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Journals & Magazines

📚Journals and Magazines

The Library offers access to a wide range of specialist publications. Essential research sources that your course will expect you to engage with.

 

💻Online & 📖Print

Publications are available either as eJournals (Online) or in Print within the Library. Many titles are accessible in both formats.

Some online resources only allow you to Browse, meaning you will not have full digital access to the content. However, Print copies are usually available in the Library. 

 

🎓Academic vs 📰Non-academic

Academic Journals feature articles written by scholars and researchers. These are often peer-reviewed PR🎓, meaning they have been evaluated by other experts in the field before publication.

Magazines (non-academic publications) are typically written by professionals or journalists. They focus more on industry practice than scholarly research.

 

🤔Should I use Magazines or Journals?
The type of publication you use may depend on the unit you are studying, as a general rule:

Theory-based units may require a stronger emphasis on peer-reviewed PR🎓journal articles. 

Practice-based units usually benefit from insights found in professional magazines.

A balanced approach, drawing from both types can often enrich your work. With some critical thinking, you can apply theory to almost anything you find in your research.

If you are still unsure, ask the unit tutor or your subject librarian.

 

📄Full text vs 🔍Abstracts

Full text articles allows you to read them in full, much like an eBook, so you are reading the text on screen in its entirety, as it was printed in the journal/magazine.

Abstracts provide a brief description of the article and will not always allow you to read the article in full text.

 

🚫Trouble Accessing Content?

Access may vary depending on the resource:

Some online resources only allow you to Browse, meaning you will not have full digital access to the content. However, Print copies are usually available in the Library. 

eJournals and databases may provide full-text access for a certain year range or only offer Abstracts.

Print resources may cover different time periods than Online versions.

If you cannot find what you need, try switching formats, between Print and Online and vice versa.

Still stuck? Contact your Subject Librarian or you can request resources through an inter-library loan.

Recommended Journals & Magazines

Afterimage : the journal of media arts and cultural criticism PR🎓

Online 

American Cinematographer

Online | Print

A Rabbit's Foot

Browse | Print

Befores and Afters

Browse | Print

Black Camera PR🎓

Online

British Cinematographer

BrowsePrint

Broadcast - Film & Video

Online

Cahiers du Cinema

Abstracts

Cineaste

Online

Cinefex

Browse | Print

Cinema Technology

Online

Cinemontage - Journal of the Motion Pictures Editors Guild

Online

Compass - Location Managers Guild International

Online

Costume Design - magazine of the Costume Designers Guild

Online

Empire

Print

Fotocinema PR🎓

Online

Film Comment

Online

Film Criticism PR🎓

Online

Film, Fashion & Consumption PR🎓

Online

Film History PR🎓

Online

Film & History PR🎓

Online

Film Journal International

Online

Film Matters PR🎓

Online | Print

Film Quarterly PR🎓

Online | Print

Framework PR🎓

Online

Images : The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication PR🎓

Online

International Cinematographers Guild

Online

JCMS : Journal of Cinema and Media Studies PR🎓

Online

Journal of British Cinema & Television PR🎓

Online | Print

Journal of Film and Video PR🎓

Online

Journal of Popular Culture PR🎓

Online

Journal of Screenwriting PR🎓

Online | Print

Journal of Visual Culture PR🎓

Online

Lurzers International

BrowsePrint

Media Practice and Education (Formerly Journal of Media Practice) PR🎓

Online

Metro : Media and Education

Online

Moving Image Review & Art Journal PR🎓

Online

Music Sound and the Moving Image PR🎓

Online

Nang (Archive)

Browse | Print

New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film PR🎓

Online

On Writing

Online

Perspective: Journal of the Art Directors Guild

Online

Post Magazine

Online

Produced By

Online

Screen PR🎓

Online | Print

Screen International

Online | Print

Set Decorators Society of America

Online

Sight and Sound

Online | Print

Society of Camera Operators Magazine

Online

Stash

Online

Studies in European Cinema PR🎓

Online

Televisual

BrowsePrint

The New Soundtrack (Archive) PR🎓

Online

The Scenographer (Archive)

Print

The Soundtrack PR🎓

Online

Velvet Light Trap PR🎓

Online

VFX Voice

Online

Wavelength - publication of the Motion Picture Sound Editors

Online

Written By

Online

Finding Journal Articles

 
Search the Publication finder by title to find electronic versions of individual journal/magazines.
 
