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Ask your Subject Librarian > Arts, Media and Design > Entrepreneurship for the Creative and Cultural Industries
Entrepreneurship for the Creative and Cultural IndustriesFrom $1Table of contentsFinding resourcesArticlesThe Library has a range of online services that will enable you to locate journals, reports and newspaper articles on a chosen topic. A full list is available on our e-resources page Particularly relevant services for your subject include: a-n The Artist information Company In-depth features and content (including a-n magazine) along with the Communities areas are designed to represent the multiple voices and wide range of activities and industry insights within contemporary visual arts.The subject areas covered are applied art, art history, cultural policy, fine art, and social policy. ArtFulltext indexes articles in the Arts generally, many of which are full text Art Bibliographies Modern Indexes articles from a broad range of art journals, magazines, exhibition catalogues and book reviews. Design and Applied Artsindexes articles only, there is no full text. A "check for it" icon will automatically run a search for you to tell you whether there is an electronic or print copy available in our stock. BHI Net Indexes articles in the Humanities and Social Sciences Ebsco Business Source Premier Many full text articles covering all areas of business Emerald Provides full text articles and abstracts covering business and marketing GMID provides statistical data, reports and market intelligence FAME provides company reports and financial data JSTOR An archival collection of full text articles. Note that none of the articles will be current. Google Scholar indexes the full text of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. Because most of Google Scholar's search results link directly to commercial journal articles, you may find that you will only be able to access a brief summary of the articles topics. If you cannot access the article check to see if the University has a subscription to the journal by going to our e journals listing Lexis Nexis Provides full text of newspapers and business magazines Mad.co.uk Provides full text articles, reports and trends in design, marketing and advertising including articles from Creative Review, Design Week, Marketing Week, In Store and Data Strategy. You will need to register from the Library Link provided the first time you use it to obtain your username and password. Mediatel Provides market intelligence and statistical analysis on the media industry Mintel Provides market research reports and company information Swetswise This database covers all disciplines and provides the full text of journals that the Library subscribes to. WARC Provides full text case studies, reports, satistics etc for the world of marketing Electronic journals by titleFor listings of recommended journal titles visit the individual subject wiki pages for your particular specialism. If you know the title of a journal or magazine use the electronic journals list to find out if you can view the full text of the journal online. Remember that not all periodical titles are available online. Our printed titles can be found in alphabetical order on Level 1. You can check to see if we have a particular title by doing a search on our catalogue. Electronic booksYou can access electronic books using the e-books link from the library web pages. You will find e-books by using the resources listed below. Blackwell Reference Online A full text reference collection covering Art, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, History, Literature and Sociology DawsonERA - full text books International Encyclopaedia of Communication A comprehensive online encyclopaedia of articles written by emminent scholars in the field. SAFARI - full text of technical manuals on using various software e.g. photoshop Oxford Reference Online Here you will find a wealth of facts, figures, definitions, and translations from 175+ Oxford reference titles, many of which are in-depth, scholarly articles from titles in the acclaimed Oxford Companions series, plus all 20,000 quotations from the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Printed booksYou can use the library catalogue to search for specific titles or books by an author. You can also search by author, title or general keywords. There is a link to the library catalogue and more information about borrowing books and using other library services at Library DVDs and Online TutorialsDon't forget that we have a collection of DVDs on Level 1 of the Library that you may find useful. The Library has recently acquired a new training database called Lynda.com. This provides online tutorials for a range of software topics and business skills. BoB (Box of Broadcasts) - This TV scheduling service allows you to record, retrieve and stream TV and radio programmes, in a similar way to BBC's iPlayer. BoB stores recorded TV and Radio programmes in an archive indefinitely for all users to enjoy. Users can record programmes, watch programmes from the archive, create clips, compile their favourite shows into playlists and share these with others. Useful websitesTake a look at your Blackboard module content as a good starting point. Also visit: Study Skills now have a wiki - they can help you to adapt and develop the transferable skills needed for successful graduation and future employability http://studyskills.wiki.staffs.ac.uk/ If you find any quality websites that you would like to share please post the address and reasons why you found it useful in the comments box at the bottom of this page. Referencing and bibliographiesRefZone - Helping you to Reference RefWorks Usernames and passwordsMost online resources use your University Username and Password to authorise access. On campus you will be recognised automatically when you logon to a PC. You should only be asked to login when you are off campus. To do this you will need the details of your student Username and Password: *Username = First part of your University email address i.e. 2 letters & 6 numbers Note: When using some online resources, you may be asked to enter the details of your University ATHENS account - this is the same username and password as your University logon details above. Please visit Accessing e-resources for further help. Off-campus students and distance learnersOff Campus services include UK Postal Loans of Library Books, the Document Delivery Service for materials not available at Staffordshire University and access to other UK Libraries. Subject help and adviceFor subject resource support, finding information, advice on using the online resources, reference styles and queries regarding the Library and IT services, please contact your Subject Librarian:
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