Cinema and Television

Online Resources

• Grove Art
  • Access over 45,000 articles on all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present day and over 21,000 biographies. 
  • Over 2,500 art images and line drawings and over 40,000 image links from high quality museum and other art sites.
  • Extensive coverage of World Art, including information on civilisations and culture of Africa, Asia, Mongolia, China, India, the Islamic World, Japan, Korea, Europe, the Americas, Pacific and Aboriginal Australia, Ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece and the Near East. 

• KnowUK includes -
  • Filmmakers Yearbook
  • Willings Press Guide

• CREDOreference includes -
  • Chambers Film Factfinder

• Who's Who and Who Was Who - Who's Who includes information on over 33,000 influential people in British public life, and Who Was Who is an historical archive of over 90,000 deceased people included in previous editions of Who's Who.

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Look through over 50,000 biographies of men and women who shaped Britains past, as well as various Themes, which includes Armed Forces.

• NewsUK - Search through a variety of national and local newspapers.  Also has useful news topics on a variety of issues.

• Take a look at these suggested websites for more information about Cinema and Television

Resources available in the library:

• Spotlight - the index to the acting profession
• Yearbooks, entertainment directories and agents guides
• Magazines including Radio Times, The Stage, Empire, Sight & Sound and Screen International
• Early editions of film magazines including Monthly Film Bulletin and Sight & Sound