LibGuides: Concept Art: Books, Comics and Games

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Use this quick search to discover books within our entire collection, both print and electronic.

Electronic Books (Ebooks)

Ebooks are electronic versions of books.

The library subscribes to a number of ebook collections, of which the most useful for Concept Art are:

Bloomsbury Visual Arts This link opens in a new window
Bloomsbury Visual Arts is an interdisciplinary hub designed for research and learning across design, art, architecture and related fields. It brings together our visual arts resources to provide a richly layered and cross-searchable platform which can be explored using the subject and collection tiles below.
Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
Ebook Central is a collection of over 100,000 books and other authoritative content to which we have full-text access. It covers multiple subject areas.
Please note that to download ebooks from Ebook Central you will need to have Adobe Digital Editions installed on your PC. If you want to access your downloaded content on multiple PCs or devices you will need to register for an Adobe ID - further guidance on this can be found on the EBook Central Help Site
If you are on campus, Digital Editions can be found in AppsAnywhere. You will need to open this software before attempting to download the book.
VLeBooks This link opens in a new window
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The library provides some e-book content via the VLeBooks platform.
O'Reilly for Higher Education This link opens in a new window
O'Reilly for Higher Education includes books, videos, proven learning paths, case studies and audio books. Topics range from programming to IT networking to project management to graphic design to business strategy. The content includes code snippets, certification preparation materials, practice exercises, training videos, and much more.

Books and videos can be read online but can only be downloaded via the O’Reilly mobile App which can be obtained from the App Store or Google Play.
For guidance on using O’Reilly please visit their help pages at https://proquest.libguides.com/oreilly/features The Platform Features and Content sections are especially useful

For more help and advice on using e-books go to:

E-books@Tees

Open access resources for Concept Art

Directory of Open Access Books
A searchable directory of over 1600 openly accessible academic peer-reviewed books from over 50 publishers
MERLOT Open Educational Resources
Open Research Library

Finding books on the shelves

Each book is given a shelf number, consisting of numbers and letters, which has been determined by a classification scheme called Dewey.

All books on the same topic are at the same number so you can browse them when at the shelves.

Important shelf number areas in Concept Art

741.51	Comic art
743.4	Figure drawing technique
743.87	Fantasy art
778.5347	Art of animated movies
786.76	Digital painting techniques
791.4372	Art of motion movies
794.8	Art of video games

MORE BOOKS: SEND US YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS

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We know from your feedback that sometimes you can’t get hold of the books you need.

Let us know if there are any titles that you would like us to add to the Library stock and we will consider your request.

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