Getting Started
- Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text This link opens in a new windowIncludes reviews, critical analysis, film and television theory, preservation and restoration, writing, production, cinematography, and technical aspect. 1914 to present.
- MLA International Bibliography with Full Text This link opens in a new windowComprehensive database indexing articles, books, book chapters, and dissertations on all aspects of modern literature, language, and linguistics. Over 1000 of the indexed journals have full text. 1916-present.
Start Your Research is a way you can search journal articles, magazines, newspaper articles, books, and media across several different databases including the library's catalog. It may be a good choice if you are looking for articles on recent films and if you are just beginning your search.
Important note: Don't forget that there are about 600 other databases that you can use that might not be represented in Start Your Research.
More Databases for Criticism & Reviews
See also the entire Theater & Performing Arts database list, the Newspaper databases, and possibly the Literature and Language databases for more search options.
- Humanities Source This link opens in a new windowEncompasses all key fields of the humanities. Includes articles, interviews, obituaries, original works of fiction, drama, poetry, and reviews. Indexing from 1900, full text from 1909 to present.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowMulti-Subject. -- Access begins with the first volume for many journal titles, but usually does not have the newest volumes of each journal.
- Pop Culture Universe This link opens in a new windowAmerican and world popular culture, past and present. Decade overviews from 1920s to 2000s.
- Project MUSE This link opens in a new windowProject MUSE offers full-text current and archival articles from 500+ scholarly journals from major university presses covering literature and criticism, history, performing arts, cultural studies, education, philosophy, political science, gender studies, and more. Updated continually.
- Readers' Guide Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new windowPopular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and Canada. Indexing, 1983 to present. Selected full text, 1994 to present.
- Readers' Guide Retrospective (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new windowPopular general-interest periodicals published in the United States. Reflects the history of 20th century America. 1890 to 1982
Digital Collections
- American Radio History.comSix million pages of AM FM & TV Broadcasting periodicals (historical) online.
- The BioscopeList of mostly free international silent film periodicals.
- Ciné-ressources: Répertoire des périodiquesOnline French cinema periodicals.
- KinemaSwiss film journal from the years 1911-1919.
- Media History Digital LibraryA free online resource, featuring millions of pages of books and magazines from the histories of film, broadcasting, and recorded sound.
- Motion Picture Periodicals, Books, and Pamphlets: Margaret Herrick LibraryDigitized issues of early cinema periodicals held at the Margaret Herrick Library.
- UNZ.orgSearches numerous mainstream English language magazines published over the last 150 years
