Databases for Film Studies

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Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 370 publications (and selected coverage for nearly 300 publications), as

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Kanopy provides educational streaming access to over 27,000 documentaries and critically acclaimed films. Some films include public performance rights (ask your librarian).

1894-present
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MLA covers folklore, languages, linguistics, and literature. Provides over one million citations for items from more than 4,400 journals and series published worldwide.

1926-present
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This database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 395 international periodicals, plus full text for more than 160 of the indexed journals.

1990s-present
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Swank Digital Campus provides a streaming library of feature films, documentaries and foreign films from the largest movie studios.

 

1900-present
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Provides full text for over 8,500 magazines and journals, including more than 7,300 peer reviewed titles. Indexing and abstracts are provided for more than 12,500 journals.

1980-present
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Includes more than 1,000 U.S. historical newspapers published between 1690 and 1922, including titles from all 50 states.

1690-1922
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Provides access to journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations. Covers U.S. and Canadian history.

1955-present
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Art Abstracts indexes over 400 English and foreign-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. Includes nearly 120 titles in full text.

1984-present
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Covering content for more than 55 years of art journalism, this retrospective resource includes articles, interviews, reviews and much more from over 600 publications.

1929-1984
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The collection currently contains over two million images, including the following collections (see "More info"):

Prehistory to the present
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Covers journal articles, exhibition reviews and news items.

1973-present
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Digital Theatre+ gives access to over 600 award-winning productions and a wealth of related study materials.

1970s-present
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Provides citations with abstracts to over 1,700 journals,book and media reviews, and dissertations.

1955-present
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Nexis Uni™ features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790.

1975-present
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Offers full-text and full-image articles for 13 large American daily newspapers and two daily British Newspapers (The Guardian and The Observer)

1764-2005
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