AAEL Collection Features

This webpage showcases various parts of our collections here at the Art, Architecture & Engineering Library. Enjoy!

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Featured Artist Book | Imageworks Featured Item | Monthly Theme Table |
CVGA Featured Game | Featured Electronic Resource

	Featured Artist Book [So happy together] by Peter Thomas "Text is the song by the Turtles. A double scrolling structure, with multi-layered color letterpress printing. Illustrations are linoleum cuts made by Donna Thomas, printed letterpress on a Vandercook proof press using a rainbow roll, then hand colored."--Artists' web catalog. AAEL Special Collections houses a unique collection of artists' books. For more information about artists' books and to browse an online version of the collection, please visit the following URL: http://sitemaker.umich.edu/artistsbooks. If you are interested in visiting this collection, please contact Annette Haines for an appointment.
Frank Gehry, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 2004-2008	Imageworks Featured Item Archivision Architectural Images One of MLibrary's first subscription image databases, Archivision, provides over 53,000 high-resolution images. Views range from details to expansive contexts, and the subject matter covers architecture, urban and natural landscapes, and public art. Search by location, title, creator or keyword, and discover works ranging from the Forbidden City in Beijing to Celebration, Florida and from the Elgin Marbles to the work of Dale Chihuly. Visit Imageworks for more information about audio-visual and image materials.
	Monthly Theme Table Dogs Items relating to dogs from our collection. Every month AAEL features a different part of the collection. Check out the table on the 2nd floor of the Duderstadt Center in front of the Reserves Desk to see books and DVDs related to this month's theme. And yes, items on the theme table can be checked out!
	CVGA Featured Game Amiga 500 & Amiga 3000 Did you know that the Computer & Video Game Archive has recently gotten an Amiga 500 and an Amiga 3000? These computers have now been added to our list of several older computers that are available to play games on in the archive. Be sure to check them out for yourself! Visit the CVGA in the basement of the Duderstadt to play this game, and check out our blog to find out what other new games we're constantly adding to the collection!
	Featured Electronic Resource AccessEngineering We have acquired 300+ ebooks from McGraw-Hill on AccessEngineering. Some titles of note that we have access to through AccessEngineering are Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers and many titles from the Schaum's outline series.