Online Resources and eBooks

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a-n The Artists Information Company

BA Fine ArtMA CurationMA Fine Art

a-n is an alternative insight into the visual arts, with fast-paced news, comment, debate.

NUA students can also sign up for an a-n student account where you will have access to an online community, career guidance, networking events, and job opportunities.

For details please visit the VLE.

E-Journals
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ACM Digital Library

BA AnimationBA Games Art and DesignBA VFXBSc Games DevelopmentBSc User Experience DesignMA Communication DesignMA Games

Search here for access to all Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) publications, including journals, conference proceedings, and papers of special interest groups. The search interface is easy to use and will bring back results across all the ACM content we have access to.

Key titles available from ACM include: ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems; Proceedings of the ACM on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques; Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics.

E-Journals
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Art & Architecture Source

BA ArchitectureBA Film and Moving Image ProductionBA Fine ArtBA Interior DesignBA PhotographyBA Textile DesignMA ArchitectureMA Communication DesignMA CurationMA Fine ArtMA Moving Image and SoundMA PhotographyMA Textile Design

Search here for articles from a variety of subjects including Art and Art History; Architecture; Graphics; Interior Design; Decorative Art; Commercial Art; and Film, TV and video.

E-Journals
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Art, Design and Architecture Collection

BA ArchitectureBA Design for PublishingBA Graphic CommunicationBA Graphic DesignBA IllustrationBA Interior DesignBA PhotographyBA Textile DesignMA ArchitectureMA Communication DesignMA Fine ArtMA PhotographyMA Textile Design

Search here for results from current publications in the fields of visual and applied arts. You can find material on Modern and Contemporary Art, Artists, and Movements; Architecture; Design; Crafts; Photography; and Art History.

TV, Video and Sound
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BFI Player

BA ActingBA AnimationBA Animation and Visual EffectsBA Film and Moving Image ProductionBSc User Experience DesignMA Moving Image and Sound

Stream new, cult and classic films – instant access to exceptional movies hand-picked for you by people with a passion for cinema. 

To create a new account follow the link and sign up using your university email address.

 

TV, Video and Sound
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Box of Broadcasts

BA ActingBA AnimationBA Animation and Visual EffectsBA ArchitectureBA Design for PublishingBA FashionBA Fashion Communication and PromotionBA Fashion Marketing and BusinessBA Film and Moving Image ProductionBA Graphic CommunicationBA Graphic DesignBA IllustrationBA Interior DesignBA PhotographyBA Textile DesignBA VFXBSc Games DevelopmentBSc User Experience DesignMA ArchitectureMA Communication DesignMA CurationMA FashionMA Fine ArtMA GamesMA Moving Image and SoundMA Performing Arts EnterpriseMA PhotographyMA Textile Design

BoB is an up to date television streaming service available to all students and staff. BoB allows you to view recently aired programmes from over 65 channels and there is a searchable archive of 2 million broadcasts. You can also record programmes aired in the last 30 days which will be stored on the service permanently, meaning you can watch them again and again. Best of all, you do not need a TV license to use this service.

This service is not available outside of the UK. You will need to register with BoB when you first try and access it.

Video resources to support accessing and using BoB are available on the VLE.

Maps and Images
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British Cartoon Archive

BA Design for PublishingBA Graphic CommunicationBA Graphic DesignBA IllustrationMA Communication Design

Access more than 200,000 cartoons dating back to 1904, including the entire Giles Collection.

Maps and Images
Access: Free Online

British Library Images

BA Design for PublishingBA Fine ArtBA Graphic CommunicationBA Graphic DesignBA IllustrationMA Communication DesignMA Fine Art

Over a million copyright-free images made available from the British Library archives. These include maps, geological diagrams, comic satire, illuminated and decorative letters, colourful illustrations, landscapes, wall-paintings and much more.

TV, Video and Sound
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British Library Sounds

BA Film and Moving Image ProductionBSc User Experience DesignMA Moving Image and Sound

Access to over 90,000 recordings from the British Library collections, which come from all over the world and cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds. Free for UK educational users.

