Abstracts of literature related to the preservation and conservation of material cultural heritage, including works of art, material culture, and archaeological and architectural sites and materials.
Comprehensive tool for research in architecture, urban design, historic preservation, and urban planning history.
Archive of important scholarly journals. Core resource. Accessibility statement for JSTOR.
Catalogue of items held by the library of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
Combining content from Sage books, journals, case studies, datasets and references works to help users explore methods concepts when designing research projects, conduct research, and write up findings. Access to all areas including Datasets and Doing Research Online. Some video contents is available - refine by 'Available to me'. Foundations content is now included. Accessibility statement for SAGE Research Methods.
Information source for scientific, technical, and health research. Contains full-text scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters from nearly 3,800 journals and more than 35,000 books. Accessibility statement for ScienceDirect.
See the LibrarySkills@UCL guide to Scopus. Multi-disciplinary database containing references to journal articles, conference proceedings, trade publications, book series and web resources. Please use IE 8 or higher, Google Chrome or Firefox browsers.
Access for UCL students and staff only. Contact the e-resources team to request a licence. Licences are initially for 1 week and may be reassigned after this depending on demand. Access includes SDC Platinum deal-making data add-on, to access SDC data, type SDC in the top search bar
Collection of over 5,000 images of buildings and cities drawn from across time and throughout the world, available to students, researchers and educators on the web.
Database of more than 35,000 architectural images taken from the photograph and drawing collections of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Low resolution images are free to download, although there are charges for higher resolution.
Academic Video online delivers more than 66,000 titles spanning subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. Accessibility statement for Academic Video Online.
Access for UCL students and staff only. Access to BoB is only permitted within the United Kingdom. Requires login with UCL username and password. BoB is Learning on Screen’s on demand TV and radio service for education allowing users to record programmes from over 75 free-to-air channels, access over 2.2 million broadcasts dating back to the 1970s, create playlists, clips and clip compilations; search programme transcripts and subtitles; embed content in VLEs and share on social media
The Pidgeon Digital Audiovisual collection of illustrated talks by architects and related designers is a continuing archive, to which new talks are being added regularly. A unique library of contemporary attitudes which will become of value to future generations.
The Nexis database provides a searchable database of international news sources. The ProQuest Central database also includes international newspaper articles. Search results can be filtered if you wish to view newspaper articles only..
NewsVault includes the British Library Newspaper collection, and other important historic titles such as the Illustrated London News (from 1842) and The Economist (from 1842) - these will be useful resources for studying the historical development of infrastructure (such as railways), urban growth, town planning and architectural and engineering projects.