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

  • Features hundreds of titles covering Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre, and Cultural Studies.
  • Full-text journals.
  • Included in the main library search.

Bloomsbury Applied Visual Arts

  • Covers the fields of fashion and textiles, design and illustration, photography, film and animation, architecture and interiors, marketing and advertising.
  • Provides access to over 170 books which combine visual inspiration with practical advice on idea generation, research techniques, portfolio development and more, across the main visual arts disciplines.
  • 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.
  • Browse countries and periods you are interested in using the interactive world map and timeline.
  • 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

  • This architectural design resource allows you to find photos and technical plans of a large collection of international buildings.
  • Find information on buildings including housing, office buildings, museums, schools, libraries, industrial complexes.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Business Source Ultimate

  • 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.

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 endeavours to provide a full market inventory of freehold and leasehold properties and spaces, covering the UK, US, and Canada.
  • 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 (DAAI)

  • 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.

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.

Lexis+ UK

  • Covers UK legal materials including cases, legislation, journal articles, and practitioner texts.
  • 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.

Lexis+ UK 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.

LinkedIn Learning (previously Lynda.com)

  • Video training for a vast number of software products, IT topics, and design and business skills.
  • 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.
  • Includes access to the Financial Times.
  • 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.

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.

Social Policy and Practice

  • Social Policy and Practice brings together data from five databases covering Behavioural & Social Sciences, Social Work and Public Health.
  • NOT 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.

TRADA (Timber Research and Development Association)

  • Includes information on design, specification and use of wood.
  • 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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