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	* all subjects, strong on research - includes Arts and humanities citation index - may link to full text via SFX		* all subjects, strong on research - includes Arts and humanities citation index - may link to full text via SFX
	[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/LinguisticsandLanguageBehaviourAbstracts.htm Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts]		[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/LinguisticsandLanguageBehaviourAbstracts.htm Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts]
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	[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/LibraryInformationScienceandTechnologyAbstracts.htm LISTA: Library, Information Science, and Technology Abstracts]		[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/LibraryInformationScienceandTechnologyAbstracts.htm LISTA: Library, Information Science, and Technology Abstracts]

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<div align="center" style="color:#FFF; background:#006; padding:10px; font-size:150%; font-weight:bold;">Welcome to the Library's Wiki-Based Creative Industries Resource</div>
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[[What's New?]] | [[My Blog]] | [[Library Guide]] | [[New Students]] | [[Staff Guide]] | [[Contact]]
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== Creative Industries Database List ==

This is a complete list of the databases most likely to be useful for Creative Industries at Napier. Follow the access links through to connect to electronic services. A few services are in print format only.

See also the Subject Focus pages to find out which ones are best for your individual subject.

==Journal Articles Databases==

These can help you identify useful journal articles: note the links to our helpsheets as you connect to the service.

You may still have more work to do to find the full text of the articles! See our web page on [http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Information/Journals+and+Newspapers/LocatingJournals.htm Locating Journal Articles].

[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/ABIINFORMpage.htm ABI/INFORM Global]
* business articles, mixture of full-text and indexing/abstracting service - Index/Abstracts/FT
Alternative Press Index (1995-)
* printed index only, at Craighouse
[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/ANTE.htm ANTE - Abstracts in new technologies and engineering]
* all technical subjects - may link to full text via SFX
Art index
* print version only, Merchiston abstracts section
Architectural publications index - search the index in electronic form as part of the [http://library.riba.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/rX9CQTLyVX/0/0/49 RIBA online catalogue]
* before searching, scroll down to Search Limits and change this from ALL to ARTICLES instead
* we also have the print version in Merchiston Library, Abstracts Section
[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/ASSIA.htm ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts]
* all social science subjects - may link to full text via [http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/SFX.htm SFX]
[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/BHI.htm BHI - British Humanities Index]
* all humanities subjects - may link to full text via SFX
[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/DesignandAppliedArtsIndex.htm Design and applied arts index]
* may link to full text via SFX
[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/EBSCO-PsychologyandBehaviouralSciencesCollection.htm EBSCO Psychology and Behavioural Sciences Collection]
* full text
[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/ExpandedAcademicASAPInternational.htm Expanded Academic ASAP]
* wide range of subjects covered - contains some full text
[http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/fli/index.jsp Film literature index online]
* indexing only
[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/tn_arts FindArticles - Arts and Entertainment]
* all subjects - some full text but may not include images
[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/Ingenta+Connect.htm IngentaConnect]
* all subjects - contains some full text
[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/ISIWebofKnowledge.htm ISI Web of Knowledge]
* all subjects, strong on research - includes Arts and humanities citation index - may link to full text via SFX
[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/LinguisticsandLanguageBehaviourAbstracts.htm Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts]
* may link to full text via [http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/SFX.htm SFX]
[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/LISA.htm LISA - Library and Information Science Abstracts]
* may link to full text via [http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/SFX.htm SFX]
[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/LibraryInformationScienceandTechnologyAbstracts.htm LISTA: Library, Information Science, and Technology Abstracts]
* may link to full text via [http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/SFX.htm SFX]
Music Index
* all types of music - print format only, at Craighouse. Napier does not have a current subscription, but we have vols for 1949-1997.
Press (2001-April 2007).
* a merger of Printing Abstracts ( 1958-2001) and World publishing monitor (1991-2001). Before that, World publishing monitor was known as Electronic publishing abstracts (1983-1990) - print format only, at Craighouse.
RILM (Répertoire international de la littérature musicale)
* mainly classical music - print format only, at Craighouse. Napier does not have a current subscription, but we have vols.1-29, 1967-1995.
[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/Zetoc.htm Zetoc]
* all subjects covered - if articles are not available locally, anything you find here can be requested from the British Library via our [http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/LibraryServices/DocumentSupply.htm Document Supply] service

== Other Databases ==

'''Newspaper articles'''

* [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/business Nexis UK] contains the full text of a huge range of international newspapers - but no pictures, sadly.

'''Market reports:'''

* [http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/Mintelmarketingintelligence.htm Mintel marketing intelligence] - '''full text'''
* [http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/Globalmarketinformationdatabase.htm Global market information database] - '''full text'''

'''Images and film clips:'''

* [http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/BFI.htm BFI Screenonline] - a website devoted to the history of British film and television
* [http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/collections/index.html AHDS Visual Arts: Collections]
* [http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/FilmSoundOnline.htm Film and Sound Online] - a set of ten collections of film and video, providing about 300 hours of material on a wide range of subjects
* [http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/SCRAN.htm SCRAN] - a resource base of Scottish material culture and human history
* [http://www.movinghistory.ac.uk/homefront/ Films from the Home Front] - a collection of unique moving images illustrating what life was like for ordinary people in Britain during the Second World War, as seen through amateur documentaries, newsreels, government films, and home movies.
* [http://www.capitalcollections.org.uk/ Capital Collections] - a choice of images from the collections of Edinburgh City Libraries and Information Services

'''TV schedules'''

* [http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/TRILT.htm TRILT] - Television and Radio Index for Learning and Teaching - listings for more than 300 TV and radio channels with data from 1995 onwards

'''Technical data'''

* [http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/BritishStandardsOnline.htm British Standards Online]
* [http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/CADCAMnet.htm CADCAMNet]- '''full text''' - Napier has a limited number of users for this service.