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The Mediascape aims to introduce you to some useful online resources for finding sound clips, videos and images. It will help you to see how each might be useful in the course of your academic studies. Click in the boxes below to find out more. Return to this page by clicking on the icon
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2. Sound Sound resources could include lectures, music or sound effects.
Listening to lectures or ‘oral histories’ can offer an alternative way of learning about a subject.
Music might be your subject area, so you can expand your understanding of a composer or genre by listening to some examples.
Perhaps you require sound effects to create media-rich presentations.
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Find Sounds is a search engine which enables you to search for sound effects available on the web. You should refer to copyright information on each site that it links you to.
The Library provides access to some sound resources. British Library Sounds is a good place to start. It includes music, spoken word and sound effects. Naxos Music Library is an excellent recorded music resource.
Visit to find out how to reference Audio or Video Podcasts.
A full list of the Library’s recommended sound and video resources can be found on our Audio and Visual Resources page.
Band of HM Royal Marines, Portsmouth and HMS Daring, by Between a Rock, Flickr

3. Video resources could include television programmes, films, newsreels, lectures and short clips.
You could use video as an alternative way of learning about a topic. Perhaps you are a media or film studies student and watching videos is integral to your course. Video clips can also be used to enhance presentations.
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YouTube is perhaps the most popular video search tool. Vimeo is a resource which encourages copyright holders to share content freely. Always refer to the Terms and Conditions of the website.
The Library provides access to some video resources. Box of Broadcasts is a good place to start. You can record, watch or listen to terrestrial television and radio programmes and even make clips for presentations.
Visit to find out how to reference video clips from websites: Streaming video.
A full list of the Library’s recommended sound and video resources can be found on our Audio and Visual Resources page.

4. Images could be diagrams, photographs, works of art or templates for specific purposes, such as to assist the generation of computer games characters.
Images can enhance coursework or presentations, support arguments and illustrate processes or concepts.
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The Library provides access to many image resources that have been copyright cleared for educational purposes. However, note: they must not be uploaded to the web. Artstor is a good place to start as it contains more than a million images relating to visual arts and culture.
Photo-sharing sites such as Flickr are places where you can upload your own photos and look at other peoples’. Images are often licensed by Creative Commons. Wikimedia Commons is an alternative resource, but all images can be shared. Caution: not all users who upload images understand copyright!
A full list of the Library’s recommended image resources can be found on our Audio and Visual Resources page.
Visit to find out how to reference Images, illustrations and diagrams.

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