LibGuides: College of Arts &amp; Sciences-Dept. of English &amp; Foreign Languages: Film Studies

Databases

Here is a list of several databases that contain many film-related resources. When searching for articles, it is helpful to include "motion picture" to your keyword search.

Academic OneFile (Gale) This link opens in a new window
General reference source for full-text articles.
Academic Video Online: Premium This link opens in a new window
Streaming video resource covering the following areas and more: art, architecture, counseling and therapy, dance, education, law and public safety, literature, opera, psychology, theatre, and musical performance.
Films On Demand This link opens in a new window
Web-based digital video delivery service that allows you to view streaming videos from Films Media Group anytime, anywhere, 24/7! Choose from thousands of high-quality educational titles in dozens of subject areas. Films On Demand delivers outstanding digital video ideal for students and faculty through online catalogs, distance-learning courses, and learning management systems.
Fine Arts and Music Collection (Gale) This link opens in a new window
With more than 100 full-text magazines and journals covered in databases such as the Wilson Art Index and RILM, this collection will provide your students with resources to support research in areas such as drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.
Humanities International Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracting for over 1,700 journals and contains more than 1.5 million records; an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and educators interested in all aspects of the humanities including fine arts, literature, history and philosophy.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Provides an archive of important scholarly journal literature in nearly all the humanities and social sciences disciplines, international and foreign areas studies, and many of the life sciences.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
This database serves as central resource for researchers at all levels. Covering more than 160 subject areas and 12,000 full text publications, ProQuest Central is the largest aggregated database of periodical content. This award- Winning online reference resources features a highly-respected, diversified mix of content including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, newspapers, reports and videos.

Books

Use the Monsignor William Barry Memorial Library Catalog to find books/ebooks, and streaming video on topics relating to film studies. Below are just a few examples.

ART -- Film & Video

Film

Film criticism

Motion Picture Authorship (screenwriting)

Motion pictures -- History

Motion pictures -- Moral and ethical aspects

Motion pictures -- Philosophy

Motion pictures -- Religious aspects

Motion Pictures and Literature

Motion pictures Plots, themes, etc.

HELPFUL TIP: As you search and find books of interest, click on the title to view the citation and review the subjects the book(s) are cataloged under - then use those subjects for additional searching.