Journalism and Media
The Library welcomes recommendations from staff and students, provided they are current editions and support the learning, teaching and research interests of the University. Make your request through the Collection Recommendation Service.
- Broadcast magazine
Broadcast is the essential source for business information about the British TV Industry. It also includes links to film, tv, and media jobs. For access please register for an account at https://account.broadcastnow.co.uk/register using your UCA email address in the format xxxx@uca.ac.uk or xxxx@students.uca.ac.uk - Media, Culture and Society
Leading peer-reviewed journal, covering media issues from an international perspective. - Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management
Academic journal covering communication and social media, as well as fashion blogs and writing.
The library has produced a Zines reading list to highlight a range of resources that are available in this area.
The library offers over 200,000 print and electronic books. Print books are arranged by shelf number, which are found using LibrarySearch and on the book binding, the most relevant numbers are -
| Subject | Shelf Number |
| 20th century Britain | 941.082 |
| Digital Culture | 303.4833 |
| Economics | 330 |
| Journalism and newspapers | 070 |
| Literature | 800 |
| Media Law | 343.41 |
| Media Studies | 302.23 |
| Modern history | 940 |
| Politics | 320 |
| Radio broadcasting | 384.54 |
| Radio history | 791.44 |
| Social Media | 302.231 |
Journals provide up to date research in your area of study, they may be available in print or electronic format and can be found using LibrarySearch. A list of all current journals can be found using the Journals A-Z, the most relevant are -
- Broadcast This link opens in a new window
Broadcast is the essential source for business information about the British TV Industry. It also includes links to film, tv, and media jobs.
For access please register for an account at
Website Registration using your UCA email address in the format xxxx@uca.ac.uk or xxxx@students.uca.ac.uk
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- Journalism: theory, practice and criticism
interdisciplinary journal that publishes both theoretical and empirical work and contributes to the social, economic, political, cultural and practical understanding of journalism - Journalism Practice
Publishes reflective, critical and research-based studies focused on the professional practice of journalism - Journalism Studies
A global forum for the study and critical discussion of journalism, including theories, conceptual frameworks, methods, and political/ethical/social dimension
Databases bring together specialist collections of articles, images and electronic books. A list of all current databases can be found using the Databases A-Z, the most relevant are -
- Nexis This link opens in a new window
Research across global news and business sources. For more information see - Newspapers - Nexis.
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University Login Required - Business Source Complete
With premium full-text content and peer-reviewed business journals, this database is an essential tool for business students. It covers all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, banking, finance and more. See - Business Source Complete to learn more.
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University Login Required - PressReader This link opens in a new window
PressReader provides interactive, digital access to nearly 7,000 of the world’s best newspapers and magazines. If you use PressReader on campus a 7 day "token" is generated which allows you to use a direct link to access the site off campus for 7 days. You can set up a personal PressReader account to access additional features (via Sign In option).
For more information see - Online Newspapers - PressReader.
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University Login Required - Euromonitor Passport This link opens in a new window
Passport provides data and insight on industries, economies and consumers worldwide, helping you to analyse market context and identify future trends.
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University Login Required - Mintel This link opens in a new window
Expert reports with detailed information on consumer buying patterns, product and service sector performance and emerging trends.
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University Login Required - Sage Journals This link opens in a new window
International, peer-reviewed journals, including high-impact research titles published on behalf of over 400 scholarly and professional societies.
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University Login Required - Rock's Backpages This link opens in a new window
Rock's Backpages is an online database of music writing. It includes full text reviews, interviews and features taken from major music publications. The database also includes Mp3 audio files of original artist interviews. The archive covers all types of popular music from the 1950s to the present.
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University Login Required - British Pathe Film Archive This link opens in a new window
Over 3500 hours of filmed history consisting of over 90,000 individual items and over 12 million still images. 1896-1978.
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Open Access - FIAF - International Index to Film Periodicals This link opens in a new window
FIAF is a bibliographical index offering in-depth coverage of academic and popular film journals from 1972 to the present day.
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University Login Required - JSTOR This link opens in a new window
An archive of scholarly journals covering the visual arts, including architecture, film studies, fine art, art history, the performing arts, religion, folklore and language, 1884-2009.
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University Login Required - Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Google Scholar is a freely available search tool that helps you to find academic articles and books on the web. It searches publishers’ websites, university research repositories and other kinds of scholarly sites. It provides a broad and interdisciplinary search and includes the ability to track the number of times an article has been cited by other authors as well as direct links to UCA online collections. For more information see - Using Google Scholar.
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Open Access
- BoB This link opens in a new window
BoB is on demand TV and radio service for education which allows staff and students to record programmes from over 75 free-to-air channels; and search our archive of over 2.2 million broadcasts. See - Using BoB to learn more about how to setup and use BoB.
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UK only due to licensing restrictions - Kanopy This link opens in a new window
Kanopy is a video streaming service with a Netflix-style interface which can be accessed via the link above or using the Kanopy mobile app for Android and iOS.
Login required off campus to watch films (log in with your UCA details to create a Kanopy login).
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University Login Required - BFI Player This link opens in a new window
The BFI video on-demand streaming service, showing critically acclaimed classic, cult and archive films.
To create or reactivate an account go to the Academic Subscription Page
See the FAQ for further instructions on creating an account.
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UK only due to licensing restrictions
- Britannica ImageQuest This link opens in a new window
Over 2.5 million rights-cleared and high quality images from 46 of the world's leading collections.
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University Login Required - Bridgeman Education This link opens in a new window
Bridgeman Education is a complete visual resource offering over 800,000 digital images of art, history and culture from global museums, galleries, private collections and contemporary artists all copyright cleared for educational use.
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Archives offer access to rare and unique insight into the work of artists and creators, and often include original letters and artwork. Details of all the collections can be found in the ArchiveSearch, the most relevant for journalism and media are -
Tessa Boffin Archive
Photographer and performance artist, this collection reflects her artistic practice developed around LGBTQ, gay and lesbian culture and producing work in response to HIV/AIDS. A selection of digitised archives are available on ResourceBank
Typographic Circle
Poster collection (2008 - 2015). Founded by Maggie Lewis in 1976, Typographic Circle brought together people with an interest in typography and type.
Working Press Archive
Books by and about working class artists and other marginalised groups of artist. Collected by Stefan Szczelkun,1986-1996 - contains correspondence, conference material, publicity, published book collection, pamphlets and zines. Working Press Zine front covers on ResourceBank.
