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Subject resources

Below is a small selection of key resources, which can help you with your studies. Use the tabs at the top of this page to find a wider collection of key books, journals, databases, and reports, plus information about our special collections.

All electronic resources can be accessed off-campus through the Southampton Virtual Environment (SVE).

Berg Fashion Library
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Also known as Bloomsbury Fashion Central. An online portal which offers fully cross-searchable access to an expanding range of Berg's current collections - including the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion online, e-books, reference works, images and much more.
Oxford Art Online
Online art encyclopedia, including the Grove Art Online, which provides extensive coverage of all aspects of art & design and includes an online image gallery. Please note, this does not include access to Benezit Dictionary of Artists.
Vogue Archive
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A complete searchable archive of American Vogue, from the first issue in 1892 to the current month, all of which has been reproduced in high-resolution colour page images.
Visual Arts Data Service (VADS)
100,000 images of objects and materials held in art & design collections across the UK. These images are freely available and copyright cleared for use in teaching and research.
Bridgeman Art Library
One of the world's leading sources of art images, representing museums, galleries and artists throughout the world by providing a central source of fine art for images users.

Note: all images provided by the Bridgeman Art Library are copyrighted. A licence must be obtained from Bridgeman before any reproduction is made.
BoB
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An off-air recording and media archive service that allows you to record TV and radio programmes scheduled for broadcast over the next seven days as well as retrieving programmes from the last seven days from a selected list of channels. In addition, you can watch programmes from the archive, create clips, and compile your favourite shows into playlists. Further information
Knitting Reference Library
Here you'll find digital reproductions of some of the items held in the Knitting Reference Library. This Includes a collection of Victorian knitting manuals and Sirdar menswear patterns from the 1960 to the 1980s.

Your Site Engagement Librarian

Name: Donna Ballan
Email: wsaenqs@soton.ac.uk
Tel: 02380 597735 | Internal 27735

Your Research Engagement Librarian

Name: Dorothy Byatt
Tel: 02380 593891 | Internal 23891

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