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Film indexes online

Provider: ProQuest

The British Film Institute's Film Index International and American Film Institute's Catalog together in one site. An authoritative alternative to the IMDB. Search by keyword; crew; character name; genre; release year and more. Many extensive plot summaries included in the AFI Catalog.

NOTE: The citations in this database will be listed in the following style: MPW 26 Mar 10, p377

(This citation means that a review appears in Moving Picture World, MARCH 26, 1910, p377.)

Film literature index

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(Bryn Mawr College) Available from 1976-2001.
(Haverford College) Available from 1976-2001.
(Swarthmore College) Available from 1976-2001.

Publisher: Ipswich, Mass. [etc.], EBSCO Pub. [etc.]

The most important index for Film Studies. Offers citations to articles, film reviews and book reviews from film and television journals from 30 countries. The journals range from scholarly to popular titles. Covers the years between 1976-2001. (The print version of this index covers 1973-2004.)

International index to the performing arts

Publisher: [Alexandria, Va.] : Chadwyck-Healey, Inc.,

Provides abstracts and full-text to journal articles. Covers a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry including dance, film, television, theater, opera, and broadcasting. Covers 1864-present.

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ProQuest Research Library

Provider: ProQuest

Provides citations and full-text magazine and journal articles in a wide variety of disciplines, both scholarly and popular in scope. Covers 1971 - present.

Readers' guide retrospective

Provides indexing of general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America.

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The New York times on the Web

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(Bryn Mawr College) Available from 1851-present.
(Haverford College) Available from 1851-present.
(Swarthmore College) Available from 1851-present.

Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : New York Times.

Offers full-page-images and article images from the New York Times from its first issue in 1851 to three years before the current date. The collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue, cover to cover, in downloadable image files. An ongoing project covers 1851 to 3 years before the current date.

LexisNexis academic

Provider: LN

A collection of databases with information on a wide range of topics, including news, business, politics and government, law, state and country information, biography, references works and dictionaries, health and medicine, and taxes and accounting. Most articles are in full-text. Covers 1980's-present.

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Art index

Provider: Wilson

Search by film title. If searching for reviews only, limit by "Document Type" to Film Reviews. Covers abstracts from 1929-present, full-text articles 1997-present.

ARTbibliographies modern

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Database Coverage: 1974-

Publisher: Bethesda, Md. : Cambridge Scientific Abstracts,

Abstracts of art journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, dissertations, and exhibition reviews. Includes citations to articles on film from art journals. Covers late 1960's-present.

Arts & humanities citation index

Provider: FirstSearch

Citations to more than 1,300 arts and humanities journals and to relevant articles on arts and humanities in over 5,800 social science and science journals. Records include articles, bibliographies, editorials and reviews. Covers 1980-present.

Internet movie database

Contains filmography listings for films, actors, producers, directors, and others associated with filmmaking. Provides plot summaries, years of release, production companies, distributors, Academy Award information, and reviews for more than 300,000 movies. Covers 1888-present.

MLA international bibliography

Provider: ProQuest

Provides citations to journal articles, books, working papers, conference proceedings, bibliographies, and other materials. Areas covered include literature, language, linguistics, film, theatre and folklore. Covers 1926-present.

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