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39 Databases found for Architecture

Architecture Databases

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A fully searchable collection of high-quality ebooks in the humanities which have been reviewed and recommended by scholars. The Project is a collaboration of 12 learned societies, 95 publishers and librarians at the University of Michigan's Scholarly Publishing Office.
Art Full Text is a comprehensive resource for art information featuring full-text articles from more than 300 periodicals dating back to 1995, high-quality indexing and abstracting of over 600 periodicals dating as far back as 1984, including 280 peer-reviewed journals, as well as indexing and abstracting of over 13,000 art dissertations. Indexing of almost 200,000 art reproductions provides examples of styles and art movements, including works by emerging artists. The database covers fine, decorative and commercial art, folk art, photography, film, and architecture, and also includes a database-specific thesaurus. Topics covered include art history & criticism, architecture & architectural history, archaeology, antiques, museum studies, graphic arts, industrial design, landscape architecture, interior design, folk art, painting, photography, pottery, sculpture, decorative arts, costume design, television and video, motion pictures, advertising art, non-western art, textiles and much more.
This database is a specialist bibliography for the study of modern and contemporary art. Covers all art forms, from painting, sculpture and photography to video, body art and graffiti. Full abstracts and indexing from the late 1960s onwards.
The Arts & Humanities Database features hundreds of titles covering Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies. This ProQuest full-text journal database has been created to complement the CSA Illumina portfolio of Arts and Humanities databases. Subscribers to any of these databases - including ARTBibliographies Modern, Design and Applied Arts Index, British Humanities Index, MLA International Bibliography and Philosopher's Index amongst others - can link directly from citations in these indexes to the corresponding full-text articles.From its launch in April 2008, the database will grow to include significant new titles in the visual and applied arts. When complete, it will contain at least 500 titles, all of them indexed in one or more of the Arts and Humanities databases. Titles include both scholarly peer-reviewed journals and selected trade and consumer titles relevant to applied arts and cultural studies, and the subject strengths of the collection will be: Art, design, crafts and photography; Archaeology, anthropology and classical studies; Architecture, interior design and urban planning; History, philosophy, geography and religion; Modern languages and literatures; Music, theatre, film and cultural studies. The contents reflect the full interdisciplinarity of contemporary study in the arts and humanities, with the inclusion of selected titles from related fields that are also covered by these indexes, such as ethnic and area studies, politics, economics and women's studies.

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BoB (Box of Broadcasts) is an innovative shared online off-air TV and radio recording service for UK higher and further education institutions. The academically-focused BoB system allows staff and students, at subscribing institutions, to record programmes from over 75 free-to-air channels; and search our archive of over 2.2 million broadcasts. Users can create a modern and engaging learning experience that meets the expectations of students, with a reliable and academically focused archive of programmes. BoB is currently used by over 120 universities and colleges to enhance teaching and learning. With BoB you can: Access 2.2 million broadcasts dating back to the 1970s; Record from over 75 free-to-air channels; Create your own playlists, clips and clip compilations; Search programme transcripts and subtitles; Embed content in VLEs and share on social media; One-click citation for easy academic referencing; Available on all devices; Fully accessible by all staff and students; Access content from: BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Four, ITV, Channel 4, Film4 and more, plus 10 foreign language channels: Italian, French and German, and BBC Shakespeare Archive content dating back to the 1950s.
This database provides access to the searchable full text of hundreds of periodicals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth, comprising millions of high-resolution facsimile page images. Topics covered include literature, philosophy, history, science, the social sciences, music, art, drama, archaeology and architecture.
The service provides access to a range of BSRIA online resources including IBSEDEX, a database of over 75,000 abstracts relating to building services and construction, and technical publications back to 1998.

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Developed by IHS Markit and NBS, the Construction Information Service (CIS) is an online tool to quickly access current regulations, construction standards, technical advice and industry news on building, engineering, design and construction processes in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Updated weekly, the CIS offers a powerful search engine to find authoritative information for every stage of the construction lifecycle from design and completion to operation and ongoing use. Easy-to-use search filters allow you to query 26,000+ documents including full text copies of British standards, CIBSE documents, and technical data from 500+ publishers and more. This CIS enables you to: Ensure design compliance and sustainability; Innovate designs and construction methods; Support construction lifecycle from start to completion; Complete projects accurately and on time; Keep pace with new technological advances. Provides full text access to standards, regulatory and advisory documents for the UK construction industry. Information can be found by document number, document title, series, or issuing body.

