LibGuides: Engineering, Electronics, Materials science and Mathematics: Video, images & audio

Video and image databases for engineering

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As well as our many general-pupose video, image and audio resources, we have some media resources which are particularly useful for engineering.

Box of Broadcasts This link opens in a new window
Box of Broadcasts (also known as BoB) is a database of television and radio recordings from UK free-to-air channels, which you can view or listen to online. You can also request new recordings from the channels covered. When you login into BoB, choose Sheffield Hallam University from the list of institutions: you then long in with your normal Sheffield Hallam login details. The first time you use BoB, you will be taken through creating an account.
SHIMMER This link opens in a new window
Sheffield Hallam University's images and multi-media database. Over 24,000 images, copyright-cleared for educational use. A variety of subject areas includes art and design, built environment, tourism and leisure, and student degree shows. Search, select, enlarge and export images and their metadata; link to any page in SHIMMER from Blackboard; or create presentations to export en masse to PowerPoint and HTML.

TED: Ideas Worth Saying
TED is a series of presentations dedicated to spreading interesting ideas in technology, entertainment and design. Videos of the presentations are available to view through the TED website.

VADS-Visual Arts Data Services This link opens in a new window
Visual arts digital resources with over 100,000 images freely available to UK Higher and Further Education sectors. The collection covers a wide range of visual arts, including fine art, fashion, design, public art, posters. Free - registration required
Material may be duplicated for your research use or educational purposes in electronic or print form. You must obtain permission for any other use.

Using video, audio and images

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We have a wide range of video, audio and image resources available, as well as help.

You can find out more about about our media services and general-purpose resources on our Video, Images and Audio guide, which contain much material on engineering.