Film Studies

Databases / Internet Resources / Print Guides /  Course Guides

The following databases, websites, and course handouts may be helpful in beginning or continuing research on topics related to film studies.  For further assistance with finding resources or information, please contact Benjamin Harris, liaison librarian for the interdisciplinary degree in Film.

Databases

Academic Search Complete
Designed specifically for academic institutions, this is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.

MLA International Bibliography
Major citation index to critical scholarship in literature, language, linguistics, and folklore. Some full-text articles.

Communication and Mass Media Complete
Index to over 400 journals related to communications and mass media, with full text for over 200 journals.

Lexis-Nexis Academic
Full-text index to newspaper and magazines; to find film reviews, select "Arts and Sports News" as the news category and "Book, movie, music, and play reviews" as the news source

Internet Resources

Film Literature Index
This online searchable index is better than most commercial databases with a focus on film.  Searchers should note that the index covers the years 1976-2001. Use this site to locate citations for articles and search for the journals or books in the library's online catalog.

 

Internet Movie Database
The IMD is to film topics as Google is to everything else:  this is THE site to go for basic and general information on films, actors, producers, directors, writers, caterers, et al.
 

Masters of Cinema
This surprisingly comprehensive and sophisticated site is the product of the collaboration of several former film students still interested in the medium, particularly in relation to world cinema.  The site features articles, a calendar of DVD releases, and reviews of films being released (or re-released).  The site also links to several companion sites focusing on the directors Bresson, Dreyer, Ozu, and Tarkovsky.

Trinity University's Coates Library: Video & DVD Collection
Browse the library's film and video collection, organized into categories.

For more internet resources: Film Internet Resources Guide

Print Guides

How to Find Information in Print on Film

Course Guides

Prepared by librarians for specific courses, these course guides offer instructions for starting your research, drawing from reference sources, books in the regular collection, and online databases and internet resources.

ML&L 3311, French Cinema