Film & Media Studies

Collection overview

The collection covers all aspects of Film and Media Studies, particular strengths are:

Historical, critical and biographical coverage of European, U.S., Latin American and some Asian cinema
Film theory and criticism, aesthetics and practical aspects of filmmaking such as screenwriting and film production
General media and television studies
The history of journalism, newspapers and periodicals
Historical, critical and theoretical coverage of the theatre
Performance art and theory

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Collection location

Film theory and criticism books are located in the FILM and MEDIA collection on the 5th floor
Material about film and media is also located within the area collections of Latin American Studies and United States Studies
Recent issues of periodicals are on display bays in the Periodicals Room - 4th floor. Many older periodicals are held in the closed access stacks. These will display the location Stack Service. Please request at the Stack Service desk on the 4th floor
To locate individual titles use the online catalogue

Related collections

Area collections of Latin American Studies and United States Studies
English collection
Music collection
Sociology collection
The Harry Price Library of Magical Literature (Special Collections) holds material on illusion and early moving images
Dictionaries and other reference works are located in the Information Centre, 4th floor

DVD Collection

Over 800 films and operas are available on DVD, these include films from Europe (including Russia), the US, Latin America and Asia, from early silent cinema to the present day.

To find out which DVDs are available you can search the online catalogue:

Select 'keyword: advanced' from the main catalogue menu
Enter the title or director in the search box
Select FILM/VIDEO from the 'Material Type' drop-down menu
Click on the 'Submit' button

Alternatively, you can browse this online list

DVDs are obtained from the Information Centre (4th floor) and can be viewed on any of the library’s 50 workstations. Click here for the rules and regulations

Any University of London academic staff member who wishes to use a DVD in a lesson should contact Sarah Burn, details below.

Classmarks for Film and Media Studies

Film Studies classmarks

All classmarks in this collection have a numerical prefix of (3), eg FILM and MEDIA 5th floor (3) YXP3 Cah

Encyclopedias of film	YXP1	History of film (general)	YXP3
Bibliography of film	YXP2	UK cinema	YXP3e-YXP3ev
Film Directors	YXP4	French cinema	YXP3f
Film Theory	YXPA	Spanish cinema	YXP3g
Aesthetics and philosophy of film	YXPC	Italian cinema	YXP3i
Documentary film	YXPM	German cinema	YXP3k
Early cinema	YXQ	Russian/Soviet cinema	YXP3n
Cinema sound	YXR	East Asian cinema	YXP3r-YXP3t
Film industry	YXS
Film production and direction	YXT	Latin American cinema	LATIN AMERICAN (34) YXP3
		US cinema	UNITED STATES (33) YXP3

Media Studies classmarks

Journalism	YV-YVNB	History of broadcasting	YZA
Theatre studies	YX-YXO	Radio broadcasting	YZB
History of British theatre	YX3e	Television Studies	YZD
Media studies (general)	YZ	Internet	SOCIOLOGY (3) KDTI

For a more detailed explanation of classmarks see the Library's leaflet 'A guide to the classification scheme'.

Other libraries

For more information about Film and Media Studies holdings in other academic libraries in the London area, please consult the M25 Consortium of Higher Education Libraries website: www.m25lib.ac.uk. For elsewhere in the UK, consult the Consortium of University and Research Libraries catalogue: www.copac.ac.uk