Technology Learning Tools
- O’Reilly for Higher EducationThe O'Reilly for Higher Education digital platform includes more than 38,000 book titles and more than 30,000 hours of video. Topics include: visual design, photo editing, lighting, composition, and many other topics. The content includes code snippets, certification preparation materials, practice exercises, training videos, and much more. This resource is available through your browser or the O'Reilly app by signing in with your NSU email address and selecting "Sign in with SSO". **Please click “more” for first-time login instructions:**
Resources
- Britannica Academic
Britannica Academic provides access to high-quality, comprehensive reference information. Includes access to the Britannica encyclopedia, atlas, world data, the Classics, biographies, news, multimedia, and more. You can also use Britannica Academic to search an Internet directory that includes more than 300,000 links to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors. This database also includes the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate® Dictionary.
- Credo Reference
Credo Reference provides full-text online access to hundreds of multidisciplinary reference book collections, including art, history, law, medicine, psychology, technology, bilingual dictionaries, and encyclopedias through a one-stop search platform. Search results often include articles from a wide array of publications and frequently present subject coverage from multiple perspectives. Using Credo Reference to approach a topic from different viewpoints can be a great way to expand your familiarity with the topic and it can help you develop new arguments and observations for your research.
- Oxford Reference Premium
This reference database includes access to almost 400 dictionaries and encyclopedias of fully-indexed, cross-searchable works published by Oxford University Press with detailed information across a broad subject range of topics.
EBook Databases
- eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost)
This collection contains over 246,000 eBooks on a wide variety of academic subject matter.
- eBook Central (ProQuest)
eBook Central is a collection of nearly 250,000 academic e-books on a wide variety of subjects.
- eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
More than 2,000 eBooks offered on a wide variety of subjects and topics, including both fiction and non-fiction titles.
- Taylor & Francis eBooks
Taylor & Francis eBooks offers approximately 100,000 full-text resources including content published within the past year.
- Wiley Online Library
Wiley Online Library provides access to multidisciplinary content across more than 1,600 journals and 22,000 ebooks.
New Books
As We See It by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781786279583Publication Date: 2023-02-07Across photography, sculpture and painting, a new wave of Black artists is challenging persistent tropes in art and wider society to depict a richer portrait of the lives of Black people from all corners of the globe. As We See It brings together 30 image-makers creating visually refreshing narratives on Black cultural identities, and exploring what Blackness brings to the making and viewing of art. How photographers are investigating and representing notions of Black identity in diverse new ways; Includes photographers who are both exploring the history of Black visual identity while also resetting its future; Full of visually refreshing and challenging narratives - including depictions of Black joy and love, as well as queer and non-binary identities, and images that underline photography's role in challenging stereotypical visual identities; Images come from across the world and straddle the worlds of portraiture, documentary, fashion and fine art; Artists included: Prince Gyasi, Nadine Ijewere, Campbell Addy, Chris Facey, Emeka Okereke, Lina Iris Viktor, Braylen Dion, Girma Berta, Kenny Germé, Naima Green, Mikael Owunna, David Nana Opoku Ansah, Lebohang Kganye, Dario Calmese, Melissa Alcena, Davey Adesida, Takeisha Jefferson, Atong Atem, Donavon Smallwood, Henry J. Kamara, Zithelo Bobby Mthombeni, Ronan Mckenzie, Rahima Gambo, Allison Janae Hamilton, Sedrick Chisom, Lunga Ntila, Jodi Minnis, Délio Jasse, Joana Choumali and Emma Prempeh
Black Archives by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781984859297Publication Date: 2023-02-14A photographic celebration and exploration of Black identity and experience through the twentieth century from the founder and curator of the hit multimedia platform Black Archives. "A spell-binding visual narrativization of family, culture, and history."-Thelma Golden, director and chief curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem Renata Cherlise's family loved capturing their lives in photographs and home movies, sparking her love of archival photography. Following in her family's footsteps, Cherlise established Black Archives, which presents a nuanced representation of Black people across time living vibrant, ordinary lives. Through the platform, many have discovered and shared images of themselves and their loved ones experiencing daily life, forming multidimensional portraits of people, places, and the Black community. These photographs not only tell captivating stories, they hold space for collective memory and kinship. Black Archives is a stunning collection of timeless images that tell powerful, joyful stories of everyday life and shed light on Black culture's dynamic, enduring influence through the generations. The images showcase reunions, nights out on the town, parents and children, church and school functions, holidays, big life events,family vacations, moments at home, and many more occasions of leisure, excitement, reflection, and pride. Featuring more than three hundred images that spotlight the iconic and the candid, Black Archives offers anuanced compendium of Black memory and imagination.
Street Unicorns by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781419762048Publication Date: 2022-05-10In a world where stores, clothes, and trends have become increasingly standardized, fashion is one of the most powerful ways to explore and express our personalities, identities, and individuality. For years, renowned photographer Robbie Quinn has come across style rebels and bold expressionists on the streets of NYC and the world's largest cities, stopping them for impromptu photoshoots and testimonials. He's even given these eccentric lovers of style a name: Street Unicorns. In these pages, Quinn shares the portraits, viewpoints, and aspirations of more than 250 Street Unicorns with the hopes of inspiring readers to rediscover the most authentic parts of themselves. A vibrant declaration against ageism, racism, homophobia, and all other discriminations, this book is a love letter to those who aren't afraid to stand out, embrace nonconformity, and share who they are with the world.
