Journalism Subject Guide
Books and Journals held in Birkbeck Library
Books | Journals | Videos, DVDs etc
Books
Search the Library catalogue to find books. Click on the Catalogue tab at the top of the screen.
Many of the books will be at 070.4 and numbers following on from that. It is always advisable to check the catalogue rather than browsing the shelves as the Library has two subject classification schemes, relevant books can be classified at other shelfmarks, and you may be interested in reserving books that are currently on loan.
Some of your essential reading may have been placed in the Reading Room Collection.
Birkbeck Stratford
If you are a Birkbeck student studying at Stratford with a UEL card, you also have access to a dedicated collection of learning resources held in room 121 at University of East London (UEL) Stratford Campus Library, referred to as the 'Birkbeck Collection'. To search the UEL Stratford Campus Library catalogue to find books go to UEL Library catalogue. N.B. After your search results are displayed, select the ‘Birkbeck Collection’ in the ‘Refine My Results’ section on the left. The rest of the UEL Stratford Campus Library collection can be consulted for reference purposes.
All electronic resources subscribed to by Birkbeck Library can be accessed by you via the eLibrary tab above.
A guide to Library classification in this area.
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Some reference sources are available online via Oxford Reference Online or Credo reference.
To access these online services from you will need to login with your IT Services username and password. The collections can be searched individually or by subject cluster and are all listed on the library catalogue.
Print & Electronic Journals
The Library subscribes to more electronic journals than print ones in this subject area: for a list of journals list, click here.
Most of the electronic journals can be accessed from outside College with your IT Services username and password.
Click on the eLibrary tab above and select Ejournals to access them.
BIROn - Birkbeck Institutional Research Online a database of research papers by Birkbeck academic staff.
Videos, DVDs, Off-Air Recordings & CDs
These are located in a separate collection on Level 1, near the Reading Room Collection. All audiovisual materials are listed on the Library catalogue. If you are looking for a feature film, search by title or director (use Author Alphabetical when searching for a director). Most videos are one week loan. Feature films can be found at 791.4372 arranged by title.
Here are some examples of relevant DVDs the Library holds:
- 50 years of BBC TV news, BBC2, 2004. Documentary about the history of BBC TV News 384.5540941 FIF
- ITN's first 40 years, ITV 1995. Documentary about Independent Television News 791.4509045 ITN
- Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's war on journalism, dir. Robert Greenwald. Documentary giving an in-depth look at Rupert Murdoch's Fox News 070.430973 OUT
- Dispatches: unholy war. Channel 4 2007 397.28 DIS
- Dispatches: unseen Gaza. Channel 4 2009 070.44995604 DIS
