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RECOMMENDED DATABASES by SUBJECT: Film Studies
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Academic Search Premier
Coverage dates vary, some as far back as 1975. Over 4500 journals including 3600 which are peer-reviewed; most are full text. Many subjects are covered including computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies and many more. .

Art Index
1984-present. 400+ international journals scholarly articles on painting, design, crafts, film, photography, video, architecture, computer graphics
Arts and Humanities Citation Index
1975-present. 2.5 million records of articles including literature, drama, film
Book Review Digest
1983-present. Over 114 periodicals over 420,000 reviews of non-technical books in all subjects
Contemporary Women's Issues
1992-present. Full-text articles and books published by over 100 organizations worldwide
Dissertation Abstracts
1861-present. Abstracts since 1980 US, Canadian, British and other European doctoral dissertations and master's theses
Ethnic Newswatch
1991-present. 200 publications, full-text articles from journals and newspapers worldwide, English & Spanish
FIAF International Film Archive
1972-present. 300+ film journals, 300,000 citations of articles from popular and scholarly film journals covering all genres, countries, periods, film archives and catalogs. Not a source of full-text film criticism or essays
History of the American Cinema
This full-text 10-volume 1990 encyclopedia by Richard Koszarski and Charles Harpole considers the motion picture industry from its early roots in the 19th century through the 1980s. It examines the development of film and the film industry, analyzing both the genres, themes and technology that defined each decade and the political and economic background that gave rise to them. Fully indexed and searchable.
Humanities Full Text
1984-present; abstracts since 1994. Articles, book reviews, interviews, fiction, obituaries, reviews All humanities subjects
Literature Resource Center
Ongoing. Full-text articles, biographies, bibliographies, links to other sources. Fiction, nonfiction, drama, filmscripts, screenwriters, the literary aspects of film studies
Modern Language Association (MLA) International Bibliography
1963-present. Citations to journals, books, proceedings Language, literature, folklore, cultural studies, film studies, reviews
Reader's Guide Full Text
1983-present. 300+ popular journals current events, fine arts, business, general interest
Wilson Omnifile Full Text
1994-present. Over 1300 journals abstracts and full-text articles in business, including telecomms, broadcasting, marketing
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