              

To search generally on a topic, use Search Plus across the entire Library's eJournals and database collection. Narrow the search by selecting the All Filters button and then specific resources on the right.

               

Google Scholar


Search for journal articles across and beyond AUB Library's holdings

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Broader Internet Resources

This list offers a range of resources that are accessible on the web, but not subscribed to by the library - if the Journals and Databases do not have what you are looking for, you may be able to find useful information here. This is not a complete list of our online resources, but a taste of what the internet has to offer.

ACM Digital Library
Association of Computing Machinery archive of papers and publications, including SIGGRAPH.

Alphaville Journal
Peer-reviewed online journal on Film and Screen Media.

Animation Studies
Society for Animation Studies’ peer-reviewed online journal.

Black Camera
An international scholarly film journal, documenting the black cinematic experience.

Bright Lights
An online popular-academic film journal.

Database for Animation Studies
A database of literature that is regarded as important in current animation research. (Translated from Japanese)

Directory of Open Access Journals
Open access scholarly journals.

Filming in England - Creative England
Great guidance on filming on location throughout the UK - including really useful 'planning your shoot' pages.

Film-Philosophy
How films develop and contribute to philosophical discussion. 

Jump Cut
Material on film, television, video, new media, and related media and cultural analysis.


Kosmorama
Film journal of the Danish Film Institute

Media Industries Journal
Critical studies of media industries and institutions worldwide. 

Movie : A Journal of Film Criticism
The aesthetics of film and television style, close textual analysis, and/or the theory and practice of evaluating works of film and television. 

Off-screen
Online film journal

Open Screens Journal 
Open-access online journal of the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies.

Screenwriting Research Network 
Critical analysis of the screenplay form and of screen idea development practice from different informed viewpoints. 

Senses of Cinema
One of the first online film journals of its kind with high quality, film-related content.

Widescreen Journal
A peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the study of cinema, television and new media.

Zippy Frames
Zippy Frames is the premiere online journal that promotes European and Independent Animation worldwide.

Animation Arena
Interviews with professional Character Animators, Game Designers and more.

Animated Documentary Blog
Information on films, writing, news and events.

The Animation Guild 
Representing animation artists, writers and technicians since 1952.

Animation Resources
Over 6,000 digitized animated films and over 125,000 high-resolution images.

Animation World Network (AWN)
Animator profiles, independent film distribution, commercial studio activities, licensing, CGI and other animation technologies.

Art Directors Guild
The ADG is comprised of Art Directors, Graphic Artists, Illustrators, Matte Artists, Model Makers, Scenic Artists, Set Designers and Title Artists. 

Art of the title
Online publication dedicated to title sequence design in film, TV, and beyond.

Ars Electronica
Ars Electronica is a worldwide unique platform for art, technology and society.

BBC Academy
BBC training for film, television and media.

BFI Library Catalogue
800,000 film titles – including television programmes, documentaries, newsreels, as well as educational and training films – and is updated daily.

Black Film
Blackfilm’s mission is to promote and support diversity in filmmaking.

British Cinematographer
British Cinematographer is Europe's No.1 magazine covering the art and craft of international cinematography. 

British Council Film
British Council Film is the link between UK films and filmmakers and new international audiences.

British Film Designers Guild
The British Film Designers Guild (BFDG) is a professional organisation that represents and supports the creative talents involved in production design for film, television, and other visual media in the United Kingdom.

British Society of Cinematographers
Promoting the highest standards in the art and craft of cinematography. 

British Universities Film and Video Council - Learning on Screen
Experts in the use of moving image in education, delivering online academic databases, on demand video resources, training, and information.

Cartoon Brew
Cutting-edge computer animation and visual effects for both television and film, to classical techniques like hand-drawn and stop motion.

