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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:...

IBISWorld

Access to music industry data

The Library subscribes to a database called IBISWorld. It contains company information providing industry intelligence that analyses the environment of over 400 UK industries. Each industry report provides detailed performance data and analysis on...

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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...

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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...

Secure collection of art resources

Secure collection of art resources

Located on the lower level of the Murray Library, the Secure Collection is made up of precious resources including artists books, special editions, rare art books and signed copies. Items can be used for...

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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...

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Resource spotlight on music books

This week we are spotlighting recent book additions to our music collection: Hidalgo (2022) Dance music spaces: clubs, clubbers and DJs navigating authenticity, branding and commercialism. Hodges (2019) Music in the human experience: an...

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Spotlight on new photography books

This week we are highlighting photography books that we have recently bought for the library: Golaz (2022) Cyanotype toning: using botanicals to tone blueprints naturally. Graham (2021) A1 – The Great North Road. MacDowall...