Monday 26 October 2015

Focus on Box of Broadcasts

Did you know that we have access to a large archive of television and radio programmes via our subscription to Box of Broadcasts?  And that they come with complete transcripts?

It can be tempting to use our ILS database list just when we need journal or newspaper articles, but there are tools which provide access to lots of other types of resources too.  One of the most useful is this tool, which provides an archive of Freeview channels, including some in other languages.  If you teach classes, you may be able to find a good film or television programme to use.  Or you may be interested in analysing news programmes for their coverage of a specific event or policy.  Further to this, it offers the chance to create clips of part of a programme, or playlists of clips or whole programmes.

If you would like to explore this further, Box of Broadcasts is on the ILS databases page.

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