Channel 4 - Producers Handbook
This site aims to give helpful and practical guidance to all producers and editorial staff on the main areas of law, the Ofcom Code, and best practice guidelines that apply to the making and broadcast of Channel 4’s programmes and online content.

Character Design
Interviews and galleries from the top artists in animation, film, games illustration and comics.

Computer Graphics Society
Supports artists at every level by offering a range of services to connect, inform, educate and promote digital artists worldwide.

Creative Bloq
Advice and inspiration for digital and traditional artists, web designers, graphic designers, 3D and VFX artists, illustrators, and more.

European Audiovisual Observatory 
Collects and distributes information about the audiovisual industries in Europe. 

Feminist Frequency
Analyzes modern media’s relationship to societal issues such as gender, race, and sexuality. 

GDC Vault
A trove of in-depth design, technical and inspirational talks and slides from the influencers of the game development industry.

Genna Davis Institute for Gender in Media
Working collaboratively within the entertainment industry to engage, educate and influence the creation of gender balanced onscreen portrayals.

Motionographer
Motionographer is a source of inspiration and insight for designers, animators and storytellers of all stripes.

Motion Picture Company (MPC-RND)
British visual effects company. Click the Articles link to find cutting edge VFX papers presented at SIGGRAPH.

Movie Review Query Engine (MRQE)
The Internet’s largest database of movie reviews for over 100,000 titles

My First Job in Film
Making finding work less about who you know and more about your skills and achievements.

National Association for Higher Education in the Moving Image
A forum for debate on all matters pertaining to the teaching of practice in the Moving Image in Higher Education.

Notebook
Notebook is a digital magazine of international cinema and film culture provided by Mubi.com

Production Designers Collective
We are a group of colleagues dedicated to mutual support through sharing knowledge, encouragement and experience.

Screenskills
The industry-led skills body for the UK's screen-based creative industries.

Shooting People
Started in the belief that the best way to get independent films made and out into the world was to learn from others doing it themselves.

Short Film Depot
A site for Film Directors, Producers, Distributors, Organizations and Schools to enter their films into the major festivals.

Society for Animation Studies
Provides a focus for animation studies, publishing papers and articles on animation at academic conferences and in scholarly journals. 

Stop Motion Magazine
Educate, inform, and inspire those who share a love and passion for stop motion animation in all its forms.

Skwigly
Brings the animation community a wide range of up-to-date content; including news, interviews, reviews, podcasts, videos and tutorials. 

Transonscreen
A directory for trans+ and non-binary professionals in film and TV

The Knowledge Online
Over 20,000 UK and international production suppliers.

UK Screen Alliance
The voice for over 190 companies across the UK in Post Production, VFX, Animation, TV & Film Studios and Production Services. Follow the link to Animation UK as well. 

Visual Effects Society
The entertainment industry's only organization representing the full breadth of visual effects practitioners.

VFX Atlas 2025
A snapshot of the global workforce, giving an indication of the recent changes in the sector. 

Women in Animation
Dedicated to advancing women in the field of animation, providing resources and connections to make it happen.

Databases

Databases allow you to search across various journals with a single search, including journals that are not recommended on this page.

The databases listed below are useful for finding scholarly information about film, animation, visual effects and games design.

Each database searches across different journal content, so it will benefit your research to search across a number of them.

 

 

A full list of every resource that the Library has access to can be found on the A-Z of Databases

Database / Journal / Article

Database / Journal / Article highlights an article within your specialism, while also showing you what journal and database the article can be accessed through.

Database: University of California Press 

Journal : Film Quarterly

Article: Qureshi, B. (2018). Elsewhere - A Tale of Two Arabias. Film Quarterly. Vol. 72 No. 1, Fall 2018. pp. 69-72)

Abstract: While Beirut repeats familiar tropes from Hollywood's post-9/11 Arab thrillers, In the Last Days of the City's portrait of pre-revolutionary Cairo presents a welcome alternative to this clichéd gaze, presenting instead a more authentic and genuine representation of Middle Eastern subjectivity.


Read the article online