Film Studies: Home

Subject guide to library resources for Film Studies

Welcome

Welcome to your Subject Guide for Film Studies. It offers some basic guidance on how to find and use the Library's resources in this subject area.

Chicago Manual of Style Online
Guidance on citing sources and reference formats

Off-Campus Access:
- click on link to database
- and login through the SSO (Single Sign On) page, using your University Account Username and Password

Find theses

Proquest Dissertations and Theses with Full Text (PQDT)
the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1861 to the present day

Off-campus Access:
- click on the link to the database
- login through the SSO (Single Sign On) page, using your University Account Username and Password

The library holds over 12,000 DVDs and Blu-Rays. These are primarily selected to support the Department of Film Studies and include films and holdings of extremely rare reference materials such as ethnographic films and documentaries by filmmakers like Frederick Wiseman and Jean Rouch.

Find out which DVDs we've purchased recently in the box to the right.

Search the library collections to find which DVDs and Blu-Rays are available.

Enter a title, keyword or director into the search box.

If you get a lot of results then you can refine the search by selecting Audiovisual from the Format option on the left-hand side of the screen.

You might also find it useful to refine your search by the Genre option. This would allow you to find specific types of film, for example silent films, adaptations, animation.

The Library provides the following equipment for you to view items in the collection:

2 DVD players and 1 Blu-ray player on Level 2 of the Main Library
1 DVD player in the microform room on Level 4 of the Main Library
Portable DVD drives to borrow from the Library Service Desk

BoB
BoB is Learning on Screen’s on demand TV and radio service for education; Users can record programmes from over 65 free-to-air channels and an extensive archive of tv and radio broadcasts. You can create and share playlists and clips. NB: BoB is NOT AVAILABLE outside the UK.

On- and off-campus access:
- click "sign in"
- start typing st andrews, then select "University of St Andrews" from the results, and click "Go"
- at the University Single Sign on page, login with your University username and password.
Ethnographic Video Online
over 1800 documentary films as well as video, written ethnographies, field notes, memoirs, and contemporary studies, covering human behavior the world over

Off-campus Access:
- click on the database link
- then login through the SSO (Single Sign On) page, using your University Account Username and Password
EUscreen
provides free access to thousands of items of archived European TV footage
Kanopy
an online streaming service providing access to films and top documentaries. Access is available to a small number of titles only, selected to support current teaching needs.

Off campus access
-click on Connect Now button
-login with your university username and password
Moving Image Archive
The Moving Image Archive is Scotland's national collection of moving image held at the National Library of Scotland, the catalogue provides access to over 2,000 clips and full-length films.
Roundabout
600 Technicolor films from the cinemagazine Roundabout (1962-1974)
It was designed to promote British values, manufacturing and the ethos of the Commonwealth to audiences.

Off-campus Access:
- Click on the Sign in button on the right of the screen
- select the University of St Andrews from the drop down list
- then login through the SSO (Single Sign On) page, using your University Account Username and Password

Library Resources for Film Studies

Library Search
Specialist Databases for Film Studies
Additional Sources of Information

Search on the Library Homepage allows you to search multiple Library databases at once. Results will include books, journal articles, newspapers, theses, etc. as well as materials held in Special Collections and Museum Collections.

In the search results use the filters on the left to narrow down the results.

Use the "Library Catalogue" filter to restrict to books etc. held in the Library, or use the "Format" filter to select e.g. journal articles, and then select the "Full-text" filter to restrict the search to items you have full-text access to.

Screen Studies Collection is the main specialist database for Film Studies. A survey of current publications relating to film scholarship alongside filmographies. The database contains three different indexes: American Film Institute (AFI) Catalog; FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals; and the British Film Institute's Film Index International. The indexes can be searched in one go or individually by using the links below.

