Urban Design - Research independently

Search Discovery for resources relating to the Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries.

Search across all subject areas.

A variety of reference works, including dictionaries, which tutors may well prefer to Wikipedia, and it even tells you how to set out a reference to what you find. Try out the 'Mind Map' option to see how your keyword links to others - useful for essay planning and dissertation work (use the arrow next to Basic Search to get to it).

Search more than 600 reference books at once.  Results include definitions, longer explanations and images.  The Concept Map feature is useful for essay planning.

A virtual reference resource relating to all aspects of the visual arts.  It includes links to images and other useful features such as history of art timelines.

The most trusted source about words in English, containing definitions, plus very detailed word histories.

An ebook collection covering fashion & textiles, design & illustration, photography, architecture & interiors and more. Explore key topics as well as search and browse books.

An ebook collection which you can search or browse by topic. Topics include place, period, style, peoples & culture. The collection includes Sir Banister Fletcher's Global History of Architecture.

Contains full text books in many subject areas.

The full text of thousands of books published in Britain from 1475 to 1900. This collection comprises Early English Books Online (EEBO) and Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO), plus nineteenth century books from the British Library collection.