Audio-visual resources
Audio-visual resources
Audiovisual resources such as TV and radio programmes, DVDs and podcasts can help to clarify a topic for you and give you a greater understanding.
| Advantages | Disadvantages |
| Provide concise, visual information | Not a major forum for academic research |
| Can help to clarify a topic | Usually aimed at the general public rather than at students and researchers |
| More a 'background' rather than a 'core' resource |
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DVDs in the library
The library has a collection of DVDs to support your studies. These include:
- Off-air recordings of TV documentaries and current affairs programmes (e.g. Dispatches: Why kids kill)
- Fictional programmes and feature films which deal with social science subjects and may help to give you a greater understanding of a situation (e.g. Raining Stones by Ken Loach is a film which deals with poverty in the UK).
All DVDs are available for 7 day loan or you may use our facilities to watch them within the libraries. They are located on Level 1 at both Polhill Library and at Park Square LRC in the Audio-visual sections.
You can search for DVDs by using Advanced search in the library catalogue, selecting DVD under Material type and entering your search terms in the usual way.
All DVDs and videos are given classmarks in the same way as books. Once familiar with these you can browse the shelves of the Audio-visual section easily. Click here for a list of useful classmarks for the Applied Social Studies.
Free audio-visual resources on the web
- BBC iPlayer - catch up on programmes from BBC channels that you may have missed for the past 7 days.
- BBC NEWS Video and Audio - contains a collection of videos about stories in the news. It has a searchable archive covering the last five years.
- BBC - Programmes - a BBC website which aims to give a complete listing of all TV and radio programmes aired by the BBC. Search by genre or schedule listing. Many programmes may be watched/listened to online for up to seven days after broadcast.
- 4oD - programmes from Channel 4 for the past 30 days.
- Demand 5 - programmes from Channel 5 for the past 7 days.
- Department for Education's Youtube Channel - videos from the Department covering interviews and initiatives.
- Department of Health's Youtube Channel - videos and features about the work of the Department on all aspects of health and social care.
- Home Office's Youtube Channel - videos from the Home Office covering counter-terrorism, policing and reducing crime.
- ITV Player - programmes from ITV channels for the past 30 days.
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation's Youtube Channel - videos from the charity concerning their work on UK poverty, globalisation and communities.
- Ministry of Justice's Youtube Channel - videos from the Ministry covering all aspects of the justice system.
- Number10gov - Number 10 Downing Street's Youtube channel containing films and features from the Prime Minister.
Finding audio and video on the web
There is now a huge amount of audio and video services freely available on the web. JISC Digital Media have developed the following online tutorials to help you find what you need on the Internet.
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