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Architecture and Planning
Architecture and Planning databases
Art & Architecture Source
Bibliographic and full text database of leading art, design and architecture journals from around the world since 1984.
More than 75% of the currently published journals in this database ARE included in the main library search.
Arts & Humanities Full Text
Features hundreds of titles covering Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre, and Cultural Studies.
Included in the main library search.
Bloomsbury Architecture Library
Over 40 eBooks on topics ranging from architecture and architectural history, to theory, design, urbanism, landscape, and interiors.
Included in the main library search.
Box of Broadcasts (BoB)
Off-air recording and media archive service.
NOT included in the main library search.
British Humanities Index
An international abstracting and indexing tool for research in the humanities and arts.
This indexing database provides article citations and abstracts, not full text.
BSOL (British Standards Online)
The British Standards Institute's flagship database of standards.
Included in the main library search.
Building.co.uk
Established in 1843, Building is a weekly magazine covering the breadth of the built environment, including news, analysis, case studies, careers and regulations.
NOT included in the main library search.
BCIS (Building Cost Information Service)
Contains elemental cost analyses for over 17,500 projects across the UK.
NOT included in the main library search.
BCIS Online Rates Database
Online price book data from Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) for estimating the costs of construction projects.
NOT included in the main library search.
Building Design Online
The latest news, analysis, buildings and hard industry data as well as unique video covering the architectural spectrum.
NOT included in the main library search.
Building Types Online
Architectural design resource with access to the contents of the Birkhäuser collection of building types.
NOT included in the main library search.
Business Source Complete
UK and international business, management and economics issues across a range of sectors including construction, IT, education, and health.
Included in the main library search.
COMPASS Online
A fully searchable and indexed database of over 181,000 planning appeals decisions.
NOT included in the main library search.
Construction Information Service
Access to an index of standards, regulatory and advisory documents for the UK construction industry.
NOT included in the main library search.
CoStar Suite
CoStar Suite replaces its predecessor, Focus, and endeavours to provide a full market inventory of freehold and leasehold properties and spaces.
NOT included in the main library search.
CumInCAD
The Cumulative Index of Computer Aided Design (CumInCAD) is a cumulative index of publications about computer aided architectural design.
NOT included in the main library search.
DCP Online (Development Control Practice)
Best practice, legislation, policy statements, planning authority guidance, and appeal decisions with expert analysis of how this is applied in practice.
NOT included in the main library search.
Design and Applied Arts Index
Bibliographic database to journal articles published in over 450 international craft and design journals since 1973 and includes data on over 50,000 designers, craftspeople, studios, workshops, and companies.
DETAIL Inspiration
Provides architects with images and reference details for more than 3,000 projects from the last 30 years of DETAIL.
NOT included in the main library search.
Digimap
Digimap is a collection of services that deliver maps and map data of Great Britain.
NOT included in the main library search.
EGi News/Radius Data Exchange
Full text of the Estates Gazette archive from January 1986, as well as property news from March 1996.
NOT included in the main library search.
Emerald
Over 300 peer-reviewed journals covering subjects such as engineering, business and health & social care.
Included in the main library search.
Encyclopedia of Highway Law and Practice, via Westlaw UK
A major work on highway law including full text of all relevant legislation, complete with annotations.
NOT included in the main library search.
Encyclopedia of Housing Law and Practice, via Westlaw UK
Aimed at practitioners and includes commentary on all relevant legislation.
Encyclopedia of Local Government Law, via Westlaw UK
Acts and regulations, with a detailed commentary and full references to relevant judicial authorites.
NOT included in the main library search.
Encyclopedia of Planning Law and Practice, via Westlaw UK
A comprehensive source of guidance and policy on planning law.
NOT included in the main library search.
Encyclopedia of Road Traffic Law and Practice, via Westlaw UK
Comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date information on road traffic law and practice.
NOT included in the main library search.
Great Buildings Online
This gateway to architecture around the world and across history documents a thousand buildings, and hundreds of leading architects.
