Research Guide
Recommended Library Databases
MLA International Bibliography
Sociological Abstracts
ARTstor
Art Index
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Bibliography of the History of Art
International Index to the Performing Arts
Grove Music
ProQuest Research Library
ProQuest Digital Dissertations
ProQuest Newstand Complete
Periodical Contents Index
JSTOR
AMICO Library
First Search
InfoTrac OneFile
Expanded Academic ASAP
Reader's Guide
Oxford English Dictionary (should be accessible from your desktop at all times!)
Recommended Library Journals
Camera Obscura
Cineaste
Cinema Journal
Cahiers du cinema
Film Criticism
Film Comment
Film History
Film Quarterly
Films in Review
Hollywood Reporter
Independent Film & Video Monthly
Journal of Film and Video
Journal of Popular Culture
Journal of Popular Culture & Television
Literature Film Quarterly
Quarterly Review of Film and Video
Screen
Sight & Sound
Variety
Wide Angle
Wired
Recommended Library Reference Resources
Academy Awards Index
American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, 1893-1940
Encyclopedia of American Radio
Encyclopedia of Television
Film Literature Index 1973-present; 1976-2001 available online
Film Review Annual 1982-present
Film Quotations
History of the American Cinema (10 volumes)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
Magill’s Survey of Cinema
Magill’s Cinema Annual 1982-present
Motion Picture Guide
New York Times Film Reviews 1913-1978
Silent Films 1877-1996
Television Cartoon Shows 1949-1993
Television Comedy Series
Without Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960
Online Journals
Bright Lights Film Journal
Film-Philosophy
Flow: A Critical Forum on Television and Media Culture
Images: A Journal of Film and Popular Culture
Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media
Kinoeye: New Perspectives on European Film
Scope
Screening the Past
Senses of Cinema
Online Movie Reviews
Movie Review Query Engine
New York Times Film Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews & Previews
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Google Movie Search
Other Useful Online Sites
ScreenSite (listing of graduate schools in film and media)
Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Television
Zap2it (for television Nielsen Ratings)
George Eastman House
British Film Institute
American Film Institute
Library of Congress Online Catalog
National Film Preservation Board and Moving Image Archives
Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS)
SCMSTV Television Studies Interest Group
University Film and Video Association
Favorite Blogs
Ratchetup (Professor John Schott's blog on digital culture and art)
Cinema Minima (news digest for movie-makers)
Masters of Cinema (cinefile blog)
Filmbrain (cinefile blog)