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Art UK
Art from over 3,000 UK public art collections. Search by artwork, artist or subject.
Europeana
The mage collection on Europeana comes from galleries, libraries, archives and museums from all over Europe. Collections include art and fashion.
The National Gallery
Search or browse the National Gallery collection of more than 2,600 paintings.
V&A Search the Collections
V&A Search the Collections features objects and images from the V&A's collections.

Non-commercial use of content downloaded from the V&A Search the Collections site is allowed

Architectural Periodicals Index This link opens in a new window
RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) library catalogue. Provides bibliographic references to journal articles, books, and technical reports.
Does not include full-text access.
Art, Design and Architecture Collection This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive survey of current publications in the fields of visual and applied arts, including architecture, interior design, contemporary art, and photography.
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Construction Information Service This link opens in a new window
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A comprehensive database covering building regulations, legislation, technical reports, and sustainability issues.
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DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index This link opens in a new window
Index of articles covering a wide range of arts subjects including fashion, textiles, and design.
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Digimap This link opens in a new window
Digimap delivers Ordnance Survey maps and geospatial data covering England, Scotland, and Wales. Maps are available either online or via download facilities for use with appropriate application software such as GIS or CAD.

RIBA Architecture Image Library
Lo-resolution Images available on RIBApix either for your own private study or as part of research for a non-commercial purpose provided you accompany each Image used with its title and the name of the photographer.

ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
A leading full-text scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters from more than 2,500 journals and almost 20,000 books.
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Scopus This link opens in a new window
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A large abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature from more than 18,500 journals.
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British Standards Online (BSOL) This link opens in a new window
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Contains over 60,000 British, European, and adopted international standards.
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Please note: BSOL is licenced for educational purposes only. Use for university business processes (including but not limited to Health & Safety, Estate Management) is prohibited.
HudHelp: Guidance for accessing Standards in British Standards Online (BSOL)
Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) This link opens in a new window
A tool to help prepare cost plans, provide early cost advice to clients and benchmark costs for both commercial and residential buildings.

Digimap This link opens in a new window
Digimap delivers Ordnance Survey maps and geospatial data, available either via download facilities for use with appropriate application software such as GIS or CAD, or as maps generated by Digimap online. The mapping tool (Roam) allows users to view and print maps of any location in Great Britain at a series of predefined scales as well as enabling the user to specify a map scale, area and content.
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Newspapers by ProQuest Newsstream This link opens in a new window
International Newsstream provides the most recent news content outside of the US and Canada, with archives which stretch back decades featuring newspapers, newswires, and news sites in active full-text format. It provides information from more than 660 of the world's top newspapers.
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Gale Primary Sources This link opens in a new window
Tool to search all of our subscribed Gale primary sources, incorporating 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection; 19th Century UK Periodicals; British Library Newspapers, 1800-1900; Daily Mail Historical Archive; The Financial Times Historical Archive; The Illustrated London News Historical Archive' Picture Post Historical Archive; and, The Times Digital Archive.
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