Georgetown University Library - Subject Guide for Film & Television Studies

Communication Abstracts   

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1977 - present

A comprehensive index to communication-related publications, including literature in other disciplines that is relevant to communication researchers. Also covers the international literature in film studies, the role of technology in human communications, risk communication, crisis communication and public opinions.

FIAF International Filmarchive Database   

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Index to film periodicals and related collections from the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF). Includes the following indexes, which can also be searched separately: Index to Television Periodicals (starts 1979); Index to International Film Periodicals (starts 1972); Treasures from the Film Archives; Film/TV Documentation Collections; FIAF Affiliates Publications.

Film and Television Literature Index   

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A bibliographic database that provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 300 publications, and selected coverage of 300 more.

Film Literature Index  

1981- .

Index to the international film and television/video literature appearing in film journals and specialized film publications. Articles are indexed by author, subject, screenwriter, performer, director, cinematographer, professional society, and corporation.

Location: Ref. PN 1993 .F55

MLA International Bibliography   

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1926- .

The MLA International Bibliography, produced by the Modern Language Association of America, provides access to worldwide scholarly research in over 4,400 journals and series pertaining to literature (including drama), language, linguistics, folklore, film, radio, television, and theater. Provides citations to journal articles, books, book chapters from multi-author works, dissertations, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, and bibliographies. Does not include book reviews. MLA International Bibliography represents all national literatures.

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Academic Search Premier   

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1965- (varies).

Indexes over 4,000 periodicals in many subjects and includes many full-text articles. To limit your search to film reviews, type in the name of the film and then select "entertainment review" from the Document Type list.

Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory  

Definitions of concepts and terms and brief biographies of key people, ranging from a column to two pages in length. Entries provide introductions to such topics as gender, memory, race, globalization, audience, fandom, identity, feminist theory, queer theory, and structuralism. Includes references and further readings.

Location: Ref. PN 1993.45 .C75 2001

Film Index International   

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1900-

Film Index International is a filmography that gives fully international coverage of about 115,000 films and 57,000 film personalities from over 170 countries. Provides a scholarly, inclusive approach to all areas of film studies, including coverage of the first silent movies, art house classics and current popular films. This release of the database contains the most recent records available, which are extracted from the British Film Institute's SIFT database (Summary of Information on Film and Television).

Film: A Reference Guide  

Each chapter is a bibliographic essay on some aspect of film, e.g., history of film, film criticism, film and society. Indexed.

Location: Ref. PN 1993.45 .A75

Internet Movie Database  

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A database of information on over 420,000 feature films, television shows and movies, direct-to-video movies, and video games. Includes movie credits; filmographies; biographies of directors, actors, writers, etc.; reviews; plot summaries; quotations; and trivia. An Amazon.com company.

American Film Scripts Online  

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The full text of film scripts, indexed and organized for searches by scene, director, producer, scriptwriter, actor, subject, historical event, and character (by name, race, sexual orientation, gender, and occupation).

Film Review Annual  

1982-.

Reprints complete reviews of films drawn from many different newspapers and magazines. Also includes citations to other reviews not reprinted here. Arranged by title of film. Includes indexes of critics, casts, producers, directors, and screenwriters.

Location: Ref. PN 1995 .F465

Variety Film Reviews  

1907-1992.

Reprints film reviews from Variety, in the order in which they were published. Title index for each year. Lexis Nexis Academic searches full-text articles from Variety from July 19, 1993 to the present, Proquest Research Library searches full-text articles from Variety from 2000 to the present.

Location: Ref. PN 1993.V36