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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 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.
Communication and Mass Media Complete
A database covering journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study.
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.
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.
LexisLibrary News
Covers a range of UK news sources including local and national newspapers.
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.
Nexis
Full text database including UK national and regional newspapers, and worldwide newspapers and magazines.
Also includes full-text information covering companies, industries, market surveys, countries, and people.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Zetoc
Details of approximately 20,000 current journals and 16,000 conference proceedings published per year
An index that contains references only, not full text.
NOT included in the main library search.
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