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Art and Design - Suggested Additional Resources

There are a wide range of resources available to Art and Design students beyond the obvious journals, databases and websites. Here we list a selection we think you'll find useful.

Audio, Images and Video

  • ARTstor
    An online collection of over a million visual arts images.
  • Bridgeman Education
    An online collection of over 300,000 visual arts images.
  • JISC Media Hub
    Search, view, and download thousands of video, image and audio resources from many different collections covering news, documentaries, popular culture and much more

Newspapers

  • Nexis UK
    Search for and read international newspaper articles from 1980s/90s to the present.

Reading Lists

Reading lists may have been prepared by your lecturer specifically for your course.

Resources in the Library

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Lizzie Wildgoose

Assistant Faculty Librarian

lizzie.wildgoose@port.ac.uk

(023) 9284 3452

 

Greta Friggens

Faculty Librarian

greta.friggens@port.ac.uk

(023) 9284 3456

Subject Locations

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 & illustration
  • 745 – design
  • 746 – fashion & textiles
  • 748 – glass
  • 749 – furniture
  • 750 – painting
  • 760 – poster art & printmaking
  • 770 - photography

Check the library catalogue as books are often shelved in unexpected places - eg. the typography section is at 686 on the Ground Floor and Costume is at 391 on the First Floor!

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