Anti-racist resources from your library
A black box will get you nowhere. One of these books though… pic.twitter.com/aCArbcqvcJ — Kate Ryan (@MsKateRyan) June 2, 2020 The recent killing of George Floyd by police in the United States and...
Tagged: Media
New free ebook to help you investigate deep fakes and other media manipulations
Journalism and Media Studies students might be interested in reading the new 3rd edition of the Verification Handbook For Disinformation And Media Manipulation, published by the European Journalism Centre. This handbook uses contemporary examples...
How to keep up-to-date with new blog posts
Our team of Academic Liaison Librarians are doing a excellent job of keeping you up-to-date with resources and services relevant to you. One of the ways we do this is by posting to the...
Films featuring our students
Have you had chance to sit down and watch the award-winning films researched, scripted, devised, filmed and edited by our very own Performing Arts, Film Production and Screen Performance students? This is the seventh...
New Film Studies ebook bundle available
Your library has just purchased a collection of over 200 ebooks from the BFI to support Film Studies. Some of them are recently published, such as Sue Thornham’s 2019 Spaces of women’s cinema: space,...
Accessing JStor from off campus
We have heard a few students and academics say that you’re unable to access JStor from off campus. We are looking into this as a matter of urgency. Strangely, some staff members have no...
Online Shakespeare resources
Are you looking for resources on Shakespeare that you can access online? Here are some suggestions: Check out the ebooks available through the Library Catalogue. You can refine this list by using the ‘subject’...
Box of Broadcasts (BoB) now available in Europe
Good news. If you’re a European student who has returned home during the corona virus pandemic you will still be able to access Box of Broadcasts (BOB) until the end of July. BBC News...
Study Skills: Citation Trails
Found a really relevant article on a topic you’re writing about? Want a quick way to find more? Citation trails is a way of finding articles related to your relevant article. Citation trails work...
Newsstream – a new way to look for news content
From 1 March 2020, you will be able to search across over 600 newspaper titles and news broadcast outlets at the same time by using Newsstream via your library’s subscriptions. Newsstream will be replacing...
New books on racial representation on screen
in 2019, students told us they wanted to see more books in the library on racial representation on TV and film. This topic is one that we library staff want to see more resources...
Have you heard about WGSN?
WGSN (World Global Style Network) is an excellent resource for Fashion students and other design programmes. It is a pioneering online trend library, giving you insight and inspiration of trends across the world. WGSN can...
Quick reference and citation formatting using zbib in your browser
We in the library are big fans of reference management software, as it takes a lot of the admin and headache out of managing your reading and getting your references and bibliographies just right....
Investigating the Harvey Weinstein investigation and #MeToo
Last year, students told us they wanted more books on investigative journalism. One investigative journalism book we’ve recently ordered is the Pulitzer Prize winning “She said: breaking the sexual harassment story that helped ignite...
George Eliot 200th anniversary
George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans), a Victorian author, was born in 1819, so this is her 200th anniversary year. Her novels and short stories have frequently been adapted for radio and film. This...