TV, Video and Sound
Access: Free Online

British Pathe

BA Film and Moving Image ProductionMA Moving Image and Sound

85,000 historic cine-magazine and newsreel clips from 1910 to 1970.

E-Journals
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British Periodicals 1681-1939

BA ActingBA ArchitectureBA Design for PublishingBA Fine ArtBA Graphic CommunicationBA Graphic DesignBA IllustrationMA ArchitectureMA Communication DesignMA Fine Art

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.

E-Journals
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CIS (The Construction Information Service)

BA ArchitectureBA Interior DesignMA Architecture

The most comprehensive source of technical standards legislation and technical guidance for construction industry professionals.

Create your own account here: create new account

See the VLE page here for step by step details on how to create your new account: VLE

You can now log in with your new account here: https://cis.ihs.com/CIS/

NB once signed in, click your initials at the top right of the screen to navigate to “Guided tours” to help you use the site.

Maps and Images
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Digimap

BA Animation and Visual EffectsBA ArchitectureBA Interior DesignMA Architecture

Digimap is a database giving access to Ordnance Survey maps and map data, Arial photographs and Lidar data*, either to download for use with application software such as GIS or CAD, or as maps generated by Digimap itself. You will need to register using your NUA email to use this service.
* Lidar data is a very accurate model of the earth’s surface; this data is captured by firing very rapid laser pulses at the ground surface.

You need to register with Digimap when you use the resource for the first time.

A short video on how to use Digimap is available on the VLE.

 

TV, Video and Sound
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Digital Theatre +

BA Acting

Digital Theatre Plus is an immersive platform that brings contemporary theatre to life.

E-Books
TV, Video and Sound
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Drama Online

BA ActingBA Film and Moving Image ProductionMA Performing Arts Enterprise

Drama Online is a fast-growing study resource which now features over 3,350 playtexts from over 1,200 playwrights, over 400 audio plays, 365 hours of video, and 450 scholarly books from leading theatre publishers and companies, offering a complete multimedia experience of theatre.

E-Books
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Early European Books

BA Fine ArtBA Graphic CommunicationBA Graphic DesignBA IllustrationMA Communication DesignMA Fine Art

Early European Books traces the history of printing in Europe from its origins through to the close of the seventeenth century, offering full-colour, high-resolution facsimile images of rare and hard-to-access printed sources

TV, Video and Sound
Access: Free Online

East Anglian Film Archive

BA Film and Moving Image ProductionMA Moving Image and SoundMA Performing Arts Enterprise

The East Anglian Film Archive website includes over 200 hours of film from EAFA’s extensive collection. The collection itself is held at the Archive Centre at Norwich County Hall.

E-Books
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eBook Central

BA ActingBA Design for PublishingBA FashionBA Fashion Communication and PromotionBA Fashion Marketing and BusinessBA Film and Moving Image ProductionBA Fine ArtBA Games Art and DesignBA Graphic CommunicationBA Graphic DesignBA IllustrationBSc Games DevelopmentBSc User Experience DesignMA Communication DesignMA CurationMA FashionMA Fine Art

Search our huge database of titles covering a wide variety of topics. All titles are available so you can start reading straight away. A great source for research and learning more about historical and cultural contexts. You can read e-books online, or you can download them to Adobe Digital Editions (PC/Mac) or Bluefire (iOS/Android).

Information on how to download from eBook Central.

Maps and Images
Access: Free Online

Europeana

BA Fine ArtMA Fine Art

Portal to 50 million artworks, artefacts, books, videos and sounds from several major European art and music collections.

Maps and Images
Access: Free Online

firstVIEW

BA FashionBA Fashion Communication and PromotionBA Fashion Marketing and Business

The world’s largest fashion database and photo archive with over 4 million fashion photos, videos and more.

