E-books – Architecture and Design library resource guide

The majority of individual ebook titles can be accessed via LibrarySearch to filter your search use the ebooks filter on the left.

The library has access to Bloomsbury Architecture Library. This resource has a wide selection of works on architecture and design and related disciplines including urbanism, landscape and interiors.

It also includes access to the new edition of Sir Banister Fletcher’s Global History of Architecture in two volumes

Log in link for Bloomsbury Architecture Library

RIBA and Routledge ebooks

We also have a collection of ebooks available to read online and download through the database called Construction Information Service (CIS). The two main publishers included in this database are Routledge and RIBA (over 850 titles). To access CIS, go to the ‘Online resources’ link which you can find at the top of the homepage. Once logged in, you can use the search box to look for an individual title or use ‘Browse’ (by Publisher) on the left of the page.

Reference ebooks

Grove Art Online – available via Oxford Art Online is an authority on all aspects of the visual arts including artists, architects, designers, craftsmen, patrons, movements, locations and periods.