Access to e-books on culture and media studies published by Pluto Press.

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Abstracts and indexing for over 11,000 journals from around the world with the full text coverage of over 7,000 titles, including more than 6,000 peer reviewed publications covering the fields of science; social science; education; psychology; language and linguistics; arts and literature.

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Archival recordings from the British Library, National Sound Archive of interview and conversations with leading British cultural figures, African music and writing and sounsdscapes.

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The BBC Motion Gallery provides access to moving images from the BBC's extensive archive. This JISC negotiated licence permits the staff and students of the licensed institutions to access a vast collection of clips for use in presentations, lectures and coursework.

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BoB or Box of Broadcasts is a service available to all Bournemouth University members of staff, researchers and students. You need to register first to receive a password. Using BoB you can record TV and radio programmes from Freeview, and request programmes that have been broadcast in the previous seven days. BoB uses an Electronic Programme Guide which means you can schedule requests for programmes up to seven days in advance. BoB is available off-campus. Requested programmes will play in your web browser. BoB is not available outside the United Kingdom [UK]. 
Note: Before using BoB, you must register on the BoB site using your Bournemouth University e-mail address.

BoB operates under a specific licence offered in the UK so you must ensure that you comply with the licence terms and conditions.

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The British Pathe Film Archive covers news, sport, social history and entertainment from 1896 to 1970. The database contains 3500 hours of moving image. Access to low resolution review material is free of charge. You are required to complete a registration form.

Communication Abstracts covers all aspects of communication research and related topics including mass communication, advertising, journalism, public relations, broadcasting, television, and radio.
Coverage 1977 - .

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Originated from the merger of CommSearch (database of 26 journals in communication studies) and Mass Media Articles Index (database of over 40,000 articles related to mass media and published in over 60 research journals, as well as major journalism reviews, recent encyclopaedias, and handbooks in the area of communications studies). CMMC expands on the above adding full text for over 200 journal titles.

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International index to journal articles covering subjects of product design, interior design, computer aided design, ergonomics, design management, typography, advertising and packaging.
Coverage: 1973 - .

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Collection of more than 50,000 e-books covering all academic subjects including: Business and Economics; Computers, Engineering and Applied Science; Education; Humanities; Science, Medicine and Allied Health; Social Sciences. Use the QuickView option to view e-books. It is not necessary to install the Ebrary Reader.

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Factiva provides full text access to 20,000+ sources from more than 159 countries in 22 languages, including more than 400 continuously updated newswires. Coverage includes all major daily and business newspapers, primarily back to early 1990s. Sources also include both general business and industry publications such as The Economist, Forbes, Fortune, Finanz & Wirtschaft, BusinessWeek, Far Eastern Economic Review, etc., plus industry-specific titles such as Advertising Age, Caterer & Hotelkeeper, Computerworld, Retail Week and Travel Weekly.

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This resource, also known as "International Film Archive" and "International Index to Film and Television Periodicals", is a bibliographic database indexing major English and foreign language film and television journals. The database consists of two indexes - The International Index to Film Periodicals and The International Index to Television Periodicals.
Coverage: 1972 - .

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This database from the British Universities Film and Video Council contains records of audio-visual programmes and related print materials selected for usefulness in higher education.

The Independent Local Radio Programme Sharing Scheme 1983-1990: The Felicity Wells Memorial Archive
Between 1983-1990 the Association of Independent Radio Companies operated the Independent Local Radio Programme Sharing Scheme to share excellent drama, documentaries, features and current affairs between Independent Local Radio stations. Search and enjoy over 1150 programmes from this unique collection.

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Central Southern England Independent Local Radio 1975 to 1990 Digitisation Project
This resource, c1300 individual programmes is a unique opportunity to listen again to programmes that were fortunately deposited with the Wessex Film and Sound Archive [WFSA] at the Hampshire Record Office in Winchester by independent local radio stations [ILRs] in the Central Southern (Dorset, Hampshire and Berkshire) area. A slice of culture, politics and events with a local perspective.

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Three projects that bring together archives of Independent Local Radio from 1973 to 1996.
See individual entries for LBC/IRN Audio Archive, ILR Sharing and ILR South.

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Intute is a free online service providing you with access to good quality web resources for education and research in the areas of science and technology, arts and humanities, social sciences and health and life sciences.
NB. After July 2011 Intute will be available, but it will no longer be maintained or updated.

Carefully selected from the vast holdings of the BFI National Archive, InView's Collections capture diverse perspectives on events, developments and debates, and are supported by informative and authoritative commentary by BFI curators and other specialists. Explore and download rarely seen government films, written documents, newsreels, TV documentaries, discussion programmes, parliamentary recordings and much more in an indispensable resource for any study into the recent history of Britain.

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The Independent Radio News/London Broadcasting Company radio archive consists of 7,000 reel-to-reel tapes in a collection that runs from 1973 to the mid-1990s. This project focuses on the most noteworthy content - approximately 4,000 hours of recordings relating to news and current affairs.

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An index of 160,000 records from over 20 British newsreels and cinemagazines released between 1910 and 1979. News on Screen contains 80,000 production documents and links to archive footage from the Pathe newsreel database. News on Screen provides contextual information, including a database of 600 newsreel personnel (editors, sound staff and cameramen), recordings and transcripts of interviews with cameramen and biographies of newsreels and cinemagazines. News on Screen also includes a number of texts on the history of newsreels and a database of relevant books and articles. Access is restricted to ac.uk domains. To access complete the simple registration form supplying name and e-mail address.

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NewsFilm Online is a unique record of the 20th and 21st centuries comprising of 3000 hours of newsreel footage from the film archives of ITN/Reuters. Moving image can be viewed or downloaded and reused in academic work. To gain access from a pc on Bournemouth University campus use the On-Campus Connection above followed by the via direct access, button on the NewsFilm Online home page.

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The British Film Institute's [BFI] definitive guide to the Britain's film and TV history. Film and television clips can be viewed on campus only.

A resource for scripts, screenplays and transcripts on the net. Read movie scripts, television teleplays, radio transcripts from the golden age of radio, anime scripts and transcripts and plays.

TRILT is a comprehensive online listings service covering around 300 UK television and radio stations. Included are terrestrial, cable and satellite television (and regional variations), all national and many local radio stations, Asian-language, Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh television and radio. Data is available at least five days in advance of transmission enabling you to identify forthcoming broadcasts for Off-Air Recording. The data is cumulated and contains a comprehensive record from 1995.
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Unique online access to the listings of the London edition of the TVTimes from September 1955 to March 1985.

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