Interior Design databases

A-N Resources

An online resource promoting the visual arts and supporting artists and designers in their practice.
NOT included in the main library search.

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.

ARTbibliographies Modern (ABM)

One of the major bibliographical sources of information on modern and contemporary arts dating from the late 19th century onwards.
This indexing database provides article citations and abstracts, not full text.

Art, Design and Architecture Collection

This collection covers the fields of visual and applied arts

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Design Week

Design Week is a UK Design website specialising in design news and jobs.
NOT included in the main library search.

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.

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 Planning Law and Practice, via Westlaw UK

A comprehensive source of guidance and policy on planning law.
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.

Images of England

A digital library of photographs of England's listed buildings, together with text descriptions.
NOT included in the main library search.

International Bibliography of Art (IBA)

IBA is the successor to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA).
The database adds 18,000 records per year.
It gives unbroken coverage of journals that were indexed in BHA and IBA prior to 2010.
Included in the main library search.

JSTOR

UWE Bristol subscribes to the JSTOR multidisciplinary Arts and Sciences Collections I,II,III,V,VII, VIII and XIV.
A scholarly archive of over 1,000 full-text electronic journals.

Kanopy

Access to over 18,000 films, including major blockbusters, documentaries and the Criterion collection.
NOT included in the main library search.

Know Your Place

Know Your Place is a website that allows you to explore your neighbourhood through historic maps, images and linked information.
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.

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.

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.

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.

The Times Digital Archive

Access to back issues of The Times (London) newspaper online.
One of the most highly regarded resources for the study of 18th century history and onward.
Included in the main library search.

WGSN Lifestyle & Interiors (Worth Global Style Network)

WGSN Lifestyle & Interiors is a product design and development tool.
Specialist trend intelligence to buyers, designers and retailers working in the design, lifestyle, and interiors industry.
NOT included in the main library search.

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