E-Journals
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Ingenta Connect

BA FashionBA Film and Moving Image ProductionBA Fine ArtBA Graphic CommunicationBA Graphic DesignBA IllustrationBA PhotographyMA Communication DesignMA CurationMA Fine ArtMA Moving Image and SoundMA Photography

Ingenta Connect is a hosting platform for a large number of academic journal titles. Search here for articles related to Visual Arts, Art Education, Film, Fashion and Communication. If the full text of the article you want is unavailable to download, please request it using the Item Request form.

Maps and Images
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John Johnson Collection

BA Design for PublishingBA Fine ArtBA Graphic CommunicationBA Graphic DesignBA IllustrationMA Communication DesignMA Fine Art

The John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera gives access to over 65,000 digitised documents in five main categories exploring everyday life from the 18th to the early 20th century : 19th-Century Entertainment; The Booktrade; Popular Prints; Crime; Advertising (See also VADS for major images from the collection).

E-Journals
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JSTOR: Arts and Sciences III

BA ArchitectureBA Design for PublishingBA Fine ArtBA Graphic CommunicationBA Graphic DesignBA IllustrationBSc User Experience DesignMA Communication DesignMA Fine Art

JSTOR is a hosting service which archives journals from across all disciplines. We have access to the Arts and Sciences III collection in full text which contains a large number of titles relating to Art, Architecture and Art History. For all other journals you find in JSTOR you will only be able to read the abstract, but if you want the full text you can request it using the Item Request form.

Maps and Images
Access: Free Online

NYPL Digital Gallery

BA Graphic CommunicationBA Graphic DesignBA PhotographyMA Communication DesignMA Photography

Free access to over 700,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library’s collections (including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs and more).

E-Books
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O'Reilly

BA Animation and Visual EffectsBA ArchitectureBA Design for PublishingBA FashionBA Fashion Communication and PromotionBA Fashion Marketing and BusinessBA Film and Moving Image ProductionBA Games Art and DesignBA Graphic CommunicationBA Graphic DesignBA IllustrationBA Interior DesignBA PhotographyBA Textile DesignBA VFXBSc Games DevelopmentBSc User Experience DesignMA Communication DesignMA FashionMA GamesMA Moving Image and SoundMA Textile Design

Access to over 21,000 technical e-books and videos to assist with IT and programming needs. Other areas include art and design with publishers like Laurence King included and books about well being too. Aimed specifically at Higher Education users with a interface that allows for personalising and comes with an app which is free to download.

Short videos on how to access and use O’Reilly are available on the VLE.

You can download an O’Reilly app to enable you to save material. Information on how to download the app is available.

E-Journals
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Oxford Journals Online

BA Design for PublishingBA Film and Moving Image ProductionBA Graphic CommunicationBA Graphic DesignBA IllustrationMA Communication DesignMA Moving Image and Sound

You can find abstracts for all Oxford University Press (OUP) journals here. You can access the journals ‘Journal of Design History’ and ‘Screen’ in full from this platform.

E-Journals
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Periodicals Archive Online

BA ActingBA ArchitectureBA Fine ArtMA ArchitectureMA Fine Art

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.

E-Journals
Access: Free Online

PressReader

Free to use with a Norfolk Libraries card. Access thousands of regular newspapers and magazines online (UK and worldwide coverage). Sign in for free with your Norfolk library card and PIN using the option for ‘library or group’. Free app with option to increase text size, translate into 17 languages or listen with the read aloud function.
Please note: free access is only available when signing up with your Norfolk library card and pin number. Signing in with a social media account will result in being charged for using this service.

E-Journals
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SAGE Journals Online

BA AnimationBA Animation and Visual EffectsBA Games Art and DesignBSc Games DevelopmentMA Games

Abstracts available for all Sage journals. You can access the journals ‘Animation’ and ‘Games and Culture’ in full from this platform.

E-Books
TV, Video and Sound
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Screen Studies

BA ActingBA Film and Moving Image ProductionMA Moving Image and SoundMA Performing Arts Enterprise

Screen Studies is a database of award-winning screenplays, critical and contextual books on film from the late nineteenth century to the present, and an interactive timeline of cinema history.

