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The Library provides access to a range of collections, most of which are accessible via the Library Discovery Service. We also provide access to some specialist information resources and guidance on using open-access collections.
Print collections
All print collections are held on level 2 of the Library. The collections include reading list items and other material related to the range of disciplines taught at IADT. All print items can be borrowed with the exception of print journals which are for library use only.
eBooks
IADT Library subscribes to a wide range of ebooks which can be accessed both on and off campus. Our ebook collection can be searched here.
Online Journals & Databases
Online Journals
IADT Library provides access to a range of online journal platforms including JSTOR and Taylor & Francis Online that include our online journals. These can be accessed both on and off-campus. The below link allows you to browse an alphabetical list of journal titles and to search within individual titles once you’ve located the one you want.
Search all online journals by title (eJournal Finder)
| Online Journals |
| JSTOR |
| Taylor & Francis Online |
| Vogue Archive Online |
Copyright of journals is owned by the publisher except as noted on individual articles. No material from online journals may be substantially or systematically reproduced, re-engineered, redistributed, resold or sub-licensed in any way. Furthermore, no part of online journals may be supplied or distributed to an unauthorised user.
Databases
The Library provides access to a range of online journal and multimedia database resources that provide access to unique discipline content.
| Databases |
| Art & Architecture Source – click this link, then click ‘Institutional Login’ |
| Bloomsbury Resources – Contact infolib@iadt for login access. |
| Bloomsbury Applied Visual Arts |
| Bloomsbury Design Library |
| Bloomsbury Fashion Central (Berg Fashion Library) |
| Bloomsbury Fashion Central (Fairchild Books Library) |
| Drama Online |
| Screen Studies |
| Digital Theater Plus |
| EBSCO Databases |
| EBSCOhost APA PsycArticles |
| Film & Literature Index |
| Financial Times – Please email infolib@iadt.ie to get your FT account set up. |
| JSTOR |
| Kanopy |
| LinkedIn Learning |
| Project Muse |
| ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Taylor & Francis Online |
| Vogue Archive |
DVDs & Online Streaming
The Library houses a large DVD collection which is located on level 1. DVDs can be viewed in the Library in the silent cinema or borrowed overnight.
Kanopy
The Library subscribes to online streaming service, Kanopy that can be accessed both on and off-campus.
Open Access Collections
Open Access refers to unrestricted online access to articles published in scholarly journals, and also increasingly to book chapters or monographs. Learn more about the IADT Library Open Access Collections here.
Past Undergraduate Theses
You can access theses written by previous undergraduate students at the link below. Not every thesis is included yet, but we have added all these theses we have been given access to.
These are the theses that were previously accessible at the dedicated theses computer in the Library.
You will need your IADT login to access the files on OneDrive.
Institutional Repository
Click here to access our open access institutional repository, which is hosted by THEA. The repository contain published works from IADT staff and researchers.