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The main collections of Screen Studies books can be found on Blue 4 in the Main Library.
The main classification numbers for books are as follows:
| Classification Number | Subject |
|---|---|
| 778.5 | Cinematography |
| 791.4 | Cinema, radio and television: general |
| 791.41 | Radio and television: general |
| 791.414-9 | Radio and television: subdivided geographically by country |
| 791.43 | Television: general |
| 791.434-9 | Television: subdivided geographically by country |
| 791.44 | Cinema, television and video: general, including screenwriting |
| 791.444-9 | Cinema, television and video: subdivided geographically by country |
| 791.45 | Cinema: general, including general film censorship |
| 791.451 | Cinema: theory |
| 791.453 | Cinema: encyclopaedias and dictionaries |
| 791.458-9 | Cinema: history |
| 791.464-9 | Cinema: subdivided geographically by country |
| 791.47 | Individual actors, directors, editors etc including film scripts - under director |
| 791.48 | Video |
| 792 | Theatre and acting in general |
| 792.01 | Theory |
| 792.02 | Stagecraft |
| 792.03 | Encyclopaedias |
| 792.04 | General essays |
| 792.09 | History of the theatre and acting (subdivided geographically, e.g. 792.0942 History of the theatre and acting in Great Britain) |
| 792.7 | Music halls |
| 792.8 |
Ballet and theatrical dancing |
Journals relevant to screen studies and drama can be found in the Humanities journals sequence in the Orange Area.
It is worthwhile carrying out a search on Google Books to see if a book is available to view online.
If you have a reading list for your course and the books are in use by other students, you can check to see if it has been fully or partially digitised by Google.
The University of Manchester Library is one of the largest subscribers to e-journals and databases in the UK but we don’t have access to everything.
If you find that we don’t hold a book, report, journal article or conference paper that you need, you can use our Inter-Library Loans service.
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