How to use Newsstream for newspaper research
There are many reasons you might need to do research in a newspaper archive. You might be interested in how an event was reported in London versus Glasgow vs New York. You might be...
Tagged: Arts & Design
Creative Lives talks 2023 – come and join us
Our Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries Creative Lives talks offer many examples of how creative professionals live, work and thrive in the arts and creative industries. You will gain an insight into the creative...
Box of Broadcasts help videos
How are you getting on with using Box of Broadcasts? Isn’t it a brilliant resource?! For anyone who hasn’t discovered it yet, Box of Broadcasts (often know as BoB) is an on-demand TV & radio...
British Journal of Photography – now in Library@David Goldman
This week we are featuring a key journal in photography – the British Journal of Photography. Journals are an excellent source of research material as they are where you’ll find recently published research and ideas....
Resource spotlight on photography
This week we are shining a spotlight on resources we have recently purchased for photography: Cook (2020) Instagram rules: the essential guide to building brands, business and community Gunter (2022) Psychology of the selfie:...
Spotlight on glass and ceramic books
This week we are focusing on glass and ceramics books we have recently bought for the library: Eekhout (2022) Glass design innovations in architecture Greenhalgh (2021) Ceramic art and civilisation Skelly (2022) Skin crafts:...
Industry resources for Fashion
Naomi Austin, one of our Senior Lecturers in Fashion at the University of Sunderland, recommends two of our library databases to her fashion students. “I’d recommend IBISWorld for industry data on the fashion industry...
New books in art, design and performing arts
This week we are highlighting medley of new books bought for the Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries! Adams (2020) Graphic design rules: 365 essential design dos and donts Ganzl and Findlay (2022) The...
Spotlight on art books
This week we are highlighting books recently bought for our art collection: Beckman (2022) New arts entrepreneur: navigating the arts ecologies Garrido Castellano (2021) Art activism for an anticolonial future Martinez (2022) Ethnographic experiments...
Get the most out of your library service: “Key resources” pages
Help to get the most out of your library service here at the University of Sunderland: Key Resources for your subject. Key Resources pages are available for subjects taught at the University of Sunderland....
Get the most out of your library service: Book a study room
Hello! This is the first in a series of posts to help you get the most out of your library service here at the University of Sunderland. As it's the beginning of term I...
Resource spotlight on design books
This week we are highlighting resources on design that we have recently bought for the library: Brunet (2022) Comic book women Busch (2022) Making trouble: design and material activism Fullerton-Batten (2021) Looking out from...
Top tips for referencing
Here are hints and tips to help you get going with your referencing for your assignments. Cite Them Right tutorial – Whether you are new to Cite Them Right and referencing, or need a...
Finding book chapters on your topic
Sometimes you might do a search for books on your topic on the Library Search and not find very many - this can happen when you have narrowed down a topic quite a lot....
Resource spotlight on photography books
This week we are focusing on photography books we have recently bought for the library: Fullerton-Batten (2021) Looking out from within Jones (2022) Visual culture and the forensic: culture, memory, ethics Murray (2022) Visual...