Sound

Images

Video

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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Band of HM Royal Marines, Portsmouth and HMS Daring, by Between a Rock, Flickr

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.

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.

A full list of the Library’s recommended sound and video resources can be found on our Audio Visual Resources page.

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.

Visit Referencing@Portsmouth to find out how to reference audio-files from websites. See note under ‘Podcasts’.

Video

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.

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.

A full list of the Library’s recommended sound and video resources can be found on our Audio-Visual Resources page.

Visit Referencing@Portsmouth to find out how to reference video clips from websites.

YouTube and Google Video are two video search tools you may already know about. Refer to the JISC tutorial on video and moving images for information on copyright. Vimeo is a resource which encourages copyright holders to share content freely.

Images

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.

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.

A full list of the Library’s recommended image resources can be found on our Audio Visual Resources page.Visit Referencing@Portsmouth to find

out how to reference images and images from a database such as Artstor.

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!

JISC Digital Media website gives guidance on all aspects of finding and using sound, video and images. Click on the box to enter the site.

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