TV, Video and Sound
Access: On-Campus

Stash

BA AnimationBA Animation and Visual Effects

The Stash collection showcases exceptional motion design, VFX and animation projects and the people who create them. Over 5000 projects are available for streaming.
Access: on campus only. Click ‘login’ and then click the green ‘login’ button. You do not need to enter a username and password.

Maps and Images
TV, Video and Sound
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Subculture Archives

BA Design for PublishingBA FashionBA Fashion Communication and PromotionBA Fashion Marketing and BusinessBA Film and Moving Image ProductionBA Graphic CommunicationBA Graphic DesignBA IllustrationBA PhotographyMA Communication DesignMA FashionMA Performing Arts EnterpriseMA Photography

An educational & cultural research resource of primary sources exploring 100 years of youth culture through the scenes, styles, and sounds that forged them. From Rave, Punk, Rockabilly to Grime. From the world’s leading collection of youth culture history.

E-Journals
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Taylor & Francis Online

BA Design for PublishingBA FashionBA Fashion Communication and PromotionBA Fashion Marketing and BusinessBA Graphic CommunicationBA Graphic DesignBA IllustrationBA PhotographyBA Textile DesignMA Communication DesignMA Textile Design

Abstracts available for all Taylor and Francis journals. You will find that this platform contains a mix of full text and abstracts only – we have a subscriptions to a variety of titles including ‘Design Journal’, ‘Fashion Practice’, ‘Fashion Theory’, ‘Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice’ and ‘Photography and Culture’.

Maps and Images
Access: Free Online

Visual Arts Data Service

BA Design for PublishingBA FashionBA Graphic CommunicationBA Graphic DesignBA IllustrationBA Interior DesignBA Textile DesignMA Communication DesignMA FashionMA Textile Design

VADS includes 140,000 images (fashion, textiles, posters, prints and design artefacts) from over 50 diverse UK collections. Images are copyright-cleared for non-commercial educational use and personal research.

E-Books
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VLeBooks

BA ActingBA AnimationBA Animation and Visual EffectsBA ArchitectureBA Design for PublishingBA FashionBA Fashion Communication and PromotionBA Fashion Marketing and BusinessBA Film and Moving Image ProductionBA Fine ArtBA Games Art and DesignBA Graphic CommunicationBA Graphic DesignBA IllustrationBA Interior DesignBA PhotographyBA Textile DesignBA VFXBSc Games DevelopmentBSc User Experience DesignMA ArchitectureMA Communication DesignMA CurationMA FashionMA Fine ArtMA GamesMA Moving Image and SoundMA Performing Arts EnterpriseMA PhotographyMA Textile Design

You can find eBooks specifically bought for NUA students on VLeBooks.

Information on how to download VLeBooks.

E-Journals
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Vogue Archive

BA FashionBA Fashion Communication and PromotionBA Fashion Marketing and BusinessBA Textile DesignMA FashionMA Textile Design

A searchable archive of American Vogue, from the first issue in 1892 to the current month, reproduced in high-resolution color page images. Pages, advertisements, covers and fold-outs have been included, with rich indexing enabling researchers to find images by garment type, designer and brand names. The Vogue Archive preserves the work of the world’s greatest fashion designers, stylists and photographers and is a unique record of American and international fashion, culture and society from the dawn of the modern era to the present day.

Maps and Images
Access: Free Online

Wellcome Images

BA Design for PublishingBA Fine ArtBA Graphic CommunicationBA Graphic DesignBA IllustrationBA PhotographyMA Communication DesignMA Fine ArtMA Photography

Free low and high-res historical images from the Wellcome Library collections, including Tibetan Buddhist paintings, ancient Sanskrit manuscripts written on palm leaves, beautifully illuminated Persian books, and many detailed medical photographs inspiring in shape, colour and texture. Images free to reuse with attribution.