Vogue: Fantasy and Fashion by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781419733321Publication Date: 2020-10-20A dream book of empowering and fantastical fashion narratives--from Brothers Grimm to futuristic scenarios--told in Vogue's inimitable style Lavishly illustrated, Vogue: Fantasy & Fashion celebrates the magazine's strong and deeply rooted tradition of storytelling through magical, narrative portfolios. Fashion's greatest power is its ability to make people dream; to create new worlds. Whether falling down a rabbit hole, conquering new, digital frontiers, or exploring the limits of surrealism, the heroines who feature in photographs by great talents like Annie Leibovitz, Steven Meisel, Irving Penn, and Steven Klein are writing their own tales, defining their own destinies. Featuring well-known images as well as unexpected gems from the archive, Vogue: Fantasy & Fashion documents fashion at its most magical and affirms its transformative power.
- Art & Architecture ePortal
A&AePortal contains more than 350 e-books related to the history of art, architecture, decorative arts, photography, and design. Most titles are exclusive to the platform and are published by Yale University Press and other leading university presses (Princeton, Harvard, MIT) and museum publishers (Art Institute of Chicago, National Gallery of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art). It contains a wide variety of content, including scholarly monographs, museum catalogs, and catalouges raisonnés.
- Dissertations & Theses Global (ProQuest)
A comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, offering millions of works from thousands of universities. Full-text coverage spans from 1743 to the present, with citation coverage dating back to 1637.
- JSTOR
A multidisciplinary digital library that includes all 2,800+ academic journals on JSTOR; spanning more than 60 disciplines across the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Access also includes more than two million primary source documents.
And, with the incorporation of Artstor's collections, JSTOR is now home to more than two million images.
- Mintel
Search and browse across thousands of market research intelligence materials including expert reports, consumer survey databooks, industry trends, news, and market observations.
Reports are published regularly across market sectors. They include comprehensive assessment of consumer surveys and link to the interactive databook that the report is based on.
- ProQuest Platform (ProQuest)Users can search, find and preview more than 900 million documents and retrieve scholarly full-text open access sources directly curated by ProQuest. Includes: Afterimages, The British Journal of Photography, Journal of Imaging, Revelar
- Taylor & Francis OnlineThis resource includes millions of peer-reviewed journal articles published under the Taylor & Francis, Routledge and Dove Medical Press imprints. Includes: History of Photography, The Journal of Photographic Science (1953-1996), photographies, Photography and Culture, Visual Resources Journal, and Visual Studies.
Listings
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) I PhotographyJournals related to photography from around the world.
- Printed Photograph MagazinesListing of printed magazines maintained by All-About-Photo.com
- Online Photography MagazinesA listing of online magazines maintained by All-About-Photo.com
- Ulrichs's International Periodicals DirectorySearch for a comprehensive list of journal related to photography from around the world. Includes those which have ceased publishing.
A Selection of Online Photography Magazines
- 1000 Words"1000 Words is a leading online contemporary photography magazine. It commissions exhibition and photobook reviews, essays and interviews in response to the visual culture of our present moment. Founded in 2008, the editorial commitment has always been to explore the possibilities for the medium whilst stimulating debate around current modes of practice, curation, discourses and theory internationally."
- Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and cultural Criticism"The journal features unique, high-quality coverage of digital media, film, games, photography, television, video, and visual arts, as well as addresses important issues and debates within art history, media studies, visual and cultural studies, and related fields. In addition to in-depth feature articles, the journal publishes book and exhibition reviews as well as conference and festival reports."
- Aperture"Aperture is a nonprofit publisher that leads conversations around photography worldwide. From our base in New York, Aperture connects global audiences and supports artists through our acclaimed quarterly magazine, books, exhibitions, digital platforms, public programs, limited-edition prints, and awards. Established in 1952 to advance 'creative thinking, significantly expressed in words and photographs,' Aperture champions photography’s vital role in nurturing curiosity and encouraging a more just, tolerant society."
- Black Is"Black Is publishes the stories and the work of Black photographers from around the world, because one experience does not speak for all. We are dedicated to creating a platform to showcase Black photographers whose work speaks to the diversity of our communities and ourselves. The magazine will act as a place of discussion and an archival platform, keeping a database of all the Black photographers we interview/share the work of."
- Black Is | Resource ListMaintained by the editors of Black Is Magazine.
Includes: magazines, organizations, festivals, and texts. - Center for Creative Photography, University of ArizonaThe Center for Creative Photography is an archive and research center located on the University of Arizona campus. It retains the archives of Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Garry Winogrand, Harry Callahan, and other great twentieth-century photographers.
- Fratelli AlinariThe oldest photo archive in the world.
- George Eastman MuseumThe museum holds unparalleled collections—encompassing several million objects—in the fields of photography, cinema, and photographic and cinematographic technology, and photographically illustrated books. The institution is also a longtime leader in film preservation and photographic conservation.
- Making Sense of Documentary PhotographyPublished on the web in 2003, Making Sense of Documentary Photography provides a place for students and teachers to grapple with the documentary images that often illustrate textbooks but are almost never considered as historical evidence in their own right. Written by James Curtis, this guide offers a brief history of documentary photography, examples of what questions to ask when examining a documentary photograph.
- Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (TOP)A museum specializing in all aspects of photography, the museum’s activities include collecting, displaying, preserving, studying, and popularizing photography.