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The Academic Achievement Team is committed to helping students realise their academic potential and move towards becoming independent learners.
The team consists of five members of staff including the Team Leader.
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Getting Started
Not sure where to start?
Have a look at our How To... page for our three part tutorial on getting started with your library research. The Starting Your Research in MCL tutorial (Part 2) has examples of searches related to School of Arts subjects such as media and film, but the advice is relevant for all subjects.
You will also find guidance on searching Library databases, from some of our database providers.
University Subscriptions - free with your Roehampton login.
Academic databases
Search these for journal articles, book chapters and other research papers in your subject. Most provide the full PDF text, but sometimes there may be just brief details (citation and abstract) of the articles, so click SearchFullText@Roehampton to see if we have it.
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Communication and Mass MediaFull-text journal articles in media studies, communication, and other closely-related fields.
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Oxford Handbooks OnlineThe Oxford Handbooks series brings together the world’s leading scholars to write articles that survey the current state of scholarship in their field. The articles review the key issues, reveal original arguments and concepts, and set the agenda for new research.
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VLEbooksA large collection of eBooks in all subject areas.
Current newspapers and magazines
You can access photography magazines via PressReader.
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Nexis UKWorldwide news and business database.
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PressReaderOnline access to a vast range of current newspapers and magazines, with over 7,000 titles, from 120+ countries in 60+ languages. To log in while off campus, sign in via Open Athens (select Library or Group, University of Roehampton and then Open Athens). You can also download the PressReader App.
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Vogue ArchiveThe Vogue Archive contains the entire run of US Vogue magazine, from 1892 to the current month, reproduced in images indexed by garment type, designer and brand names.
Newspaper and magazine archives
Explore digital facsimiles of print media from the earliest days of photography.
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British Library NewspapersThe British Library’s archives of searchable facsimiles of regional and national newspapers from the 19th century.
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Gale Primary SourcesA cross-searchable platform of eight databases containing searchable facsimile reproductions of newspapers, periodicals, books and ephemera from the 17th to 20th centuries, including digital archives of the Illustrated London News, the Listener, Times & Times Literary Supplement (TLS).
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Guardian (The) and The Observer (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)Historical local, regional and national UK news from 1791 - 2003.
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Illustrated London NewsA digital archive of the world's first weekly illustrated newspaper from 1842 to 2003, providing contemporary accounts and images of significant British and world events.
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John Johnson CollectionArchive of printed ephemera covering everyday life in Britain in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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New York Times (The) with Index (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)Content from the New York Times (1851-2015) with index (1851-1993).
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Times Digital ArchiveThe Times newspaper in facsimile from 1785 - 2014.
University subscriptions - free with your Roehampton login.
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ARTSTORA curated collection of over 2.5 million high quality images. The images are all copyright cleared for education and research so can be used in essays, presentations and other assignments. Covers a range of subject areas.
Click here for off-campus access.
A handy guide to Photography resources on Artstor can be found here.
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KANOPYStreams thousands of films, documentaries and training videos across a wide range of subjects. Many films have captions, transcripts or subtitles and are compatible with technologies for visual impairment, such as JAWS. Please note, we do not have access to BBC productions via this service but BBC programmes may be available via Rob Roehampton.
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ROB RoehamptonA streaming and recording service that allows students and staff to record Freeview TV and radio programmes, as well as create clips and playlists. Users can access the growing archive of all recorded programmes, plus the BBC Digital and Shakespeare Archives.
Open Access: Free to all on the Web
Photography: See Web and Open Access resources tab on this guide.
Films: See the Film subject guide for a list of good sources of free online films.
Good quality, freely available online resources
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AnOther Art & PhotographyOnline art and culture magazine.
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ArtBabble photographyShowcases high quality art-related video content from more than 50 cultural institutions worldwide.
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British Photography HistoryInformation and discussion on all aspects of British photographic history.
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Europeana Photography CollectionsMixture of public domain and under copyright photos from several European heritage collections
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Fast Forward: Women in PhotographyShowcases the best of emerging and established photography by women.
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Fox Talbot Catalogue RaisonnéIndex and information on the printed works of William Henry Fox Talbot, inventor of photography.
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Photography CommonsOpen access articles.
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PhotomonitorImages and articles from contemporary British and Irish photographers.
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Spruce Crafts Photography pageA DIY craft and hobby site full of helpful tips, step-by-step tutorials, and historical information.
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VADS (Visual Arts Data Service)Over 140,000 images from over 300 art collections, free for educational use.
Professional organisations and services
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PhotofusionBased in Brixton, south London, this exhibition space and training centre provides support and career progression to photographers of all abilities.
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Photo LondonAnnual trade fair of international photography held in the UK capital.
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Press Photo History ProjectAims to record every news photographer and agency operating in the UK since 1904; explores the working relationship between photographs, agencies and newspapers.
Physical and online collections, archives, galleries, museums...
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British Culture ArchiveWeb presence of the crowdsourced People’s Archive, documenting British society and subcultures through documentary photography since the 1930s.
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British Photography: The Hyman collectionA private collection based in London and open to researchers by appointment.
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Center for Creative PhotographyMuseum and study centre for the history of photography, based at the University of Arizona.
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Fast Forward: Women in PhotographyShowcases the best of emerging and established photography by women.
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London Photography DiaryOnline guide to London’s photography scene, with details of exhibitions, events, and reading material.
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Luminous LintIndexes and collates material relating to the history of photography (requires a subscription).
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Martin Parr FoundationSupports photographers whose work focusses on the diversity of everyday life in the British Isles.
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National Portrait Gallery photograph collectionThe UK's national gallery, based in central London, houses over 250,000 portrait photographs.
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PhotofusionBased in Brixton, south London, this exhibition space and training centre provides support and career progression to photographers of all abilities.
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The Photographers GalleryThe UK's first public gallery dedicated to photography is in London's West End.
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Photography and the Archive Research Centre (PARC)Based at the UAL London College of Communication
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Photography NowEstablished 1998 in Berlin, a leading international online portal for photography and video art.
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Sands FilmsIndependent film studio, costumier, cinema club and picture library in Bermondsey, south London.
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Science and Media MuseumThis Yorkshire museum's collections are dedicated to the science and history of images and sound.
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Tate Digital ArchivesBrowse the digital archive of items in the Tate's collections (you can refine by Format > Photograph).
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UNESCO digital archives projectFilms, photographs and sound recordings from the United Nations.
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V & A Museum Photography collectionFounded in 1852, now one of the largest and most important collections in the world.
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