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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