Last Wednesday afternoon visitors to the library were greeted with a display of 52 of the best illustrated children’s books from around the World. We asked you to select your favourite book from the IBBY Honours List display, a task which was…
Category: Subjects: Creative Arts
Digital Theatre Plus
Digital Theatre Plus is a useful resource for teachers and students of Performing Arts or English Literature. It can also be enjoyed by anyone who enjoys dramatic or musical performance. It is mostly a video-based teaching resource for schools and…
Posted in Reviews, Subjects: Creative Arts, Subjects: Humanities Tagged with: databases, films, literature, music, theatre, videos
Rediscovering the “Pompey Messiah”
It was certainly one of those WOW moments: when he found something wonderful he wasn’t really expecting. “I was in Portsmouth Central Library”, principal lecturer Dr. George Burrows tells me, “trying to find something historic about music and Portsmouth I…
Free trial: Intellect art and architecture journals
We now have trial access to ten visual arts journals published by Intellect until 20th April 2017, all available here. Click below for access to sample content from individual titles: Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education Craft Research Critical Studies in…
Posted in Services, Subjects: Creative Arts Tagged with: architecture, art, CCI, crafts, illustration, news2017
Intellect visual arts journals free trial
Are you into Art? A comic aficionado? A self-confessed computer graphics nerd? None of the above but just enjoy pretty pictures? If you answered “maybe” to any of the above, this trial is for you! We now have trial access…
Intellect journals free trial
We are pleased to offer trial access to part of ten leading visual arts journals until 20th April 2017. Click on a journal below, click “View online”, and then look for the issues and articles marked with a blue square and an ‘F’…
Entertainment Industry Data
For those of you who enjoy watching films or listening to music you might be interested to know there is a database (owned by the Academic Rights Press) available through the University Library that holds film and music data from the…
Birkhauser: Building types Online
Birkhauser: Buildings Types Online We have started a free trial of a new database which will run until 18th November and is specifically for architecture students. Birkhauser provides a comprehensive online resource for the teaching and practice of architectural design…
Building Types Online free trial
We are delighted to inform you that we have a free trial of the Birkhäuser Building Types Online database until 18th November 2016. You can access the trial on campus or via VPN when working away from the University campus.…
Creative Arts Book of the Week: Special Guest Reviewer: Cat Askew
French Art Deco, Jared Goss, London: Thames and Hudson, 2014. I was invited by Greta to select a book of my choice (from Creative & Cultural Industries) and as I’m about to pick a topic for my Dissertation I thought…
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