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Media, Film and Journalism: Books & Journals

Covers Media and Communication; Film Studies; Journalism

Academic sources

You will be expected to use academic sources in your assignments. Many of these academic sources will come from books and journal articles. 

Books

Books are particularly useful for an introduction to or broad overview of a topic. The Library has both print books and E-Books and you will find both by searching Library Search.

In the library, books about the same subject are assigned the same shelfmark number which you will find on the spine of each book and listed on the catalogue. Here is a selection of shelfmarks for Media, Film and Journalism:

Advertising 659.1

Film Studies 791 

Journalism 070.4

Media and Communication 302.23

Public relations 659.2

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Journals

 

Use journals to find:

  • useful information, research and discussions
  • different view points from different authors
  • current information as journals are published quicker than books.
 
You can find journal articles by searching Library Search and also by searching individual databases as listed on the Databases' tab of this guide.