Databases and e-resources: Illustration

• DAAI: The Design and Applied Arts Index
  Index of journal articles covering all aspects of design, including graphic design and motion graphics.
  
  
• Art Full Text
  Index to art journals, covering fine, decorative and commercial art. The full text of many articles is available online.
  
  
• Academic Search Complete
  Index of journal articles, newspapers and popular magazines covering a wide range of subjects. The full text of many of the articles is available online.
  
  
• JSTOR
  Full-text journal articles covering a wide range of disciplines, including graphic design and motion graphics.
  
  
• Nexis UK
  Full-text newspaper and journal articles covering a comprehensive range of topics.
  

• Bridgeman Education
  Over 300,000 high quality images copyright cleared for educational use by staff and students at London Metropolitan University.

For a more comprehensive list of image databases, visit our Image Resources web-pages.

• AdForum
  Database containing images and information from over 20,000 advertising agencies and 90,000 advertisements, including TV and film clips, print advertising and interactive advertising.
  
  
• Oxford Art Online
  Online dictionary and encyclopedia covering all aspects of visual art.
  
  
• Association of Illustrators
  News, list of useful publications and artists’ portfolios
  
  
• Blir
  Online magazine showcasing the work of contemporary illustrators.
  
  
• Children's Books Online: the Rosetta Project
  Vast collection of illustrated antique books
  
  
• Covers
  Collection of book covers
  
  
• Database of Mid-Victorian Wood-Engraved Illustration
  Over 800 illustrations from the mid 19th century
  
  
• Directory of Illustration
  Features thousands of illustrations from hundreds of the best contemporary illustrators
  
  
• Illustration
  Agency representing contemporary illustrators. Contains examples of work produced by the illustrators on their books.
  
  
• MagazineArt Org
  Magazine covers from the 19th and early 20th centuries
  
  
• Telling Stories With Pictures: the Art of Children’s Book Illustration
  Explores children’s book illustration as an art form
  
  
• Theispot.com
  Leading illustrators’ portfolios
  
  
• YCN (Young Creatives Network)
  Promotes and showcases young creative talent in the fields of animation, art direction, illustration, graphic design, photography and marketing.