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Drafting & Design

Think of this guide as a blueprint to improve your Drafting and Design knowledge and skills; topics include architecture, drawing, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Adobe Photoshop, and Revit, as well as tips on surveying.

Drafting & Design students at TSTC have access to the following resources:

Featured Databases

Gale OneFile - Computer Science Database

Gale OneFile: Computer Science

Why search here?

Provides information on computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications, and the application of technology.

What’s included?

More than 600 journals and periodicals.

Gale OneFile - Popular Magazines Database

Gale OneFile: Popular Magazines

Why search here?

All of the titles are selected based on actual publication searches performed by library patrons and the database includes many titles recommended by Bowker's "Magazines for Libraries."

What’s included?

Provides access to the most searched magazines across the Gale OneFile products.

eBook Collection on EBSCOhost Database

eBook Collection on EBSCOhost

Why search here?

A collection of full-text electronic books, including many scholarly books.

What’s included?

This eBook collection includes titles from the world's leading business, technology, trade, reference, academic, and scholarly publishers.

SciTech Premium Collection Database

SciTech Premium Collection

Why search here?

For researchers who need to conduct comprehensive literature reviews, this database includes specialized, editorial-controlled A&I resources for discovery of relevant scholarly research and technical literature critical to the discipline.

What’s included?

Includes the Natural Science Collection and the Technology Collection and provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications, and more.

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