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2021 Dissertations: Discovering digital archives

Library guide to support student dissertations

discovering and using digital primary sources


film and television sources

Box of Broadcasts - www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/cdfiles/bob
Britain on Film (BFI) -
player.bfi.org.uk/britain-on-film

European Film Gateway -
www.europeanfilmgateway.eu/

Prelinger Archive -
archive.org/details/prelinger


International Federation of Film Archives - www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/cdfiles/ifarch a useful discovery tool for film archive collections.


music and sound sources

British Library Sounds - www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/cdfiles/sounds

Irish Traditional Music Archive - www.itma.ie/digital-library


newspapers

Comprehensive guide to the digital archive news sources at The University Library: www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/subjects/newspapers


Archives Hub is a collection of unique sources, both physical and digital: archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/


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