Library Research Guides: CINEMA & MEDIA STUDIES: Find Articles

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Scholars outside of Cinema & Media Studies also analyze films, TV, and visual media. Try looking for articles in subject-specific databases in related fields.

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cinema & media studies databases

These databases contain citations and full text from journals and magazines covering film, telelvision, and media.

Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Scholarly and popular articles, 1914-present. 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
Scholarly and popular articles, 1970s-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.

Cahiers du Cinéma online index
In French. Search for articles from this key film studies journal, then use the citation information to find the articles in print. Cahiers du Cinéma is shelved at call number qPN 1993 .C25

multidisciplinary databases

These databases contain citations & full text for scholarly articles in a variety of fields.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Collection of key scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences & natural sciences, starting from the first issue but typically not the most recent 3-5 years.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Academic journals and books in the humanities and social sciences.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
The world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database. Dates of coverage vary by title and go back as far as 1887.
Arts & Humanities Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Index to scholarly articles in the arts and humanities, 1975 to present. Search for articles that cite known journal articles or books