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Subject Guides are key resources organized and updated by your friendly librarians at Cowles.
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Film Studies
Academic Search Complete - EBSCO
Academic Search Complete includes more than 8,992 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format
AFI Catalog of Silent Films
The AFI Catalog Silent Film database contains over 25,000 entries for silent American films from the years 1893-1930. Entries for silent films produced after 1911 are for feature-length films only.
Britannica Online
Fully searchable version of the encyclopedia with thousands of articles and illustrations.
Cowles Online Catalog - Film Studies
Cowles Library holds many books in this area. Below is a link to some of them, done by doing a "Subject" search on the words, "Film criticism".
ebrary ebook collection
A collection of over 12,000 electronic books in a wide variety of subject areas. You will need to download the "ebrary reader" plug-in to view the e-books. Updated monthly.
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930
Available on-line through CREDO Reference, this encyclopedia examine women's contributions to film - in front of the camera and behind it.
Internet Movie Database
"IMBd continues to offer a plethora of movie information. The user can search by title, people, characters, plots, quotes, etc. in almost 400,000 films. Approximately 2,000 new titles are reviewed each week. The genres covered include theatrical releases, made-for-television movies, TV series, direct-to-video films, mini series, and live action games; the data include full cast and crew lists, awards, reviews, plot, and quotes. In addition such topics as trivia, goofs, alternate versions and titles, box office business, merchandising, and filming locations are given.
JSTOR (JournalSTORage)
Electronic archive of the complete journal runs (excluding the most recent 2-5 years) of over 500 journal titles in over 20 academic disciplines.
Masters of Cinema
"...[T]his...Web site focuses on but is not limited to the work of major world directors. It is divided into numerous sections, the most significant of which are "The News Fountain," which runs down the left side of the main page and provides current news on directors and films (past and present), releases of historical and critically important DVDs, awards, and tributes. Down the center of the page is a month-by-month calendar of upcoming DVD releases of major films.
Movie Review Query Engine
"MRQE is one of the old-timers of the Internet, and its longevity is due in no small part to its content. More than 25,000 movies are covered in over 185,000 reviews culled from newspapers (local, national, and international), entertainment publications, and the rec.arts.movies.reviews newsgroup...
netLibrary ebook collection
A collection of over 12,000 academic e-books in many subject areas. These ebooks require check-out; create your own account if you are on campus, or call the Reference Desk (515-271-2113) if you're off campus.
Project Muse
Full-text of 200 scholarly journals published by Johns Hopkins University and other university presses.
Public Moving Image Archives and Research Centers
"This site gives fast access to major film archives, including seven in Africa and the Far East (including the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film and the Israeli Archives), 15 in Asia and Oceania, 29 in Canada (but only five of the many university collections), 86 in Europe (from Antwerp Filmmuseum to Wessex Film and Sound Archive), 18 in Latin America, and about 300 in the US (including 12 presidential collections). The listed archives house much more than film, so this site serves an encyclopedia of interests, from baseball to labor to transport to Will Rogers, and then some.
Who's Who of Victorian Cinema
"The site offers hundreds of individual entries, with abundant cross-references. The Resources section contains a vast but well-organized collection of information on terminology, machinery, processes, chronology, and organizations, and provides links to related sites. No other site on early cinema approaches the precision and sheer volume of information Victorian Cinema presents, making this a necessary resource for students of the subject." (Choice online, supplemental, August 2005)
WorldCat - OCLC
WorldCat is a catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. If you are unable to find something in the Cowles Library collection using the I-LINK catalog, this is an excellent place to continue your search. Use the Interlibrary Loan link on this page to obtain materials from other collections.
