Recommended for: Architecture news, Buildings study Industry analysis, Business intelligence
Find the latest news, building studies, expert opinion, cultural analysis and business intelligence from the UK architecture industry. Our subscription also provides access to the Buildings Library of project data and drawings.
Access
You must register for an account to Architect's journal using your Manchester Metropolitan University email address. This process works both on and off campus.
The registration page for institutional access is the same as the registration page for free guest access. However, if you register on this page using a Manchester Met email you will register under our institutional access.
Each page of the website has a sign in button. Clicking this button offers options to sign in (if already registered), register, or create an account. If you haven't already registered and get to this page, go back to the Manchester Met registration page via the url above
Description
Keeps you up to date with the latest news, building studies, expert opinion, cultural analysis and business intelligence from the UK architecture industry. Our subscription also provides access to the Buildings Library; a library of more than 2,500 projects. Each project has photos, project data and drawings for you to download and use in practice.
Recommended for: Bibliographic information RecordsAbstracts
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Description
An extensive guide to published writing on British and Irish history, including the history of British and Irish relations with the rest of the world and British and Irish domestic history. Includes over 594,000 records, including books, articles in journals and articles within collective volumes. Updated three times a year.
Full text availability
Indexing and abstracting service. Links out to full text where available.
Recommended for: Books
eBooks on visual arts, combining visual inspiration with practical advice.
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Description
Full-text eBooks on fashion and textiles, design and illustration, photography, film and animation, marketing and advertising, architecture and interiors
A million pages of documents drawn from the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS) and complementary materials from UK libraries and archives.
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Description
WDA: BAAS includes reports; fieldnotes, correspondence and diaries; grey literature; photographs, artwork and illustrations; journal manuscripts; photographs; proceedings, lectures, and ephemera.
The collection spans a wide variety of interdisciplinary research areas, and supports educational needs in a broad range of subjects and disciplines including the History of Science, Life Sciences; Physical Sciences; Mathematics; Engineering; Area Studies; Colonial, Post-Colonial & Decolonisation Studies; Development Studies; Environmental Degradation; Historical Sociology; Geology; International Relations; Trade and Commerce, and Law and Policy relating to Science.
Recommended for: Film and documentaries
World cinema, documentaries and independent film. Playback of films works with Google Chrome, Edge and Mozilla Firefox browsers. Not compatible with IE browser.
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Log in with your University username and password. Help with using the app. You need to create a Kanopy account first and then use the Add my library to link to Manchester Met.
Description
Also includes some instructional films and lessons.
Use the More option to create clips, add to a playlist and view transcripts.
No option to download, streaming service only. BBC videos are not included in this resource.
Full text availability
Some content, not available in the UK has the note Sorry this video is not available in your territory.
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Membership to the service is prioritised for those studying MA Publishing who will be provided with a specific username and password. Please contact library@mmu.ac.uk if you are not a Publishing student but would benefit from access.
Recommended for:Sales statistics for the UK consumer book market.
Description
Nielsen BookScan collects point-of-sale data from more than 25,000 stores worldwide, providing author and title sales, bestseller charts and market share data in 11 territories: the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, India, South Africa, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Mexico and Poland.
Recommended for: ebooks Videos Case studies
Ebooks, videos and case studies on many aspects of computing and programming, engineering, chemistry, mathematics and physics.
Access
At the O'Reilly institution log in page, select "Not listed? Click here" at the top of the drop down list.
On the next page enter your university email address to access the database.
Select "Got it!", and you will be taken into the O'Reilly database.
Illustrated instructions of the log in process can be found in our "How do I access O'Reilly?" FAQ.
Description
Find ebooks, videos, playlists and case studies on all aspects of computing and programming.
Recommended for: Journal articles
French-language scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences
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Open access
Description
Persée is a digital library of 277 open access, mostly French-language scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences, established by the Ministry of National Education of France. The website launched in 2005 and is maintained by the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, French National Centre for Scientific Research, and University of Lyon.
Recommended for: Talks on architecure
Talks by world leading members of the architectural profession are shown as online presentations, which are fully searchable for use by the wider architecture and built environment community. This is a temporary resource, available until February 2021.
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Description
Watch 260+ talks on architecture made by leading architects over five decades
Recommended for: Journal articles Primary sources Interview recordings Online database of pop music writing and audio interviews
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Description
Comprehensive online collection of primary source full-text music and mainstream press articles and exclusive audio interviews. Coverage from 1950s to present.
Recommended for: eBooks
Two bespoke eBook packages in the subject areas of Sport and Linguistics
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To access the handbooks off campus:
Click Sign in via Shibboleth button
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Description
Two bespoke eBook packages are available to Manchester Metropolitan in the disciplines of Sport and Linguistics.These authoritative guides to theory and method are fully searchable and contain overviews of both classic and current research. Content is available in HTML and PDF format.
Recommended for: Journal articles Primary sources Women’s interest magazines from the late 19th Century - 2005
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Description
Backfiles of leading women’s interest magazines from the late 19th Century through to 2005. Useful for research in history, social history, economics & marketing, fashion, politics, gender studies and media & popular culture.
Full text availability
Manchester Met users have access to Women's Magazine I. Articles are full text.
