Box of Broadcasts - a fantastic database of video material for teaching and learning - and you get to add to it if you want!
BoB (Box of Broadcasts) National is an innovative shared online off-air TV and radio recording service for UK higher and further education institutions. It contains over a million items, including an archive of all BBC TV and radio content dating from 2007.
BoB enables all staff and students in subscribing institutions to choose and record any scheduled broadcast programme from 60+ TV and radio channels. You can also edit programmes into clips, create playlists, embed clips into Moodle, share items via social media and generate reference citations.
Please note that our BoB licence is for educational purposes only, and only for use within the UK.
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You can find more information about using BoB on our TV for learning webpage.
DVDs and recordings from television
Merchiston library has a large collection of DVDs and some videos which can be borrowed for 7 days. This includes many feature films - find items using LibrarySearch.
Since 2014 we have been continuing to record extensively from terrestrial TV channels, and the recordings can now be found on the University's Online Video Server.
To see the videos it is essential to log in:
Log in using the button on the top right-hand side (your standard University log-in details)
Click on TV Recordings (on the top left-hand side)
You will see a large range of categories, including cinema, marketing, biological sciences etc. Choose a title from any of these categories and click on it to start the programme.
You can access the online video service on- or off-campus.
Please note that recordings are made under licence from the Educational Recording Agency (ERA+) for educational purposes only.
Other collections
The definitive guide to Britain's film and TV history.
Please note that BFI Screenonline is only for educational purposes and for use within the UK.
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Capital Collections- a choice of images from the collections of Edinburgh City Libraries and Information Services
National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive - formerly the Scottish Screen Archive, this is Scotland's national moving images collection. It preserves over 100 years of Scottish history on film and video. 1,700 films and clips online.
British Pathé - 90,000 historic clips online from one of the oldest media companies in the world
Bridgeman Images - Thousands of images from museums and galleries around the world. All images on this site are copyright protected and displayed for reference only. Images may be printed out for reference using Lightboxes.
Scholars' Resource - Images for the teaching of art history and related subjects. Thumbnail images can be viewed on the site for many artists.