Art and design blog

I hope you’re settling into the academic year well.

Through the Library we have lots of lovely resources to help you with your studies and research. An excellent place to start is to explore our Library Essentials Guide. 

Here you can find all the basics about the library including things like booking yourself onto a library tour to explore our facilities, how to do printing, learning how to use books, ebooks and journals, and so much more. 

How about sitting down with a cuppa and reading up on all we have to get you off to a good start for this academic year. 

Welcome - I’m Suzie Williams and I am your Academic Liaison Librarian.

I work with your lecturers to ensure we have the right resources for you in the University Library (in print and online) and help you to develop the skills to use these resources when doing research for your assignments.

We have lots of help and support available to you whatever your experience has been of using libraries elsewhere.

Here are 3 things you can do to get started with using the library.

• Pop into our library buildings to have a look around to explore our great study spaces. Most of the print resources for your subjects are in the Library@DavidGoldman and St Peter's Library so I recommend you start exploring there.
• Book yourself onto a library tour with one of our friendly staff/
• Explore your Library Subject Guide, specially designed for you - Art and Design Library Subject Guide.

I am looking forward to meeting you - do say hello if you see me on campus!

Through our Sage Catalyst subscription, we have access to a range of books on research methods.

Log in to Sage Catalyst and select 'Research Methods and Evaluation'.

Titles include:

• An adventure in statistics
• Evaluating research
• How to do your research project
• Information visualisation
• Introduction to research methods
• Research design
• Visual methodologies
• and so many more

Head online, login and happy reading!

Through our Sage Catalyst subscription, we have access to a range of ebooks on study skills.

Titles include:

• Your Guide to Wellbeing at University
• The Essential Guide to Building Your Argument
• From Wellbeing to Welldoing
• Be a Brilliant Dyslexic Student
• Essential Study Skills
• Productivity and Publishing
• How to Think
• Create Your Research Poster
• and much more....

Head online, login and get reading!

The University of Sunderland Library Services web site brings you a new feature called 'Collections', which replaces our monthly new book lists for all subject areas.

Previously, our new book lists have been included within our Library Reading Lists web page, and have been a way to showcase new title purchases over the academic year. These reading lists which were updated monthly reflected the continuing development of our library collections as subject areas evolve.

Collections are embedded into our Library Search, which brings with it new features that will prove useful to students and staff looking to make use of our latest titles, including the ability to pin both the collection and individual books to your 'My Favourites' within your library account.

New book collections are continuously updated as new titles are purchased, meaning you are able to view our latest titles as soon as they are available. We hope that you find Collections a useful addition to our library services.

Visit this link to access the New Books Collection for the Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries now. 

Let's have an explore on resources about women artists.

Art UK have an interesting selection of articles:

• Female artists and flowers
• Fighting for emancipation: women artists 1910-1919
• Pioneering, modernist and radical: five female artists you should know
• Shining a light on women sculptors in Britain
• Women artists of the 1920s: politics, progress and pushback

Now let's explore our own library collection for perspectives on the subject:

• Female body
• Feminist art
• Women as artists

Now go and explore Library Search for women artists that you are interested in.

Are you a student interested in developing your skills in academic writing, critical reflection, managing stress and much more?

Are you a member of academic staff wanting to develop your module reading lists to include resources on study skills?

Explore our new Study Skills book collection which pulls together books on many different aspects of study skills.

The Library subscribes to the following print art and design journals and magazines.

Using these publications in your research is an excellent way to expand your understanding and knowledge of your subject.

• 3D World (St Peter's Library)
• British Journal of Photography (Library@DavidGoldman)
• Character Design Quarterly (St Peter's Library)
• Edge (St Peter's Library)
• Frieze (St Peter's Library)
• ImagineFX (St Peter's Library)
• Pressing Matters (St Peter's Library)

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 streaming service. The University Library subscribes to this resources so that our staff and students have access to BoB’s archive. It also gives the ability to record upcoming programmess over 65 free-to-air channels from the UK and beyond.

This series of short videos will help you get the most out of this resource for your studies and research including:

• How to access and search BoB.
• Using the programme guide.
• Using your own personal area of BoB.
• How to make a playlist and clips.
• How to request a programme.

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.

The Library has a subscription to the print version of this magazine which can be found in the Library@DavidGoldman.

Happy reading!