Support for Media & Culture
You can find information about how to contact us at Support from UWS Library.
Contact us if you would like advice on:
- finding information for your assignments
- choosing keywords and setting limits
- choosing resources to search
- assessing credibility of sources
- compiling a search strategy for a literature review
- reference management
Resources
British Library Sounds: unique sound recordings from all over the world, cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds [link broken?]
Cambridge Core: useful resources for Commercial Music and Performance Studies
ClickView: access to TV programs, films and other recordings from free to air TV
Drama Online: full-text of classic and contemporary playtexts plus live performances, audio plays, theory and practice
GALE OneFile News: full-text newspaper resource that provides access to more than 2,300 major world newspapers, and includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts.
Independent Radio: archived programmes from 1973-1996
Ingenta Connect: full access to journals in all Media and Culture subjects including Art, Film, Commercial Music and Musical Theatre
Mintel Market Research Reports: market research reports covering a range of topics including music and media
SAGE Journals Online: full-text journal articles in the arts and social sciences
Scopus: combines a comprehensive, expertly curated abstract and citation database with enriched data and linked scholarly literature across a wide variety of disciplines
SCRAN: searchable archive of Scotland's history and culture
Screen Online: video clips, sound extracts, time lines and essays covering the history of British film and television (from the British Film Institute)
SocINDEX: contains resources for visual arts topics as well as broad range of arts generally
Statista: a wide variety of statistics, industry data and analysis from the UK, Europe and around the world. Enhance your presentations with the downloadable tables, charts and infographics
Taylor & Francis Journals: full-text access to a wide number of journals and e-books in the arts and social sciences
UK Data Service: UK survey data including census data between 1971-2011
Web of Science: journal article and e-book citation indexing service that also provides full text links to other databases
Wiley Online Library: full-text articles covering social science and the arts (including broadcast production) Film clips, sound recordings & images
Zetoc: Tables of contents for research journals (not full-text)