Product Design 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.

Art, Design and Architecture Collection

  • This collection covers the fields of visual and applied arts

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.

BSOL (British Standards Online)

  • The British Standards Institute's flagship database of standards.
  • Included in the main library search.

Cambridge Journals Online

  • Cambridge Journals Digital Archive contains the full text from 170 journals, from volume 1, issue 1 to 1996.
  • 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.

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.

Marketline Advantage

  • An international database giving full-text, in-depth reports.
  • Covers 50,000 companies worldwide, 2,000 industries and 215 countries.
  • 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.

Mintel

  • This database gives full-text access to market survey information produced by Mintel.
  • 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.

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.

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.

Visual Arts Data Service

  • An online resource for visual arts of over 100,000 images that are freely available and copyright cleared for use in teaching, learning and research in the UK.
  • NOT 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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