Survey of Literature

Books: 

Best Practices For Graphic Designers: 

Grids And Page Layouts 

Graver, Amy and Ben Jura. Best Practices for Graphic Designers: Grids and Page Layouts. Beverly, MA: Rockport Publishers, Inc., 2012. 

Graver and Jura provide readers of this text with a plethora of images which enhances the text. Ultimately it is a source which will help with ensuring that this thesis project’s design has structure, order, and balance. 

Color Works: Best Practices for Graphic Designers 

Opara, Eddie and John Cantwell. Color Works: Best Practices for Graphic Designers. Beverly, MA: 

Rockport Publishers, Inc., 2014. 

As a colorblind person this book offers essential insight into an area that is much needed. “Color will skew our perceptions and permeate our psyche…” which is why this book is such a useful source for this thesis. Color is a critical tool and this book provides wonderful information regarding how to apply color in a broad range of applications and media. 

Environmental Geology 

Montgomery, Carla W. Environmental Geology, New York, NY: McGraw Hill, 2011. 

Montgomery’s book is organized allowing for easy reference to specifics regarding historical geology. In particular the chapter entitled a “First Look” along with several others including “Ice and Glaciers, Wind and Deserts” will be useful to this project. 

Essential Elements for Brand Identity: 

00 Principles for Designing Logos and Building Brands 

Budelmann, Kevin, Yang Kim and Curt Wozniak. Essential Elements for Brand Identity: 100 Principles for Designing Logos and Building Brands. Beverly, MA: 

Rockport Publishers, Inc., 2013. 

This book is a wonderful source which offers a combination of text and visuals which offer inspiration. In fact, this will be a good source to refer to as it reveals a variety of inspiring ideas about a variety of products, information, and touches upon the use of color as well as cultural influences. 

HTML & CSS: Design and Build Websites 

Duckett, Jon. HTML & CSS: design and build websites, Indianapolis, IN: John Wiley & Sons, 2011. 

This book provides chapters which are designed to assist one who is working with the web. It openly states that it will assist designers to create more attractive and usable sites. It is broken down into three sections: HTML, CSS, and PRACTICAL. Ultimately this books visuals and text are presented in a way that it will be a wonderful reference in assisting with the creation of this thesis. 

Living Ice: Understanding Glaciers and Glaciation 

Sharp, Robert P. Living Ice: Understanding Glaciers and Glaciation, New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2009. 

Sharp provides readers with a condensed version of the study of glaciers. There are several black and white images which are scattered throughout the text for visual reference. Overall this book does offer a wonderful textual source of information especially in regard to vocabulary. 

Research Design: 

Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Appoaches 

Creswell, John W. Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitive, and Mixed Methods Approaches, Thousand Oaks, CA: 

Sage Publications, Inc., 2009. 

This book provides insight into the best approaches to research methods. It will be useful to this thesis project in that it may offer insight into how to phrase survey and samples for the best evaluations. 

Smithsonian Institution: EARTH 

Luhr, James F. Smithsonian Institution: EARTH, New York, NY: 

DK Publishing, Inc., 2003. 

This book provides a plethora of information and imagery which will be wonderful information for this project. 

Smithsonian: Timelines of Science 

Sinha, Rohan. Smithsonian: Timelines of Science, New York, NY: DK Publishing, Inc., 2013. 

This is a book which provides considerable information 

in such a way that it offers inspiration for this projects 

final outcome.

The Earth Through Time 

Levin, Harry. The Earth Through Time, Hoboken, NJ: 

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010. 

This book provides an overview of “Historical Geology” in general. This book has the potential of offering considerable information with chapters dedicated to 

the “events” which helped to create the landforms which exist in the region. 

Typography Essentials: 

100 Design Principles for Working with Type 

Saltz, Ina. Typography Essential: 100 Design Principles 

for Working with Type. Beverly, MA: 

Rockport Publishers, Inc., 2009. 

This book provides images and examples along with explanations as to the “effective use of typography.” It is a wonderful source for this thesis project as type is a crucial aspect of this project. 

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information 

Tufte, Edward R. The Visual Display of Quantative Information, Chesire, CT: Graphics Press, 2001. 

This book will provide an excellent source for how best 

to display and design the data for this thesis. 

Universal Principles of Design. 

Lidwell, William, Kritina Holden and Jill Butler. Universal Principles of Design. Beverly, MA:Rockport Publishers, Inc., 2010. 

This book is considered a “cross-disciplinary reference of design.” It is full of great illustrations which provide visual examples of what works when, how, and why. This will be a great asset and reference for this thesis.