American Film Institute (AFI) Catalog
covers history of American cinema from 1893 to 1975 with full or short records from 1976 onwards. Available via Screen Studies database.
FIAF (The International Federation of Film Archives) Index to Film Periodicals
contains FIAF’s Treasures from Film Archives, a selection of reference volumes, article abstracts and some full-text journals that reflect film holdings from archives around the world. Available via Screen Studies database.
Film Index International
from British Film Institute this resource indexes films from over 170 countries and can be searched both by film but also by person. Available via Screen Studies database.

Other specialist databases include:

Film and Television Literature Index with Full Text
full text for 120 journals and 100 books, plus indexing for 380+ publications in film and television theory, screenwriting, production, cinematography, reviews.

Off-campus Access:
- click on the link to the database
- from the 'Select your region or group' pull-down menu, select 'UK Higher Education'
- then click on 'University of St Andrews'
- and login through the SSO (Single Sign On) page, using your University Account Username and Password

Moving Image Gateway
From database:
This Gateway includes over 1,400 websites relating to moving image and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas

TRILT (Television and Radio Index for Learning and Teaching)
UK television and radio data on the web, with over 300 TV/radio channels, from 1995 onwards. enables customised automated alerts for forthcoming programmes up to 10 days in advance; and highlights programmes for which a DVD copy may be requested

Off-campus Access:
- Click on the Sign in button on the right of the screen
- select the University of St Andrews from the drop down list
- then login through the SSO (Single Sign On) page, using your University Account Username and Password

British Library Sounds (was Archival Sound Recordings)
over 50,000 unique sound recordings from all over the world, covering the entire range of recorded sound - music, drama and literature, oral history, accents and dialects, sound recording history, wildlife and environmental sounds. Smaller subset of sounds is available without logging in at http://sounds.bl.uk

On and off campus access:
- enter the University of St Andrews
- then login through the SSO (Single Sign On) page, using your University Account Username and Password
Defining Gender 1450-1910
large collection of original source material for those studying history, literature, etc., from a gendered perspective. Includes ephemera, pamphlets, commonplace books, diaries, periodicals, letters, ledgers, manuscript journals, poetry, receipt books and conduct and advice literature

Off-campus Access:
- enter a search term in the search box, or choose the Documents or Explore options
- When asked to login, select "The UK Access Management Federation" login option
- Enter the University of St Andrews in the Organisation box, click to select University of St Andrews when it appears, and click Continue
- You're directed to the University of St Andrews Single Sign-on page, enter your University of St Andrews username (without @st-andrews.ac.uk) and your password, and click Login.
Drama Online
online platform with a growing collection of drama titles from Methuen Drama, Arden Shakespeare, and Faber and Faber. Drama Online includes full-text access to approximately 1,000 plays and over 100 critical and practical works

Off-campus Access:
- Click in the Log in button at the top right hand of the screen
- Click on the sentence that says Log in via your institution
- Choose Show Organizations
- Click on the University of St Andrews
- then login through the SSO (Single Sign On) page, using your University Account Username and Password
JSTOR
periodicals archive of over 2,000 leading scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. Over fifty million pages of content

Off-campus Access:
- Click in the Log in button at the top right hand of the screen
- Click on the sentence that says Log in via your institution
- Enter the University of St Andrews in the Search by Name box and click Search
- then login through the SSO (Single Sign On) page, using your University Account Username and Password
The Listener Historical Archive
developed as the medium for reproducing broadcasts, The Listener (1929-1991) was the weekly newspaper published by the BBC. Provides an insight into the intellectual and cultural history of the twentieth century, and also to the golden years of radio and television.

Click on 'Login via your home institution'
Login through the SSO (Single Sign On) page, using your University Account Username and Password
MLA International Bibliography (via EBSCOhost)
index to papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies on literature, language, linguistics and folklore, from 1926 onward. Produced by the Modern Language Association of America

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New DVDs for Film Studies

Frames Cinema Journal

Frames is run by the postgraduate community within the Film Studies Department at the University of St Andrews. Autumn issues publish new work from members of the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS). Spring Issues focus on emerging themes within the discipline.

Frames Cinema Journal

Last Updated: Oct 31, 2019 3:36 PM
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