Marshall Brooks Library: English Subject Guide: Film Studies

Recommended Databases for Film Studies

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Millions of citations from journals and books on literature, language and linguistics, folklore, film, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. Listings on rhetoric and composition and the history, theory and practice of teaching language and literature are also included. Indexing coverage begins in the 1920s.
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More than 10,000 scholarly, popular, and trade journals from multiple disciplines.

Film comment
A journal of the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Available in JSTOR and in the library's print collection. (See the new periodicals display.)
Film criticism (2016-)
"Film Criticism is a peer-reviewed, online publication whose aim is to bring together scholarship in the field of cinema and media studies in order to present the finest work in this area, foregrounding textual criticism as a primary value."
Film Criticism (1975-2015)
"Film Criticism is a peer-reviewed, online publication whose aim is to bring together scholarship in the field of cinema and media studies." This title is available in the JSTOR.
Film Quarterly
"Peer-reviewed writing on motion pictures" Archive issues are available in JSTOR. 2011-Present are available in the library's print collection (See the new periodicals display.)
Sight & Sound
Publication of the British Film Institute (BFI). 2008-Present in the library's print collection. (See the new periodical display.)
Film History (1987-)
JSTOR archival coverage with a three year moving wall.
Film History (1987-Present)
EBSCOhost coverage 1987 to present.

A Short Guide to Writing about Film by Corrigan
Call Number: CITE SITE PN1995 .C66 2010
ISBN: 9780205668946
Publication Date: 2009
Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film
ISBN: 9780028657912
Publication Date: 2007
"This reference provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to film and film studies, covering such aspects as production, national traditions, studios, genres, critical theory and film history."

See the Call Number - PN1993-1999 for books on film studies.

Search the catalog for specific directors, films, genres or aspects of film studies.