Media Arts: Finding Subject Specific Information

A comprehensive database covering mass media, communications theory, linguistics and phonetices. It contains nearly 700 full text journals with coverage dating back to 1915. Also contains indexing and abstracting for more that 1,000 core titles.

An index of journal articles published in over 345 of academic and popular film journals, with full text articles included for selected titles.In addition, the Treasures from the Film Archives database contains credits and holdings information for more than 407,000 silent-era films (features, short films, actualities and fictional works) in the collections of the major international film archives.
Finding Film reviews using FIAF (video)

Film Index International is a major information resource for entertainment films and personalities produced in collaboration with the British Film Institute. With a scholarly, inclusive approach to all areas of film studies - from the very first silent movies, to art house classics or the latest blockbusters - Film Index International provides truly international coverage, indexing films from over 170 countries.

Gale Research Complete provides access to a variety of primary and secondary sources. From literary criticism and full text literary works to rare primary source content and news, this resource is packed full of information covering a variety of subjects.

You can find details on what each database contains on the Gale menu page after you login, but here is a brief snapshot of what you can find:
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- News sources (current and historical)
- Gale Primary Sources, including several archival collections e.g. Holocaust sudies

A multi-disciplinary databases with access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines, as well as over 3 million images.
Quick tips on searching JSTOR

An online research guide in the field of Cinema and Media Studies.

Over 300 humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers. Subjects covered include cinema, cultural studies, drama, history, literature, mathematics, modern languages, philosophy, politics, religion, and sociology.Most journals available online from 1995 or 1996 onwards
PDF guide to searching Project MUSE
Video Tutorials on using Project MUSE (YouTube)

ABI/INFORM Global contains journals, company profiles and case studies covering business, economics and government policy. You will also find trade journals and dissertations as well as the Economist in this resource.
ABI Inform Help Pages

Business Source Complete (sometimes known as Ebsco) is a key resource for all business and management students, it is also useful for anyone interested in finance, accounting or marketing. In this resource you will find many journal articles and trade magazines including Harvard Business Review and The Economist. You can also find company profiles, industry reports and country reports.
Help Pages on Business Source Complete - links on the left

An archival research resource containing the essential primary sources for studying the history of the film and entertainment industries, from the era of vaudeville and silent movies through to the 21st century. The core US and UK trade magazines covering film, music, broadcasting and theater are included, together with film fan magazines and music press titles. Issues have been scanned in high-resolution color, with granular indexing of articles, covers, ads and reviews.

An index of journal articles published in over 345 of academic and popular film journals, with full text articles included for selected titles.In addition, the Treasures from the Film Archives database contains credits and holdings information for more than 407,000 silent-era films (features, short films, actualities and fictional works) in the collections of the major international film archives.
Finding Film reviews using FIAF (video)

Explore the world's companies through expert analysis such as SWOT analyses, financial statements, case studies and articles from academic journals, trade magazines, news outlets and more.

Nexis provides access to a wide range of UK and international newspapers. It also includes a collection of in-depth company profiles and industry reports covering millions of public and private companies.

The Financial Times is one of the world’s leading news organisations which provides a broad range of information, news and services for the global business community. This newspaper is available via Gale OneFile.

Statista provides data on over 80,000 topics covering agriculture, advertising, health, hospitality, consumer goods, and much more. The content is geared towards business and marketing statistical needs, with a focus on current (not historical) statistics.

Datasets available from all central government departments and a number of other public sector bodies and local authorities.

Official statistical information on the EU and the euro-zone, including key indicators.

Government statistics published by the Office for National Statistics, covering a range of subjects including business, crime, the economy, education, government, health and population.

Explore the world's companies through expert analysis such as SWOT analyses, financial statements, case studies and articles from academic journals, trade magazines, news outlets and more.

Marketline gives access to market research and company analysis reports covering sectors including consumer goods, finance, food and drink and technology.

Help and Support pages from Marketline

Nexis provides access to a wide range of UK and international newspapers. It also includes a collection of in-depth company profiles and industry reports covering millions of public and private companies.

A globally recognised market analysis resource, Mintel produces hundreds of reports into consumer markets every year. Each report that Mintel publishes provides a unique overview of a market's dynamics and prospects, giving you the knowledge to devise informed and profitable marketing strategy.

We currently have access to the following UK sectors:
Automotive
Technology
Brands
Retail
Lifestyle
Health & Wellbeing
Media
Leisure
Beauty

We also have access to 'Mintel Trends' which gives a more global perspective on a variety of sectors.

Business Source Complete (sometimes known as Ebsco) is a key resource for all business and management students, it is also useful for anyone interested in finance, accounting or marketing. In this resource you will find many journal articles and trade magazines including Harvard Business Review and The Economist. You can also find company profiles, industry reports and country reports.
Help Pages on Business Source Complete - links on the left

Explore the world's companies through expert analysis such as SWOT analyses, financial statements, case studies and articles from academic journals, trade magazines, news outlets and more.

Marketline gives access to market research and company analysis reports covering sectors including consumer goods, finance, food and drink and technology.

Help and Support pages from Marketline

Nexis provides access to a wide range of UK and international newspapers. It also includes a collection of in-depth company profiles and industry reports covering millions of public and private companies.

Historical recordings from the BBC dating back to the 1930s. This page has been archived in 2014 and is no longer updated, but the content is available.

BBC Programmes is a permanent rolling record of everything on BBC Television and Radio. Since October 2007 this site has created a permanent, findable web presence for every programme the BBC has broadcast, with some programmes being populated as far back as 1942.

ETC Press, based at Carnegie Mellon University, produces open access books and ejournals on entertainment technology, game theory, and game playing.

EUscreen offers free online access to videos, stills, texts and audio from European broadcasters and audiovisual archives. Explore selected content from early 1900s until today.

Google Scholar searches for academic books and journals, and includes 'FindIt' links to the full text of books and articles which are available from the library
Search tips for Google Scholar

OneFile News is a full-text international newspaper resource that allows users to quickly search and compare news articles published worldwide.

A collection of historical archives (modern to present), newspapers and periodicals (17th to 19th centuries) including:
Archives Unbound
Daily Mail Historical Archive,
The Economist Historical Archive,
The Illustrated London News Historical Archive,
Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals (Series 2, Empire),
Political Extremism and Radicalism,
The Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive

Nexis provides access to a wide range of UK and international newspapers. It also includes a collection of in-depth company profiles and industry reports covering millions of public and private companies.

Regional Business News provides full-text regional business publications for the United States and Canadian provinces. You can search newspapers, magazines and other resources from different news sources.

The Financial Times is one of the world’s leading news organisations which provides a broad range of information, news and services for the global business community. This newspaper is available via Gale OneFile.

The online academic edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, including articles, biographies, images, videos and a world atlas. The 'Compare Countries' tool shows a range of facts and statistics for different countries.

The online version of the OED including over 500,000 definitions, together with etymological analysis and variant spellings. Traces the development of English from 1150 AD to the present.
Video tutorial on using the Oxford English Dictionary

Over 100 general reference works, language dictionaries and subject dictionaries covering languages, science and medicine, humanities, social sciences and business.
Full Text

A series of online research guides in a range of subjects including American Literature, British and Irish Literature, Cinema and Media Studies, Environmental Science, Victorian Literature,Geography, Classics and Philosophy. Each guide contains a series of articles introducing key topics, and lists recommended readings about each topic.
Video User guide (YouTube)