Literature Search: DJCAD library portal, quick reference section

Literature Search:

Step 1: Broad overview of quick reference sections of the DJCAD library, via the DJCAD library portal:

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Art Bibliographies https://search.proquest.com/artbibliographies/index?accountid=10606 This database is the only specialist index available for the study of modern and contemporary art. Covers all art forms, including fine art, digital art, crafts, design and photography. Indexes art journals published from the late 1960s onwards.

Art Cycopedia http://www.artcyclopedia.com/ Use to search for recent art exhibition reviews, news. Also includes online UK and international newspapers; company information including financial reports and company profiles.

Art in Scotland http://www.artinscotland.tv/  A news channel reflecting contemporary arts in Scotland 2. A growing archive building the permanent from the ephemeral.

Media Research http://www.oxfordreference.com/page/mediastudies/media-studies Oxford Reference is an online reference database, spanning 25 different subject areas, bringing together 2 million digitized entries across Oxford University Press’s Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias



Film & Video

Alexander Street Press Online video https://search.alexanderstreet.com/front-page?ssotoken=anonymous Access over 4000 online videos from sources worldwide, and covering many subject areas. Includes documentaries, plays, and instructional materials. Click on 'Titles' to view content available at Dundee

Arts on Film http://artsonfilm.wmin.ac.uk/index.html free access: "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."

Lux Artist's Moving Image https://lux.org.uk/ (representing 4500 works by approximately 1500 artists from 1920s to the present day). Use for exploring British based artists’ film and video in depth, browse content by artist, work title or by themes, such as abstraction and installation.

Scotland on Screen  https://scotlandonscreen.org.uk/ free access: "provides free access to films from the Scottish Screen Archive with accompanying learning resources ........ The films document over a century of Scottish lives on film, with particular reference to social, economic and environmental change."


BOB - Box of Broadcast https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand BoB (Box of Broadcasts) from Learning On Screen is an innovative shared online off-air Television and radio recording service

British Universities Film and Video Council  http://bufvc.ac.uk/tvandradio/trilt/index.php The TRILT index provides access to information and listings on UK TV and radio channels from 1995 onwards

BFI Archive https://www.bfi.org.uk/inview/ Includes over 2,000 non-fiction film and television titles from the 20th century to the early 21st. Content is selected from the BFI National Archive.


To be continued....check Multi-media section