Art and Design
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Top Databases
- Art full text
- Helps you to find out what articles have been published in visual arts journals. Often you can link to the full text of the article or hear an audio file
- Cambridge scientific abstracts [CSA Illumina]
- Helps you to find articles from journals, magazines and newspapers on a wide range of subjects.
Top Journals
- Art review
- is available in the Library
- Crafts
- Creative review
- Grafik:
- Journal of the best in international graphic design is available in the Library
- I-D:
- fashion magazine is available in the Library
- Photography and culture
Dictionaries & Encylopaedias
- Oxford Art Online
- gives you encyclopaedic information on all aspects of the visual arts. It includes links to images and other useful features such as timelines.
- Credo Reference
- try out a concept map search to see how your topic links to others.
Websites & Sources of Data
- Ministry of Books
- Find out more about University of Portsmouth’s artists’ book collection.
- Zineopolis
- Find out more about University of Portsmouth’s zine and multiples collections.
- Intute
- helps you to find good quality websites in your subject area.
Resources in the Library
- Display Space
- If you want to display your work here, please contact Greta Friggens in the Library
Audio, Images & Video
- ARTstor
- An online collection of over a million visual arts images.
- Bridgeman Education
- An online collection of over 300,000 visual arts images.
Newspapers
- Nexis UK
- Search for and read international newspaper articles from 1980s/90s to the present.
Meet the Subject Team
Greta Friggens
Faculty Librarian
greta.friggens@port.ac.uk
(023) 9284 3456
Sharon Bittner
Assistant Faculty Librarian
sharon.bittner@port.ac.uk
(023) 9284 3243
Welcome to the subject page for Art and Design
We've got together the resources that we think you'll find most useful for your subject.
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Where is my Subject in the Library?
- You will mainly find the books that you need on the Second Floor:
- 700 – art and culture
- 709 – history of art
- 738 – ceramics
- 739 – jewellery
- 741 – commercial art and illustration
- 745 – design
- 746 – fashion and textiles
- 748 – glass
- 749 – furniture
- 750 – painting
- 760 – poster art and printmaking
- 770 - photography
- Check the library catalogue because books are often shelved in unexpected places, for instance the typography section is at 686 on the Ground Floor and Costume is at 391 on the First Floor!
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