NOT included in the main library search.
Historic England (formerly English Heritage)
Historic England carries out ground-breaking research on a wide range of subjects from archaeomagnetic dating to animal remains and building investigation to electrical imaging.
NOT included in the main library search.
i-Law
A commercial law database offering specialist commentary and analysis as well as access to some case reports in maritime and commercial law.
Includes cases.
NOT included in the main library search.
IJ Global
An online intelligence service that includes news, insight and analysis on all aspects of global infrastructure finance.
It includes a searchable database of project finance data, league tables and important market reports.
NOT included in the main library search.
Images of England
A digital library of photographs of England's listed buildings, together with text descriptions.
NOT included in the main library search.
isurv
Meets the information needs of the surveying industry, isurv is a comprehensive online service for the surveying profession.
One-stop-shop for best practice, legal and RICS guidance, it covers the topics of building surveying, commercial property, construction, estate agency, legislation, planning, rural, sustainability, and valuation.
NOT included in the main library search.
Landmap
Provides UK academia with a high quality spatial data download service which is enhanced and supported by a range of learning material.
NOT included in the main library search.
LexisLibrary
Covers UK legal materials including cases, legislation, journal articles, and practitioner texts.
NOT included in the main library search.
LexisLibrary International
International legal materials from a range of sources (cases, legislation, forms & precedents, and secondary materials).
Includes cases.
NOT included in the main library search.
LexisLibrary News
Covers a range of UK news sources including local and national newspapers.
NOT included in the main library search.
MaterialDistrict
MaterialDistrict is the global network in the area of innovative materials.
NOT included in the main library search.
Nexis
Full text database including UK national and regional newspapers, and worldwide newspapers and magazines.
Also includes full-text information covering companies, industries, market surveys, countries, and people.
NOT included in the main library search.
Nexis Company Dossier
Global company data, executive information and news information.
Sourced from multiple providers to create easy-to-use company reports.
NOT included in the main library search.
PADDI (Planning Architecture Design Database Ireland)
An index to journal articles on the built environment and environmental planning in Ireland.
NOT included in the main library search.
Passport
A business information resource providing intelligence on industries, countries and consumers.
Economic data and analysis for the economies of 68 countries, covering 177 industries.
NOT included in the main library search.
Practical Law
Legal know-how covering practice notes, standard documents and drafting notes, and the practical implications of key developments.
NOT included in the main library search.
Property Week Magazine
The leading news magazine in the commercial property market with all the latest information from the industry.
NOT included in the main library search.
RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) Online
An index to articles in over 300 of the world's most respected architectural journals, and details of books and audio visual materials held in the RIBA Library
NOT included in the main library search.
SAGE Research Methods
A web-based research methods tool created to help researchers, staff and students with their research projects.
SRM focuses on methodology rather than disciplines, so can be used by researchers from the social sciences, health sciences and more.
Included in the main library search.
ScienceDirect
Explore scientific, technical, and medical research from over 1,000 electronic journals.
Includes business, economics and social sciences.
Included in the main library search.
Scopus
The largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings.
Fields of research include science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Included in the main library search.
Specify-it
An online collection of up to date product catalogues for designers, specifiers and purchasers in construction, civil engineering and process engineering.
NOT included in the main library search.
Taylor & Francis
Provides access to over 2,500 full-text journals published by Taylor & Francis, Routledge, Psychology Press and Informa Healthcare.
Included in the main library search.
Taylor & Francis eBook Collection
Provides access to over 400 eBooks published by the Taylor & Francis publishing group.
Included in the main library search.
TRILT (Television and Radio Index for Learning and Teaching)
Descriptions of UK television and radio programmes, including terrestrial, cable, and satellite television; all national and many local radio stations.
NOT included in the main library search.
Westlaw Edge UK
Full-text access to current and historic UK, European Union and worldwide case reports and legislation.
Also gives access to the Legal Journals Index, some full text law journals, and many law electronic books.
NOT included in the main library search.
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