Resources for Theatre, Film and Television Studies

Printed materials

The main collection of printed material e.g. books, journals, reference and quick reference for Theatre, Film and Television can be found in the Hugh Owen Library on Level F (top floor):

PN General Literature
PN1560-PN1590 The Performing Arts
PN1600-PN3307 Drama
PN1990-PN1992.92 Broadcasting
PN1993-PN1999 Film Studies
PN2000-PN3307 The Theatre
PR English Literature
PS American Literature
Z Printed bibliographies
Printed journals
There is also a technical section on new media at TK on level E (middle floor).

Electronic resources

All the electronic resources for Theatre Film and Television can be found through Primo where you can discover individual resources or cross-search a number of them at once. Primo includes key resources such as citation databases, e-journals and e-books, selected websites, subject gateways, data and media resources, news, reference materials and library catalogues.

Visit http://primo.aber.ac.uk/ and Sign In, then click on Databases A-Z and select Theatre Film and Television from the Category menu to find important e-resources such as BBC Listener Research Department, the Schirmer Encyclopaedia of Film, and the World Shakespeare Bibliography Online. Information about each resource is available by clicking on the Show Info button next to it which includes essential information on access on and off-campus.

Find a summary of browsing and searching in Primo here: http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/infoskills/primo/

Information skills

See our Information Skills pages for information on:

• finding printed materials in the library
• finding and evaluating electronic information
• keeping up to date in your subject of study
• effective study and bibliographic referencing
• library induction and skills training

There are also useful online tutorials for your subject covering key online information skills - try the tutorials for Media and Communication, and Performing Arts.

Collections

The University's collections contain a wide range of materials, including theses and past papers. You can find details of all our collections here.

Services for academic staff

Your subject librarian can provide skills training for students and staff, resource evaluation and more. For full details see this page

Your subject support librarian is: