Finding Scholarly Articles and Reviews
Finding Scholarly Articles and Books
Film Literature
Index
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone; Z5784.M9 F45; 1973-2000
The most important index for research in Film Studies -- covering film criticism
from 1974 to the present. Indexes over 300 international film periodicals.
Film title, personal name, and subject indexes are included. Film Literature
Index also includes critical articles on television and video (section two).
For earlier scholarship, consult the Retrospective Index to Film Periodicals,
below.
FIAF
International FilmArchive Database
The main databases, the International Index to Film Periodicals and its companion
the International Index to TV Periodicals, contain almost 300,000 article
references from more than 300 periodicals. The International Index to Film/TV
Periodicals offers in-depth coverage of the world's foremost academic and
popular film journals.
International
Index to the Performing Arts
IIPA draws its current content from more than 130 international periodicals
and also indexes articles and obituaries appearing in The New York Times and
The Washington Post. IIPA covers nearly all aspects of the world of performing
arts, including film, theater, and opera. Most IIPA records in the current
file (1998 forward) contain an abstract.
Retrospective
Index to Film Periodicals, 1930-1971. New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1975.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone: Z5784.M9 B39
Historical index of film scholarship predates the Film Literature Index, above.
Indexes 14 English-language film periodicals, as well as articles from the
Village Voice.
The Critical
Index : a Bibliography of Articles on Film in English, 1946-1973, arranged
by names and topics.
New York : Teachers College Press, c1974.
Firestone Library (F): Z5784.M9 G47
Index of film articles from 22 periodicals over 27 year period. Complements
the Film Literature Index.
Chicorel
Index to Film Literature, 2 vols. New York : Chicorel Library Pub. Corp.,
1975.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone: Z5784.M9 C48
Film Criticism
: an Index to Critics' Anthologies. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press,
1975.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone: PN1995.H4
Selected
Film Criticism: 1896-1960, 7 vols. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1982-1985.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone: PN1995 .S426 1982
Finding Film Reviews
For movies produced after 1985, use:
Proquest
Direct - Periodical Research Library
Under GUIDED SEARCH, select ARTICLE TYPE: "movie review."
Omnifile
Similar to Proquest. Also has the Reader's
Guide Retro, which covers periodicals from 1890-1982.
For movies produced before 1985, use:
Film Review
Index. Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx Press, 1986-1987.
Two volume comprehensive index of movie reviews from 1882 through 1985. Consult
this for a good listing of reviews and short articles.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone Z5784.M9 F513 1986
Index
to Critical Film Reviews in British and American Film Periodicals, together
with: Index to Critical Reviews of Books about Film,
3 vols. New York, B. Franklin, 1975.
Vols. I, II/III, covering 1930-1972. Comprehensive listing of over 20,000
film reviews including documentaries and shorts.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone: Z5784.M9 B64
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