Brief - Discovery Rough Guide- Recommended Texts

Recommended Texts and Resources Guides to Technical Facilities and Resources.UAL

Environmental Issues/Green Design web guide
Bonnici, P. (1999) Visual Language.

Crans-pre-Celigny: Roto Vision.Booth, W., Colomb, G. & Williams, J. (2003)

The Craft of Research.
Chicago: Chicago Press.Chambers, E. and Northedge, A. (2008, 2nd ed.)

The Arts Good Study Guide.
Milton Keynes: Open University Press.Cottrell, S (2008, 3rd ed.)

The Study Skills Handbook.
Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan. Drew, S. & Bingham, R. (2001)

The Student Skills Guide.
2nd ed. Aldershot: Gower.Gale, C. & Kaur, J. (2002)

The Textile Book.
Oxford and New York: Berg.Kovats, T. (2005)

The Drawing Book,
Blackdog publishing
Langer, M. (2008)

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual Quickstart Guide.
Berkley, California: Peachpit.Miller, M. (2007)

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Computer Basics. 4th ed.
Indiapolis: Que.Rowley, S. ed. (1998)

Re-Inventing Textiles: Tradition and Innovation.
Winchester: Telos.Sontag, S. (1979)

On Photography,
London: Penguin.Quinn, B. (2009)

Textile Designers at the Cutting Edge.
Laurence King.Urry, J. (2002) The Tourist Gaze. London: Sage.

Using the Library Jargon Buster :
http://issuu.com/artslib/docs/ways_in_to_e-resources

Library I-Page: http://www.arts.ac.uk/library.htm

Referencing: http://www.arts.ac.uk/library/skills.htm

Study SkillsVisual Directions (a resource for developing sketchbooks and reflective writing) http://www.arts.ac.uk/cetl/visual-directions/

Blackboard http://blackboard.arts.ac.uk

Personal and Professional Development PPD coach: available in BlackboardCreative Living: http://www.careers-creative-living.co.uk

Marking CriteriaMarking criteria website (student version)
http://www.arts.ac.uk/marking-criteria/students/introduction.html

Library services – homepage for services cross UALAvailable from: http://www.arts.ac.uk/library/·

Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) Search for books, journals and other resources in the libraries of the six colleges. Available from:
www.arts.ac.uk/library/opac.htm ·

Other Libraries and archives – links to other services. Available from: www.arts.ac.uk/library/other.htm ·

Information skills and advice on using the internet. Available from: www.arts.ac.uk/library/webguides.htm·

Galleries - UAL guide to art galleries in London.
http://www.arts.ac.uk/library/13270.htm

Museums - UAL guide to museums in London
http://www.arts.ac.uk/library/13271.htm

WebsitesTextiles Environment Design – Chelsea based Research group. Available from: www.tedresearch.net

New Exhibitions – Up to date information on exhibitions. Available from: www.newexhibitions.com

WGSN – World’s leading online trend research, and analysis resources for fashion and style industries. Password available from Blackboard. Available from:
www.wgsn.com

Victoria & Albert Museum - museum of art and design. Available from:
www.vam.ac.uk