Film Studies Databases

* database contains partial or complete full-image and/or full-text coverage of journal articles

Note: Although the library does not subscribe to any specific film databases, topics in film are covered in a variety of general databases. Some of the general databases are also good to use if you are looking for film reviews. Different databases will use different vocabulary: film, movies, or motion pictures.

Communication and Mass Media Complete* EBSCOhost years vary-
Provides indexing and full-text to literature related to communication and mass media. Good for film production as well as film criticism.

OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson)* EBSCOhost 1982-
This general database includes articles that cover a wide range of topics in education, general science, humanities, and the social sciences. Formerly known as WilsonWeb, OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition contains the full text of articles from over 2,500 publications and abstracts from nearly 3,600 publications.

Project MUSE* John Hopkins University
Project MUSE covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and many others.

Academic OneFile*
Contains peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources in the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995.

Academic Search Premier* EBSCOhost years vary-
Provides full text for more than 3,430 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. This database is updated on a daily basis.

JSTOR*
Full-text of over 100 core journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences including the journal, Film Quarterly. Note: Coverage includes the entirety of each journal with the exception of the current five years.

Reference Databases

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Database of full-text encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.