Jewellery, Horology and Gemmology: Industry Resources
This guide brings together key resources to help you find information relating to the study of jewellery, horology and gemmology.
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The library has a wealth of resources to help broaden your knowledge and understanding of the industry:
- Key industry resources, look out for case studies, fashion business resources, sustainability and ethics, and find industry contacts and influencers.
- Sustainability and ethics resources.
- General news resources.
Some of the sources below you will access via BCU library subscriptions and some will be freely available online. You should also explore books, academic journals and articles to support your research.
Remember to evaluate information you find online and assess credibility, for help see our online course: Navigating the Library.
Industry Resources
Jewellery academic and business resources.
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Search for abstracts and citations of journal articles, including some with full text links, on art, architecture, film and photography. - Bloomsbury Fashion Business Cases This link opens in a new window
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Search for case studies to support the development of essential business skills required in the fashion industry. - Bloomsbury Fashion Video Archive This link opens in a new window
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Watch from over 2,500 videos of fashion shows, with accompanying text, from London, Milan, New York and Paris between 1979 to 2003. - Design and Applied Arts Index This link opens in a new window
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Search for abstracts and citations of journal articles and news items on topics including advertising, art, ceramics, crafts, fashion, glass, jewellery, industrial design, interior design, photography and textiles. - JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection This link opens in a new window
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Access to archive journal and primary source collections on a broad range of subjects. - Klimt02 This link opens in a new windowA collection of news, images, videos, profiles, publications and blog posts on contemporary jewellery.
- LS:N Global This link opens in a new windowDiscover consumer and market trends to support beauty, fashion, food and drink, health and wellness, retail and travel business and industry decision making.
- Vogue Archive This link opens in a new window
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Search or browse the American edition of Vogue magazine from the very first issue in 1892 to present day.
Sustainability and Ethics
Resources on sustainability and ethics in the jewellery industry.
Some library subscriptions included, as well as some freely available resources.
Remember to evaluate information you find online and assess credibility, for help see our online course: Navigating the Library.
- Common Objective This link opens in a new windowBusiness database for the ethical and sustainable fashion industry from the Ethical Fashion Forum.
- Fashion Transparency IndexReview of the 200 largest global fashion brands and retailers, ranked according to how much they disclose about their social and environmental policies ...
- Responsible Jewellery CouncilBrings together over 1700 global companies from watch makers, jewellery supply chain and to mining.
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General news
General news sources, national and international, local and regional.
- Nexis This link opens in a new window
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Search or browse Nexis for news, business and companies information including from UK and International local and regional newspapers - Gale OneFile News This link opens in a new window
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Browse or search for articles from UK and international newspapers