LibGuides: International College Dundee: Art & Design Pathway

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Welcome to your Subject Guide for ICD students on the Art & Design Pathway.

Use the boxes below to find resources for Art & Design.

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Key Resources in Art & Design

Art bibliographies Modern
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This database is the only specialist index available for the study of modern and contemporary art. Covers all art forms, including fine art, digital art, crafts, design and photography. Indexes art journals published from the late 1960s onwards.

For off-campus access login with your University of Dundee username and password.
Art Full Text
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Art Full Text indexes journals covering fine, decorative and commercial art, both historical and contemporary. Full text articles are included from 1997, abstracts from 1994

For off campus access select the UK Higher Education group, then University of Dundee and sign in using your University of Dundee username and password
Box of Broadcasts
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COVID-19 BoB have advised that UK based students who have now returned to EU countries will maintain access to BoB until the end of July 2020. BoB (Box of Broadcasts) from Learning On Screen is an innovative shared online off-air Television and radio recording service.

For off campus access, Sign In, select home institution University of Dundee, then sign in using you University of Dundee username and password.
LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com)
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Online video training resource that covers many software packages and subject disciplines such as Business, 3D Animation, 3D Drawing, 3D Printing, CAD, Design Techniques, Education, Photography, Video, and Web Design

Login with your University of Dundee username and password.
Material Connexion
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This is an online database of new materials and processes which includes over 7000 innovative materials in various categories, covering disciplines such as interior design, industrial design, product design, textiles and architecture. Entries include a description of the material, properties and the manufacturer contact details.
To register for access if you are on-campus use the link above to take you to the Material ConneXion database, click on 'Log In' in the top right hand corner, then follow the prompts in the pop-up-box to create your own account. Use your '@dundee.ac.uk' e-mail address and note your MC password should be at least 8 characters long, and include at least one letter and one number. For off-campus access see below

To register for access if you are off-campus please go to https://www.materialconnexion.online/database/customer/account/register?SID=v73ip286hr53umfatu0sd81203 and enter Registration Key MgdHh1600875794 and you must use your '@Dundee.ac.uk' e-mail address to register

Material ConneXion - U. of Dundee - Database Getting Started Guide
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Material Connexion - A database of new materials and processes which includes over 7000 innovative materials in various categories covering disciplines such as interior design, industrial design, product design, textiles and architecture.

Personal accounts are free for University of Dundee students and staff - Use the Material ConneXion database highlighted link above to access, then follow the on screen prompts, or refer to the PDF "Material ConneXion - U. of Dundee - Database Getting Started Guide" for help logging in, or creating your account. Use your '@dundee.ac.uk' e-mail address and note your MC password should be at least 8 characters long, and include at least one letter and one number. If you have previously created an account with Material ConneXion, then sign in with your University of Dundee e-mail address and your Material ConneXion password.

Here are some video links to help you use the Material ConneXion Database, plus their latest 'Live Quarterly Materials Reviews' via YouTube:

Structural Electronics 1st July 2016, New Manufacturing 21st Sept 2016, & Extreme Materials 12th Jan 2017.

Materi al ConneXion Library Tour

Using Material ConneXion’s Database

Material Insight: Wood-Skin

Material Insight: Architected Lattice

Oxford Reference online
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Oxford Reference is an online reference database, spanning 25 different subject areas, bringing together 2 million digitized entries across Oxford University Press’s Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias

For off campus access select "Login with Athens/Access Management Federation", find University of Dundee and login with username and password.

Artcyclopedia 9,000 artists listed, 2,900 art sites indexed,160,000 links.

Nexis
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Includes online UK and international newspapers. To find Financial Times (London) content, go to Search and select Power Search. In the box showing 'Enter search terms and connectors" type in the following [this example is looking for items on Brexit]:
PUBLICATION(“financial times”) and Brexit

Sign in with University of Dundee username and password.

New Books

Artrage! : the story of the BritArt revolution by Elizabeth Fullerton
Call Number: 7(42)-19/20-
ISBN: 9780500239445
Publication Date: 2016-06-07
BP portrait award 2016 by National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain)
Call Number: 753.3 NAT
ISBN: 9781855147355
Publication Date: ©2016
Edward Burtynsky: essential elements by Edward Burtynsky; William A. Ewing; Joshua Schuster
Call Number: f77 (71) BUR
ISBN: 9780500544617
Publication Date: 2016-10-18
International Entrepreneurship in the Arts by Lidia Varbanova
Call Number: 750.7 VAR
ISBN: 9781138844353
Publication Date: 2016-10-06
Women of Abstract Expressionism by Joan Marter; Gwen F. Chanzit; Robert Hobbs; Ellen G. Landau; Susan Landauer; Irving Sandler (Other Primary Creator)
Call Number: 702.4 WOM
ISBN: 9780300208429
Publication Date: 2016-06-14

A selection of books added to Duncan of Jordanstone Library from September 2016 - January 2017

Hover over the lower edge of the book cover to see the title/author details and select to view in Library Search, then sign in to view availability and location of print texts and if available as an e-book, access full text.

Inter-Library Loans

You can apply for a free inter-library loan (ILL) when you need a book, journal or journal article not held in our collection. We will do our best to source it from another library on your behalf.

Inter-library loans
Find out more about our inter-library loan service, including how to place a request.

NEWS UPDATE

Talwin Morris Book Designer (1865-1911), book covers
One of the world’s largest collections of work by Glasgow Style designer Talwin Morris has been launched online by the Visual Arts Data Service (VADS) for free use in education and research.
VADS: The National Inventory of Continental European Paintings'
The Visual Arts Data Service (VADS) at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) has released over 1300 newly researched records of old master paintings.
The 1,306 paintings, which come from four of the UK’s most important regional collections, have been made freely available online as part of the National Inventory of Continental European Paintings (‘NICE Paintings’).