Recommended databases for Creative and Cultural Industries

Academic Search Complete

Full-text access to thousands of journals across a broad range of topics.  Contains also summaries to articles which are available fulltext via other databases.

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AdForum

The AdForum database contains information on over 20,000 advertising agencies and 90,000 advertisements (images, moving images, tv, print, interactive, etc.) from around the world (over 100 countries are represented in the database).

Art Full Text

This database offers full-text plus summaries and indexes to international  arts publications on fine, decorative and commercial art. Indexing of art reproductions helps researchers focus on a single artist or find individual works. Invaluable for students, educators, curators, art historians, and art lovers.

Arts and Humanities Citation Index

Part of the ISI Web of Knowledge database collection. Provides access to current bibliographic information (including summaries) and cited references, covering more than 1,100 of the world’s leading arts and humanities journals in a broad range of disciplines.

BFI In View

Over 2,000 non-fiction film and television titles from the 20th century to the early 21st. InView is easily searchable, comprehensively catalogued and clearly organised under six main Themes, each with an introductory essay by an academic historian.

BFI Screenonline

BFI Screenonline is an online encyclopaedia and is the single most extensive publicly available resource devoted to British film and television. The site is supplemented by rich and authoritative contextual material by expert writers, specially commissioned for BFI Screenonline alongside thousands of stills, posters and press books.
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Business Source Complete

Contains full text journals plus summaries to some articles available full text elsewhere and market research data. Subjects covered are accounting, banking, business, economics, finance, management, sales & marketing, logistics & transport. Contains full text of the Harvard Business Review from 1922. Datamonitor, Gartner and others provide market research, industry reports and company reports & SWOT analysis. The Economist Intelligence Unit provides some country reports.

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Communication and Mass Media Complete

Links to full text for many journal articles. This database also contains indexes and summaries for articles from over 400 journals in the field of communications and mass media, including radio, television and journalism.

Global Market Information Database (GMID)

A unique integrated international market research database with country data, consumer lifestyles, consumer market sizes, forecasts, companies and brands, information sources, major market profiles, market analysis.

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Hospitality and Tourism Complete

Covers scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism.  Subject areas covered include the culinary arts, development & investment, food & beverage management, hospitality law, hotel management & administrative practices, leisure & business travel and hospitality trends. Contains a combination of summaries only articles and some full text articles.

Humanities International Complete (HIC)

HIC provides fulltext of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world including  all data from Humanities International Index.  Humanities International Complete is an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and educators interested in all aspects of the humanities.  Summaries of journal articles not subscribed to are also listed.

IIPA – International Index to the Performing Arts Full Text

This database covers every aspect of performance, including dance, film, drama/theatre, broadcast arts, stagecraft, circus, storytelling, pantomime, puppetry, magic and the performance business.

In View

Over 2,000 non-fiction film and television titles from the 20th  century to the early 21st. Explore and download rarely seen government films, written documents, newsreels, TV documentaries, discussion programmes and parliamentary recordings relating to the recent history of Britain.

Key Note

Find  consumer research, market insight and analysis on major UK industries, consumer and business services sectors.  Additionally, there is access to in-depth business ratio information, from the business Intelligence section.

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Mintel Reports

Mintel offers access to a range of UK consumer, media and market research reports covering a wide variety of sectors including international travel and tourism and country reports. Each report links to relevant industry news and company information.

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MLA International Bibliography

MLA Bibliography, the fundamental research tool for the humanities, covers international scholarly materials on language, literature, linguistics, and folklore and also includes the MLA Directory of Periodicals.
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Nexis UK

Provides comprehensive international news, business and company data, including full text of all the major UK newspapers including the major overseas daily publications and also trade journals.  Most files are current to within 24 hours. Useful for retrieving articles on current affairs.

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Screenonline

BFI Screenonline is an online encyclopaedia of British film and television featuring hundreds of hours of film and television clips from the vast collections of the BFI National Archive, and several hours of recorded interviews with film and TV personalities. It is the single most extensive publicly available resource devoted to British film and television.
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