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Finding Film Research and Reviews
 

This guide is designed to assist researchers looking for reviews and other general information about films using Burke Library's collection.
 

Articles

Film & Television Literature Index
Index to articles on all aspects of film and television, including reviews, from more than 600 popular and scholarly publications.

Academic Search Premier
Indexes over 8,000 scholarly journals and popular magazines in all areas of study. Full-text articles provided for more than 4,600 titles.

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Books

The following subject headings may be especially helpful for finding books and other materials related to film studies in ALEX and WorldCat.

  • African Americans in motion pictures
  • African Americans in the motion picture industry
  • Motion picture actors and actresses--[place country name here]--Biography
  • Motion picture audiences
  • Motion picture industry--[place country name here]
  • Motion picture industry--[place country name here]--History
  • Motion pictures--[place country name here]
  • Motion pictures--[place country name here]--History
  • Motion pictures--Aesthetics
  • Motion pictures and literature
  • Motion pictures--History
  • Motion pictures--Political aspects
  • Motion pictures--Social aspects
  • Motion pictures--Production and direction
  • Motion pictures--Reviews
  • Motion pictures--Social aspects
  • Women in motion pictures
  • Women in the motion picture industry

ALEX
Hamilton College Library's catalog. Use our call number locator to find items from your catalog search.

WorldCat
Catalog with more than 60 million records for books and other materials owned by libraries around the world. Use the Find It. button to request items through interlibrary loan.

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Film Reviews and Criticism

Film & Television Literature Index
Index to articles on all aspects of film and television, including reviews, from more than 600 popular and scholarly publications.

Film Literature Index
Citations for approximately 700,000 articles, film reviews and book reviews published from 1976 to 2001. The print edition (Ref PN1993 .F5) covers 1974 to 2004.

Academic Search Premier
Indexes over 8,000 scholarly journals and popular magazines in all areas of study, mostly dating after 1990. To find reviews published during a film's initial release, enter the movie title in one search box and the phrase "motion picture reviews" in another.

Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982
Index to the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States during the 20th century. To find reviews published during a film's initial release, enter the movie title in one search box and the phrase "motion picture reviews" in another.

Film Review Index
Location: Ref PN1995 .F465 1986
Retrospective bibliography of articles on films released between 1882 and 1985 that have established themselves as being of high interest to researchers and students.

Film Review Annual
Location: Ref PN1995 .F463
Collected reviews from sixteen publications for films released between 1980 and 1988.

Metacritic
Compiles current film reviews from leading critics with links to many of the original articles.

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Biographies and Filmographies

Film Bibliographies: Media Resources Center UCB
Film bibliographies on a variety of topics compiled by the Moffitt Library's Media Resources Center at the University of California, Berkeley.

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
Essays and commentary on significant films, actors, directors, writers, and other production artists. Entries also include biographies, filmographies, comprehensive credits, production information, major awards, and bibliographies. An older print edition is available in the reference area (Ref PN1997.8 .I58 1997).

Women Filmmakers & Their Films
Location: Ref PN1998.2 .W66 1998
Entries on significant North American and European women filmmakers each include a brief biography, complete filmography (through 1998), a selected bibliography and a short essay on the subject's importance.

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Film Credits and Plot Summaries

American Film Institute Catalog
Location: Ref PN1998 .A57 1971
Film summaries, production credits, and review information for every American feature film released from 1893 to 1950.

Internet Movie Database
Collection of movie information amassed from on-screen credits, press kits, official bios, autobiographies, interviews, and contributions by movie enthusiasts.
More information.

Magill's Cinema Annual
Location: Ref PN1993.3 .M34
Film summaries, production credits, review information, and awards for selected domestic and foreign films released in the United States from 1981 to the present.

Magill's Survey of Cinema
Film summaries with limited production information for films released before 1981.

English language films, first series - Ref PN1993.45 .M3
English language films, second series - Ref PN1993.45 .M32
Foreign language films - Ref PN1993.45 .M34 1985
Silent films - Ref PN1995.75 .M33 1982

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Other Resources

Moving Image Source Research Guide
The Museum of the Moving Image's gateway to the best online resources related to film, television, and digital media.

Film Bibliographies: Media Resources Center UCB
Film bibliographies on a variety of topics compiled by the Moffitt Library's Media Resources Center at the University of California, Berkeley.

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(Reviewed: March 3, 2009)