Library Research Guides: CINEMA &amp; MEDIA STUDIES: Home

New Resources

Docuseek2 This link opens in a new window
Streaming over 1800 documentary films across a broad range of disciplines.

Still from AWAKE: A Dream from Standing Rock

Socialism on Film: The Cold War and International Propaganda This link opens in a new window
Documentaries, newsreels and features showing the world as seen by Soviet, Chinese, Vietnamese, East European, British and Latin American filmmakers, ranging from the early 20th century to the late 1980s.

Cinema & Media Studies at Wellesley

Department of Cinema and Media Studies

Contents of this guide

This guide will help you find resources for researching film, television, and new media. It aims to point you to the most useful starting points for your research.

Key Resources

Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Articles on film and television theory, writing, production, cinematography, reviews, and more, 1914 to present. Can be searched together with MLA International Bibliography and Communications & Mass Media Complete. Click "Choose Databases" above the search box to add these databases.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Index to publications on literature, linguistics, film, and folklore, from all cultures, 1963 to present. International in scope, it includes citations to journal articles, books, articles in books, series, translations, scholarly editions, websites, and dissertations.
FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals This link opens in a new window
An index to articles on film and TV from 300 academic and popular film journals, including full text from the most important journals, from 1972 to present.
Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Journal articles in the fields of communications, mass media, journalism, television, radio, newspaper publishing, speech, broadcasting, communication theory, and advertising, with full text for over 500 journals.
Film Literature Index This link opens in a new window
Index to articles in film and television periodicals from 30 countries, 1976-2001.
Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
Index of over three million articles from more than 550 US and Canadian magazines.