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We hold a selection of databases which contain full text and abstracts of e-journals. A full list of all our databases can be found on the Databases A-Z page. Key databases relevant for Architecture are listed below.

Databases for Architecture

• : offers access to over 170 illustrated art and design ebooks.
• : includes over 200 books focusing on studio design, technical detail, and professional practice.
• :  full text archive of 27 magazines in the fields of art and architecture from late 1800s to early 2000s. 
• : the key online resource for art and design. Includes access to hundreds of journals. Select Full Text under the search box, and for the most academic articles, select Peer-Reviewed.
• : supports research and scholarship in the areas of art, art history, women’s and gender studies, and visual culture.
• : an on-demand TV and radio service for education. This service allows students and staff to view, record, create clips and share broadcast programmes from over 60 TV and radio channels. 
• : a database of art images.
• : key technical information for construction projects. It includes fundamental industry information and legislation from over 400 national organisations including the British Standards Institute, the Chartered Institute of Building and the Institution of Structural Engineers as well as more general architecture ebooks.
• : all the guidance you need to reference resources in your academic work.
• : comprehensive global coverage of the history, theory and practice of crafts and design, including over 4,000 object images from worldwide design museums.
• : an online map and data delivery service offering a number of data collections, including Ordnance Survey, historical, geological and spatial data. Staff and students will need to authenticate using your BSU log-in, and then register individually to accept the terms and conditions for all 13 collections we have access to.
• : articles, company profiles, market research reports and case studies of businesses. Watch the  to get started using the database. We recommend using the Google Chrome browser to access Euromonitor. 
• : an international newspaper database and a good source of exhibition reviews and articles about artists.
• : the encyclopedia covers the work of women architects from over 135 countries, and their often-overlooked contributions across different times and geographies.
• : covers all aspects of human impact on the environment
• : art encyclopaedia.
• : images from museums and galleries around the world, as well as journal articles from over 1,000 journals, on a wide range of subjects.
• : a collection of feature films, short films and documentaries, free to stream. You can save clips and link to presentations.
• : the full version of this essential reference resource.
• : a data platform with forecasts on over 400 industries. It also features many thousands of reports on a wide range of subject areas.
• : WGSN Fashion and Insight provides forecasting, market intelligence and trend analysis for style, fashion and design, popular in industry. 

If you're looking for a particular e-journal title, use our . Note that a single e-journal title may be held in several different e-journal collections (databases). Here is just a selection of relevant e-journals for Architecture:

We also subscribe to print journals, which you can locate via the , including:

• Aesthetica
• Architectural Review
• Blueprint
• British Journal of Photography
• Collezioni
• Detail
• Domus
• Mark
• Mix
• Modernist
• Port
• Surface Design
• Vogue

• : database of international architecture.
• : advice, resources, and shared learning.
• : Images of artworks that are in public collections in the UK (over 3,200 public museums, art galleries, country houses, civic buildings and other institutions)
• : Access to good-quality images of artworks from galleries and museums around the world. These can be used for study purposes.
• : Profiling and supporting contemporary artists of the UK.
• : local council planning pages.
• : photographic image sources such as picture libraries and agencies.
• : building materials directory.
• : some free content but most of this database of buildings around the world is behind a paywall.
• : images and information from the Crafts Council, UK.
• - access to services provided by Flickr, Fotopedia, Google Images, international museums and more.
• : a resource for the planning and design of libraries.
• : Access to good-quality images of artworks from galleries and museums around the world. These can be used for study purposes.
• : international open access and peer-reviewed journal for artistic research from all disciplines.
• : digital historical mapping project 
• (was Copac): Many university research library catalogues in one place – search for books or journals here.
• : interactive mapping from UK Government data.
• : materials information and design resource.
• : materials information, useful for designers.
• : building materials directory.
• : open access map data.
• : Royal Institute of British Architects.
• 
  Search the entire Tate Gallery Collections.
• : product directory but USA suppliers only.
• : information about businesses involved in timber supply, design, build, and sustainability.
• : Thousands of images from the gallery's collections.
• : Visual Arts Data Service which provides access to good-quality images of artworks from galleries and museums around the world. These can be used for study purposes.
• : Artworks and photographs from the library at the Wellcome Institute, reflecting its interest in health and medicine.

for video tutorials on how to use Library resources.

Inter-Library Loans for an article or book that we don’t have access to, apply for a copy from a non Bath Spa Library here.

for free, open access online books.

for free open access textbooks in most subjects.

for free, open access online journals.

for research repository content at universities (JISC).

for theses and dissertations (EBSCO).

 A scheme which allows many university library users to borrow or use books and journals at other libraries which belong to the scheme; it covers most of the university libraries in the UK and Ireland.