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University of Gloucestershire Library Services

Design: Specialist resources

Resources for students on design courses

New resource: Statista

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Worldwide reports on a range of industries, including:

For example: Brands on social media - statistics & facts, Dec 2024

New resource: Pidgeon Digital

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Vogue

British Vogue - cover image

British Vogue

An archive of print copies going back over 60 years. Visit the collection in FCH library to see fashions, advertisements and designs of the past.

American Vogue

Access to a full archive online, searchable by designer, brand, photographer and more.

Specialist library resources

Market and industry research resources

Newspapers

Search for articles in national or regional newspapers, some going back to the 1980s.  

  • Useful for local responses to issues
  • Useful to see how different newspapers report on the same story
  • Contains text only, no images

For access to additional resources we strongly recommend that you join Gloucestershire public libraries, or your own local public library service. Membership in Gloucestershire will enable you to use Borrowbox which provides access to a wide range current newspaper and magazine sources in their original print layouts.  Other public libraries will have similar arrangements.

Researching in other subject areas - Technology, Business and Marketing

Depending on your research interests you may wish to explore the resources and guides provided for other courses.  For example there are a number of specialist journal resources available to support students in the areas of technology, business and marketing.

Useful websites and resources

Any list of useful weblinks will not be complete, and will quickly become out of date.  If you would like to recommend a website or would like to tell me about a broken link please contact me or fill in the form below.

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Oxford Art Online

Oxford Art Online

The Grove Art Online encyclopedia is the foremost scholarly art encyclopedia, updated regularly and covering global art and architecture from prehistory to present day.  It includes peer-reviewed articles contributed by nearly 7,000 scholars from around the world, accompanied by images, bibliographies, and links to additional resources.  Search by artist, medium, era or topic.