This database comprises of a CD or vinyl copy of every UK Top 40 hit since the charts began in November 1952 and also includes US Hit 100 songs. Desktop DJ has over 1 million tracks available to stream in its music library.
You'll need a special username and password to access Desktop DJ. Click the padlock icon to obtain the login details.
Note: This resource is for educational use only.
Kanopy is a film streaming service that gives access to some theatrical releases, training videos and documentaries.
Box of Broadcasts (BoB) is an online TV and radio recording service. You can opt to record programmes from over 65 TV and radio channels, and access a growing media archive of more than 2,000,000 programmes.
Points to note when using BoB:
We also have access to Leeds Beckett TV, an on-demand media recording service for Leeds Beckett staff. Content includes recordings of recent and historic film and television broadcasts, as well as in-house content such as inaugural lectures and graduation ceremonies.
PressReader has over 5000 publications from over 100 countries. Issues of magazines and newspapers appear as they would do in print. Some titles that you can access include Computer Arts, The Guardian, T3 and lots more. It covers a vast amount of subjects from Art and Design (Wallpaper magazine) to Zoology (BBC Wildlife).
As a Leeds Beckett student you can read all these publications - just sign in with your Leeds Beckett email and password. For additional features, such as adding favourite publications and setting up email alerts, register for a PressReader account by clicking the "User" icon in the top right hand corner of the screen.
Provides access to full text newspapers and allows you to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, newspaper section, or other fields. The database offers a one-stop source for current news and searchable archives.
This database contains the full text of the Financial Times, with a 30 day embargo.
This databases allows you to access the full text archive of key UK and Irish news titles such as The Guardian, and search across different news sources.
An online, full text facsimile of 200 years of The Times, detailing every complete page of every issue from 1785 to 2010. This historical newspaper archive allows researchers an unparalleled opportunity to search and view the best-known and most cited newspaper in the world online in its original published context.
Other, more specialist news sources are available, particularly for historical research.
