Journalism databases

17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers

  • Extensive collection of more than one thousand newspapers and pamphlets from 1600-1800.
  • Based on a collection at the British Library gathered by Reverend Charles Burney.
  • Coverage: Broad coverage of the humanities, science, and medicine.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

19th Century British Library Newspapers

  • Provides access to national, regional, and local 19th century British newspapers.
  • It includes 48 titles which reflect the social and political developments of the time.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

19th Century British Pamphlets Collection

  • A digital collection of more than 26,000 significant pamphlets compiled from seven UK university libraries.
  • Coverage: Key political, social, technological and environmental issues of their day.
  • Included in the main library search.

19th Century UK periodicals, series 1

  • A full text resource that spotlights the birth of modern magazine publishing in Britain.
  • Charts the rise of children’s entertainment and education, and increasing interest in popular sports and hobbies.
  • Also covers the political spectrum of women’s writing.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Arts & Humanities

  • Features hundreds of titles covering Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre, and Cultural Studies.
  • Full-text journals.
  • Included in the main library search.

Box of Broadcasts (BoB)

  • Off-air recording and media archive service.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

British Cartoon Archive

  • Contains more than 125,000 cartoons, fully-catalogued, searchable, and available to view online.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

British Humanities Index

  • An international abstracting and indexing tool for research in the humanities and arts.
  • This indexing database provides article citations and abstracts, not full text.

British Periodicals Collections I and II

  • Almost 500 British periodical runs from the 1680s to the 1930s, based on the UMI Microfilm Collection, 'Early British Periodicals'.
  • Included in the main library search.

British Union of Fascists: newspapers and secret files

  • Contains the three principal organs of the British Union of Fascists: Action (1936-1940), Blackshirt (1933-1939) and Fascist week (1933-1934).
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Business Source Ultimate

  • UK and international business, management and economics issues across a range of sectors including construction, IT, education, and health.
  • Included in the main library search.

Communication and Mass Media Complete

  • A database covering journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study.
  • Included in the main library search.
Commentary

Encyclopedia of Human Rights

  • Covers a wide range of topics, including key organisations, events, and leading figures.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Guardian and Observer (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)

  • Online access to The Guardian (1821-2003) and The Observer (1791-2003) newspapers.
  • Easily searchable first coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
  • Included in the main library search.

Illustrated London News

  • Covers the reporting period 1842 to 2003, including news of war, disaster, ceremonies, the arts and science.
  • Included in the main library search.

Independent Local Radio

  • Audio files from four archives of Independent Local Radio from 1973 to 1996.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Independent Voices

  • Digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals, drawn from the special collections of participating libraries.
  • Produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century.
  • NOT included in the main library search.
Journals

JSTOR

  • UWE Bristol subscribes to the JSTOR multidisciplinary Arts and Sciences Collections I,II,III,V,VII, VIII and XIV.
  • A scholarly archive of over 1,000 full-text electronic journals.

Kanopy

  • Access to over 18,000 films, including major blockbusters, documentaries and the Criterion collection.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

News on Screen

  • Database of 180,000 cinemagazine and newsreel stories linked to production documents and films.
  • NOT included in the main library search.
Journals Current awareness

Nexis

  • Full text database including UK national and regional newspapers, and worldwide newspapers and magazines.
  • Includes access to the Financial Times.
  • Also includes full-text information covering companies, industries, market surveys, countries, and people.
  • NOT included in the main library search.
Commentary

Overton

  • A searchable index of policy documents, guidelines, think tank publications and working papers.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Project Muse

  • Online access to high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from scholarly publishers.
  • Included in the main library search.
Commentary

SAGE Research Methods

  • A web-based research methods tool created to help researchers, staff and students with their research projects.
  • SRM focuses on methodology rather than disciplines, so can be used by researchers from the social sciences, health sciences and more.
  • Included in the main library search.

Scopus

  • The largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings.
  • Fields of research include science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
  • Included in the main library search.

Screenonline

  • Online resource of British film and television, featuring hundreds of hours of film and television clips from the vast collections of the BFI National Archive.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Taylor & Francis

  • Provides access to over 2,500 full-text journals published by Taylor & Francis, Routledge, Psychology Press and Informa Healthcare.
  • Included in the main library search.
Journals

The Times Digital Archive

  • Access to back issues of The Times (London) newspaper online.
  • One of the most highly regarded resources for the study of 18th century history and onward.
  • Included in the main library search.

This Week programmes from 1956-1992

  • Programme information about This Week, the first ITV current affairs series, which ran from January 1956 to December 1992.
  • Includes information about the documentation which supports each programme.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

TRILT (Television and Radio Index for Learning and Teaching)

  • Descriptions of UK television and radio programmes, including terrestrial, cable, and satellite television; all national and many local radio stations.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

World Advertising Research Center (WARC)

  • This database contains information on the worldwide advertising and marketing industries.
  • Includes case studies, full text journal articles, conference papers, news, statistics and information on best practice.
  • Included in the main library search.

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