages

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Work Of Art

Archipenko, Aleksandre. “Woman Combing Her Hair." 1915.

     MOMA Museum of Modern Art. 6 December, 2006.
           < http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?object_id=81613 >
 

General Website

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“Isamu Noguchi." PBS American Masters. Public Broadcasting Corporation.  6 December, 2006. 
            < http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/about/index.html >
 


 

Created by Liza Zandonella, Library Media Specialist.

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