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The  resources listed here are particularly relevant to courses taught in the School of Design.  Follow the links below to use those listed, or go to the electronic resources search to find more.  You will need to register for an Athens password to use electronic resources off campus. The subject guides also list useful resources. If you would like any further information, please contact us, or to suggest a resource for purchase, please complete a resource suggestion form.

Resources

Aesthetica magazine

Aesthetica magazine

Aesthetica magazine covers contemporary arts, including visual art, film, music, literature and theatre. To access this online magazine, please ask library staff for a username and password. Print copies of the magazine are also available in the Met Millennium Library.

Box of Broadcasts

Box of Broadcasts

BoB allows users to record programmes over the next seven days as well as retrieving programmes from the last seven days from TV and radio. To access please click on 'UK Federation Login' link and follow instructions. An Athens password will then be required to successfully log in.

Credo Reference

Credo Reference

Full-text reference works covering a wide range of subject areas. Includes biographies, dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopaedias, and quotations.  Athens password required for off campus access.

Dawsonera e-books

Dawsonera e-books

Full text access to a selection of books covering a wide range of subjects.  Books can be read online, downloaded, or sections printed.  An Athens password is required to access this resource.

Ebrary e-books

Ebrary e-books

Access to over 3000 e-books covering a wide range of subjects. An Athens password is required for off-campus access.

Education Image Gallery

Education Image Gallery

50,000 images drawn from the Hulton Archive, Photodisc, and the Getty Images News Service. Covers key events, and subject areas including history, entertainment, sport, science, fashion, politics, music, conflict, film, art and leisure.  Login via UK Federation link for off campus use.

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Cross-searchable database of reference e-books, including encyclopaedias, almanacs, and specialist sources.  Athens password required for off campus access.

Glass Eye 2000

Glass Eye 2000

Glass Eye 2000 is a CAD programme which helps design stained glass windows.  It is available from a single, restricted PC in the North Hanover Street Library.

John Johnson Collection

John Johnson Collection

Fully searchable colour images of 65,000 items from the Bodleian Library's John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera, offering unique insights into the changing nature of everyday life in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.  Athens password required for off campus access.

mad.co.uk

mad.co.uk

News, features and analysis on marketing, media, advertising, design and new media.  Ask at library for username and password.
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E-books

Design for Sustainability ebook cover

Ask Library staff for an Athens password to read this book online.

Design for Sustainability: A Practical Approach

E-books

Art and Design in Photoshop Ebook Cover

Ask Library staff for an Athens password to read this book online.

Art and Design in Photoshop

E-books

Wire Jewelry ebook cover

Ask Library staff for an Athens password to read this book online.

Wire Jewelry