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De Gruyter online provides access to a variety of digital products covering the humanities, social sciences, STM, law and others. Their online databases provide comprehensive access to primary sources, text collections, reference works, and bibliographies across their entire subject catalogue.
The most comprehensive maps and geospatial data available in UK Higher and Further Education. Digimap enables users to view, annotate and print maps from a variety of geospatial data providers

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Ebook Central brings content from virtually every publisher into one unified experience so students and faculty can quickly learn the platform and easily discover and use the ebook content they need. The Digital Rights Management (DRM) restrictions on each e-book restrict the amount of content that you can print and copy when you read an ebook online. Printing is restricted to 20% of each ebook, and copying 5%. Similar restrictions apply when you read ebooks offline.
Provides the full-text of thousands recently-published books from selected academic and commercial publishers, as well as the full-text of a large number of older works in the public domain. Includes access to eBook Open Access (OA) Collection, created in collaboration with university presses and scholarly OA publishers such as University of Michigan Press, Taylor & Francis and Temple University Press this is a highly curated collection that provides libraries and end users with choice and access to a large selection of discoverable, DRM-Free content.
EThOS is the UK's national thesis service which aims to maximise the visibility and availability of the UKs doctoral research theses. EThOS aims to provide a national aggregated record of all doctoral theses awarded by UK Higher Education institutions and free access to the full text of as many theses as possible for use by all researchers. There are approximately 440,000 records relating to theses awarded by over 120 institutions, of which around 160,000 are available as full text. Requests for many of the remainder can be ordered for scanning through the EThOS digitisation-on-demand facility. You can download digitised PhD theses from across the UK for free once you have registered on the website. Records are held for all UK PhD-awarding institutions, but EThOS does not yet hold all records for all institutions. This is constantly updated as more theses, including University of Manchester outputs from March 2013, are submitted solely in electronic form.

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Available via Digimap. This service provides access to the Landmark historic map collection.
Humanities Abstracts provides detailed indexing for almost 700 periodicals within the humanities area.

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Construction Information Service is available via Info4Education.
Created by Industrial Quick Search (IQS), IQS Directory is a FREE, comprehensive listing of manufacturers and suppliers serving major segments of the OEM industrial manufacturing marketplace across the United States and Canada. Industrial engineers and buyers rely on IQS Directory to specify products within a series of categories and buy products directly from manufacturers. IQS Directory offers numerous distinct advantages over Google, Bing, and other general search engines: very targeted search results powered by five technology patents; detailed manufacturer descriptions including contact details, website links, RFQs, and customer reviews; visual supplier previews available directly within search results; and searching by targeted geographic region. Founded in the year 2000, IQS Directory became known as a leading "search engine aggregator" --aimed at both optimizing the content of manufacturers' website content for indexing purposes and buying keywords to drive premium search engine results.

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Used by millions for research, teaching, and learning. With more than a thousand academic journals and over one million images, letters, and other primary sources, JSTOR is one of the world's most trusted sources for academic content.

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Platform offering instant access to over 1,800 books and journals across the humanities and social sciences published by Manchester University Press. Grouped in themed collections with Manchester Shakespeare and Manchester Literature Studies of particular relevance

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Grove Art Online is available via Oxford Art Online. This database provides access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art, and The Oxford Companion to Western Art.

