If all you really want to know are the irreducible representations of ${\frak{so}}(7)$ and ${\frak{so}}(8)$ up to dimension $30$, I can save you the trouble of looking up these tables: For ${\frak{so}}(7)$, there are the following irreducible representations with dimensions below $30$: 1. $\mathbb{R}^1$ (the trivial representation) 2. $\mathbb{R}^7$ (the 'vector' or 'standard' representation) 3. $\mathbb{R}^8$ (the 'spinor' representation) 4. $\mathbb{R}^{21}$ (the 'adjoint' representation, i.e., 7-by-7 skew-symmetric matrices) 5. $\mathbb{R}^{27}$ (the traceless symmetric 7-by-7 matrices, i.e., $S^2_0(\mathbb{R}^7)$) Of course, you probably really also want a couple more, such as 6. $\mathbb{R}^{35}$ (traceless symmetric 8-by-8 matrices, i.e., $S^2_0(\mathbb{R}^8)$; also equals $\Lambda^3(\mathbb{R}^7)$) 7. $\mathbb{R}^{48}$ (the 'other' irreducible component in $\mathbb{R}^7\otimes \mathbb{R}^8 \simeq \mathbb{R}^8 \oplus \mathbb{R}^{48}$) For ${\frak{so}}(8)$, there are the following irreducible representations with dimensions below $30$: 1. $\mathbb{R}^1$ (the trivial representation) 2. $V = \mathbb{R}^8$ (the 'vector' or 'standard' representation) 3. $S_+ = \mathbb{R}^8$ (the 'plus spinor' representation) 4. $S_- = \mathbb{R}^8$ (the 'minus spinor' representation)) 5. $\Lambda^2(V) = \Lambda^2(S_+) = \Lambda^2(S_-) = \mathbb{R}^{28}$ (the skew-symmetric 8-by-8 matrices) But, you might want a few more, such as 6. $S^2_0(V) = \mathbb{R}^{35}$ (traceless symmetric 8-by-8 matrices) 7. $S^2_0(S_+) = \mathbb{R}^{35}$ (traceless symmetric 'plus spinor' squares) 8. $S^2_0(S_-) = \mathbb{R}^{35}$ (traceless symmetric 'minus spinor' squares) (Note that $\Lambda^4(V) = \Lambda^4_+(V)\oplus \Lambda^4_-(V) = S^2_0(S_+)\oplus S^2_0(S_-)$, while $\Lambda^4(S_+) = S^2_0(S_-)\oplus S^2_0(V)$, etc.) 9. $\Lambda^3(V) = \mathbb{R}^{56}$ (vector $3$-forms = 'other' component in $S_+\otimes S_- = V \oplus \Lambda^3(V)$) 10. $\Lambda^3(S_+) = \mathbb{R}^{56}$ (plus spinor $3$-forms = 'other' component in $S_-\otimes V = S_+ \oplus \Lambda^3(S_+)$) 11. $\Lambda^3(S_-) = \mathbb{R}^{56}$ (minus spinor $3$-forms = 'other' component in $S_+\otimes V = S_- \oplus \Lambda^3(S_-)$) That should be enough to get you started, including knowing the irreducible decompositions of the exterior powers of the three $8$-dimensional representations. The next smallest irreducible has dimension 112.