We have databases that are collections of academic resources organised by subject. These are great for more detailed searches for your research. You can access these via the ‘Find databases’ link in LibrarySearch. The following are databases which relate to Graphic Design:

a-n Artists Information Company: Online access to a-n Magazine and information for and about visual artists and their professional practice, including job opportunities and details about professional organisations.

Art Full Text: An index of art journal articles from periodicals published throughout the world. Some journals are available in full text. Read the Guide to Art Full Text to find out more.

Artstor Public Collections: More than a million images sourced from cultural institutions worldwide. Subjects include art, design, architecture, sculpture, fashion, history, manuscripts, social sciences and technology. Read the guide to Artstor to find out more.

Digital Public Libraries of America: Digitized content held within America’s libraries, archives, museums and other cultural heritage institutions. Over 35 million images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States. All of the materials found through DPLA (photographs, books, maps, news footage, oral histories, personal letters, museum objects, artwork, government documents) are free and immediately available in digital format.

Europeana: Europeana Collections provides access to over 50 million digitised items – books, music, artworks and more – with sophisticated search and filter tools to help you find what you’re looking for.
Dedicated thematic collections on art, fashion, music, photography and World War I contain galleries, blogs and exhibitions.

John Johnson Collection: This collection provides access to thousands of items selected from the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera, offering unique insights into the changing nature of everyday life in Britain in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

JSTOR: An archive of core scholarly journals, dating from the first issue up until two to five years ago. Subject coverage includes art and art history, with over 190 journal titles relevant to your subjects.

Libby: a free app which allows you to borrow e-books, digital audiobooks and popular magazines from our CCCU OverDrive library. You can stream titles with Wi-Fi or mobile data or download them to use offline. You can also connect to your public library account using Libby. See our Overdrive guide.

Oxford Art Online/ Grove Art Online: Provides web access to the entire text of the Grove Dictionary of Art with quarterly additions to new material and updates to the text, plus extensive image links. It also includes the full text of the Oxford Companion to Western Art, the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms and the Encyclopaedia of Aesthetics. Read the Guide to Oxford Art Online to find out more.

Project MUSE: Databases providing full-text access to high quality journals. Good for art and architecture, animation, graphic design, illustration and other topics

Vogue Archive: You can search the entire collection of Vogue. Subjects covered includes; textiles and dress, fashion history, popular culture, gender studies, photography and graphic design and marketing.

Web of Science: We hold the arts and humanities section within web of science. Check out our database guide to see how to search the collection.

World Advertising Research Center (WARC): An online service offering advertising best practice, evidence and insights from the world’s leading brands. Also includes company profiles, articles, case studies and research on key marketing topics. Log in via Open Athens.

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