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Arts Practice: Finding books


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Books

Books give an overview of a subject and provide information on core concepts and theories.  This makes them a good starting point for your assignments. Core books for your subject will be listed on your module reading list.  If you have an online reading list on Blackboard or another learning environment, this will show you the copies of the book available from the library.   You can also find books by searching FINDit, the Library search engine. 
 

Shelf marks

You can browse the collection using the shelfmarks below:

616.89 Dance Therapy
616.891656 Art Therapy
701 Art philosophy / theory
709 Art history
731 Sculpture
738 Ceramics
741 Drawing
750 Painting
760 Printmaking


Use FINDit: Search/Libraries, to perform detailed searches for individual books or for material relevant to your topic or subject.

Shelf marks - therapy and wellbeing

You can find books in the following subject areas by looking on the shelves for these numbers.  

Search Findit to find specific book titles or to search for books on a particular topic.

 150.1952   Psychoanalysts
 155   Developmental Psychology
 155.4   Child psychology
 155.418   Attachment theory
 158.2   Interpersonal Relations
 158.3 / 361.06       Counselling 
 305.231   Child Development
 362.2   Mental health
 362.4   Disability
 616.89   Abnormal Psychology
 616.8914   Psychotherapy
 616.89142   Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
 616.891523   Drama therapy
 616.8916   Creative therapies
 616.891654   Music Therapy
 616.891656   Art Therapy
 616.8917   Psychoanalysis
 618.928914   Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy

Looking for a Book

1. To find a specific book title, enter the book title or author in the FINDit search box and select the Libraries search option. 

2. To find books on a subject, enter a keyword into the FINDit search box and select the Libraries search option. 

3. Can’t find the book you are looking for? You can request it as an interlibrary loan or Recommend the book to your Librarian 

Recommend a Book

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Useful books

Career management for artists : a practical guide to representation and sustainability for your studio practice

Both pragmatic and motivational, this book addresses what it means to have a successful long-term career in the arts, taking stock of the current landscape of the art world, introducing new venues in the field, reflecting on issues of social media and exhibition, and ultimately encouraging artists to take control of their professional lives. 

Entrepreneurship and the creative economy

Entrepreneurship and the Creative Economy contains a range of theoretical and empirically based research contributions that collectively consider and debate the process, policy and practice of the creative economy. The 'creative economy' and the broad spectrum of creative industries that it encompasses, is increasingly important in the 21st century's global economy. In challenging economic conditions, creative industries are both politically and economically appealing with governments around the world now recognising their potential as a source of employment and entrepreneurial endeavour.

Handbook of arts-based research

Bringing together interdisciplinary leaders in methodology and arts-based research (ABR), this comprehensive handbook explores the synergies between artistic and research practices. Coverage includes the full range of ABR genres, including those based in literature (such as narrative and poetic inquiry); performance (music, dance, playbuilding); visual arts (drawing and painting, collage, installation art, comics); and audiovisual and multimethod approaches. Each genre is described in detail and brought to life with robust research examples. 

Ebooks

The Library has access to a wide variety of eBooks across all subject areas, these are discoverable and accessible via FINDit.  Type your keywords or title into the search box and choose to search 'Libraries'.

FINDit search for eBooks

Next refine your search to 'Full Text Online' on the left hand side of the search results. 

Refining to eBooks

When you have found a book that you would like to read then click on the title and access via the 'View it' link.

More information can be found in our eBooks Guide.