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.
Commentary

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.
Commentary

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.
Journals

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.
Journals Current awareness

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.
Commentary

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.
Journals

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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