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Periodicals Archive Online is a major archive that makes the backfiles of scholarly periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences available electronically, providing access to the searchable full text of hundreds of titles. The database spans more than two centuries of content, 37 key subject areas, and multiple languages and provides users with access to a growing collection of key journals in the humanities and social sciences. Currently, Periodicals Archive Online contains over 700 journals comprising more than 3 million articles and 15 million article pages. Periodicals Archive Online continues to add new titles, to give undergraduate and graduate students, university faculty and libraries access to a growing collection of key journals in the humanities and social sciences.
Project MUSE promotes the creation and dissemination of essential humanities and social science resources through collaboration with libraries, publishers, and scholars worldwide. Forged from a partnership between a university press and a library, Project MUSE is a trusted part of the academic and scholarly community it serves. Project MUSE offers complete, full-text versions of scholarly journals and books from many of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies. MUSE provides access to a growing list of scholarly open access content.
ProQuest databases provides a single source for scholarly journals, newspapers, reports, working papers, and datasets along with millions of pages of digitized historical primary sources and more than 450,000 ebooks. Provides online access to an extensive collection of full-text articles from journals across a wide range of subject areas, including business, education, literature, political science, social science, biological science, technology, engineering and psychology. User interface available in Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, and Turkish.
Searchable and browsable database of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day. It also offers full text for graduate works added since 1997, along with selected full text for works written prior to 1997. It contains a significant amount of new international dissertations and theses both in citations and in full text. Designated as an official offsite repository for the U.S. Library of Congress, PQDT Global offers comprehensive historic and ongoing coverage for North American works and significant and growing international coverage from a multiyear program of expanding partnerships with international universities and national associations.

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This web site provides access to information on urban design. RUDI commissions, researches and creates materials and also re-publishes documents contributed by professional and government bodies, practitioners, academics and community organizations.

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Knowledge Workspace is IHS Markit's new and improved platform for OHSIS and Specify-it. Using advanced technology that connects content from over 500 publishing organisations, Knowledge Workspace enables users to keep up-to-date with regulatory demands and the ever-changing legislation and regulated environments. Harnessing the Power of Advanced Technology: Knowledge Workspace is a breakthrough solution that overlays current documents covering legislation, regulations, guidance, standards, and best practices with analytical problem-solving capabilities, quickly surfacing precise answers amongst the disparate data and accelerating decision-making.

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Taylor & Francis Online brings together over 2,700 journals, including the worlds largest program of Social Science and Humanities journals published by Routledge; cutting-edge theoretical and applied Science, Technology and Medicine content from Taylor & Francis; and CogentOA, a suite of broad-spectrum open access journals. Journals on this platform support open access and more traditional subscription routes to publication. Taylor & Francis Online is a single destination platform for all our academic, science, technology, engineering and medicine e-Book content. This platform is designed with our customers in mind. Through a single destination, our patrons will be able to access award-winning content to support their specific needs with the ability to browse the rich-content and authoritative resources available, allowing librarians to build specific collections which best fit their patron needs and institutional budgets. Taylorfrancis.com has been built using extensive user feedback to ensure that it fulfills the needs of our customers from search, to content access, to reporting and analysis. We believe that the platform delivers at every level, ensuring our patrons can access content to support their own needs.
A comprehensive source of information on the use and specification of timber and wood products in construction. This includes TRADA Information Sheets, Technical information, Building Regulations and case studies.

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This database includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to urban studies, including urban affairs, commnunity development, urban history, and other areas of key importance to the discipline. The index contains more than 51,600 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline.
This collection includes the full text of 34 peer-reviewed journals published by Sage and participating societies.

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Web of Science Core Collection provides access to the world's leading citation databases. Authoritative, multidisciplinary content covers journals worldwide, including Open Access journals and conference proceedings. Includes current and retrospective coverage in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, with coverage to 1900. All cited references for all publications are fully indexed and searchable. Search across all authors and all author affiliations.Track citation activity with Citation Alerts. See citation activity and trends graphically with Citation Report.Use Analyze Results to identify trends and publication patterns.
Access online journals, books, and other resources from John Wiley & Sons, including content from the key imprints Wiley-Blackwell, Wiley-VCH, Jossey-Bass, and from hundreds of scholarly and professional societies. Wiley Online Library offers seamless access in a flexible and easy to use research environment. Register for content alerts and RSS feeds to keep current with the latest published research in your subject area.

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Zetoc is a current awareness service which allows users to be emailed a table of contents from particular journals or receive details of articles which match some pre-defined criteria such as an author's name or keywords from the title. The newly funded ZETOC service provides Z39.50-compliant access to the British Library's Electronic Table of Contents (ETOC). The database contains details of approximately 20,000 current journals and 16,000 conference proceedings published per year. With almost 15 million article and conference records, the database covers every imaginable subject in science, technology, medicine, engineering, business, law, finance and the humanities. The database covers the years from 1993 to date and is updated daily. A list of journal titles covered by the database is available. Copies of all the articles and conference papers listed on the database are available from the British Library's Document Supply Centre in Yorkshire.
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