2023 English, media and culture subject guide

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Books, plays, poetry and dictionaries

Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature
Over 6,000 US and UK children's books, free to read online
BBC Shakespeare Collection
BBC TV and radio programmes of Shakespeare's plays, poems and sonnets. You will need to create an individual account using your UW email to access this resource

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
To log in use WOR+ your full student number, including the issue number e.g. WOR12345678. Access provided by our partnership with Worcestershire County Council

Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
To log in outside The Hive type WOR + your student/staff card number (above the barcode on your card). Access provided courtesy of The Hive partnership with Worcestershire County Council.

Poetry Foundation
Poems online
Shakespeare Documented
Celebrating 400 years of William Shakespeare with an online exhibition documenting Shakespeare in his own time.

Academic journals and research

Our Browzine collection offers a great visual way to browse journals in your area, build your own bookcases, save links to articles, and explore special issues and articles in press. Here is a link to the journals categorised under Literature, Creative Writing and Linguistics

Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics
Collections of essays on key authors, periods and genres. A great place to start your research

Historical sources

19th Century UK Periodicals: Series 1 - New Readerships
Historic magazines, many illustrated

BBC Rewind
Thousands of BBC archive films reflecting life around the UK
Britain on Film (BFI)
1,000s of beautifully preserved films, capturing 120 years of Britain on Film

Gale Primary Sources
Local, regional and national newspapers

British Pathe
The finest newsreel archive in the world.

British Periodicals Collections I and II
17-20th century magazines
Early English Books Online
Early English Books Online (EEBO) features page images of almost every work printed in the British Isles and North America, as well as works in English printed elsewhere from 1470-1700.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Parts I and II
Full-text digital versions of eighteenth-century book titles.

Internet Archive: Movies
Download or listen to free movies, films, and videos

JSTOR 19th Century British Pamphlets
Political, religious and social history in pamphlet form. Watch the how-to video (video 1:07) before you start searching.

Local museums in England
Specialist collections of art, archaeology and history to inspire you
National museums in the UK
National collections of history to inspire you
Official UK Chart Number 1s
The soundtrack to British lives since 1952
Radio Times 1923-2009
BBC listings information from 1923-2009.
Time and date
Was the 24th March 2007 a Tuesday? Check here.

Times Digital Archive
The Times newspaper from 1785-2019. To log in type R + your student/staff card number (above the barcode on your card).You may need to add zeros after your student/staff number to make 9 characters in total, including the R. Access provided courtesy of The Hive partnership with Worcestershire County Council.

Wayback Machine
Archived webpages. Great for research into recent history.

Current TV, film and news

Box of Broadcasts (BoB)
Freeview TV and radio from 2001, plus the BBC Archive. Watch previously broadcast programmes and record future ones. Watch our short guide here.

JustWatch
Movie search engine- find out which streaming service has the film you need

Kanopy
Film streaming service. Browse categories or search for specific titles.
European Newsstream
Find full-text newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites from around the world. Watch the how-to video (video 4:18) before you start searching.
International Newsstream
World except US and Canada
US Newsstream
US and Canada

PressReader
Borrow digital newspapers and magazines, from Worcestershire County Council. Digital library membership required

Scripts

Awesome Film
Movie scripts to download
BBC Writers' Room
Selected BBC TV and radio scripts
Daily Script
Film and TV. Includes drafts of scripts where available
Go into the Story
More downloadable film scripts
Internet Movie Script Database (IMSDb)
The world's largest movie script resource
Screenplays for You
Script Lab
Particularly good for recent scripts
Scripts on Screen
Movie script search engine
Simply Scripts
Film, TV, radio, anime and unproduced scripts

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2023 English, media and culture subject guide

Content

English, media and culture subject guide

Books, plays, poetry and dictionaries

Books, plays, poetry and dictionaries

Academic journals and research

Academic journals and research

Historical sources

Historical sources

Current TV, film and news

Current TV, film and news

Scripts

Scripts

Tom Mandall

Tom Mandall

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