- Arts on Film Archive
Offers online access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. In its first phase, the archive offers a complete database and an on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE.
- BFI Screenonline
BFI Screenonline is an online encyclopaedia and is the single most extensive publicly available resource devoted to British film and television. The site is supplemented by rich and authoritative contextual material by expert writers, specially commissioned for BFI Screenonline alongside thousands of stills, posters and press books.
- Communication and Mass Media Complete
This database indexes and provides abstracts for articles from over 400 journals in the field of communications and mass media, including radio, television and journalism. Also includes links to full text for many journal articles. Many journals are covered from their first issues to the present.
- Film & Sound Online
A set of collections of film, video and sound material covering a wide range of subjects. Includes Royal Mail Film Classics, Amber Films, Channel 4 Learning documentaries and Shakespeare performances. Several hundred hours of high-quality material are available for download and can be used freely in learning, teaching and research.
- JSTOR
JSTOR is a full text database. JSTOR Arts & Sciences III includes journals in languages and literature, as well as essential titles in the fields of music, film studies, folklore, performing arts, religion, and the history and study of art and architecture. There are 150 titles in this collection.
- Lexis Library
Lexis Library includes Art Law which offers practical and authoritative answers to all the legal and tax ramifications involved in the creation, purchase, ownership, sale or transfer of a work of art. It features insights into statutes of limitations, fine-art multiples, tax and first amendment law, museum law, international trade, auction law, and new technologies, including the Internet. In addition, it includes an array of new forms, addressing copyrights, consignments, sales, international transactions, escrow arrangements, museum loans, commissioned works, and taxation.
- Nexis UK
Comprehensive international news, business and company data, including full text of all the major UK newspapers and major overseas daily publications. The news coverage offers approximately 12,000 publications from national and local newspapers, press releases, transcripts of TV broadcasts, newswires, statistical bulletins, magazines and trade journals. Also includes full text information covering news, company, industry, legal, market research and directory sources.
- TRILT
Television and Radio Index for Learning and Teaching (TRILT) is a comprehensive online listing of broadcast programme information. Includes UK television and radio, terrestrial, cable and satellite television (with regional variations), all national and many local radio stations. Data is available at least ten days before transmission and builds up as an archive of programme information and schedules.
- Willings Press Guide
Willingspress.com is an easy to use website providing information for UK and international media including named contacts, contact addresses and web and email addresses. Willings Press Guide lets you search media titles and organisations and allows you to print and save the results. Access: Ask for login details from CR Library Enquiry Desk : tel. 020 7320 1869
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