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Film Indexes Online brings Film Index International (British Film Institute) and American Film Institute Catalog together in one site.

Good coverage of film. Includes film reviews. 1980+

Comprehensive international coverage of all aspects of film, including coverage of non-English speaking film traditions. Includes film reviews. Includes television and video production. No full text, but helps to identify a large number of references.

Product of the Modern Languages Association. Covers the world's literature from all time periods. Includes strong coverage of film, especially such areas as transition from literature to film, film as text and film directors. 1981+

This site collates in one place full text access to film and DVD reviews from all over the world, from a variety of sources including newspapers.

One of the Ebsco databases. Broad coverage of media issues. Very useful for social and technical aspects of film.

Includes coverage of the Social Sciences Index, The Humanities Index and Reader's Guide. Includes reviews.

Major index to journals and periodicals published in Australia. 1978+

Full text coverage of a wide range of international newspapers, including the SMH, Australian Financial Review and The Australian. Good source for reviews.

Provides retrospective full text access to a range of journals to the nineteenth century. Click on browse to see the range of journals included, or search across a range of journals. 1800+

Similar to JSTOR in providing full text access to older issues of journals. Click on browse to see the range of journals included, or search across a range of journals. Some journals dating back to 1770. Emphasis on British resources.

Provides access to over 40 Johns Hopkins University Press academic journals. Coverage includes film and other arts.

Useful for coverage of experimental film and areas such as gay and lesbian film and film traditions in non-English speaking cultures. 1991+

Index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. A major index to Americana, including film and cultural traditions. 1964+

International coverage of art periodicals. Includes areas of film such as cinematography, design and mise-en-scene. 1984+

Arts Hub is the online home for Australian arts workers. It includes: Jobs Bulletin, online employment resource listing positions vacant and positions wanted, including job opportunities from the UK and USA.

Although primarily a database for Australian literature, includes coverage of film making, film scripts, adaptation of texts. 1970+

Indexes Western language periodicals. Includes coverage of Asian film industries and traditions. 1971+

Includes coverage of Europe and Commonwealth countries.

Covers world history from 1450 to the current century. Includes historical and political aspects of film, especially areas such as film propaganda. 1982+
For US history see America: History and Life

International coverage of all aspects of music, including film music and the use of music in film. 1979+

Scholarly content and the main resource for psychological research.

Major international index to the literature of sociology. Emphasis on cultural aspects and social contexts of film. Coverage also of areas such as gay and lesbian film ; gender issues in film and feminist film. 1974+

International resource covering all areas of women's studies, including film. 1972+

Comprehensive and accessible introduction to film and film studies, covering such aspects as production, national traditions, studios, genres, critical theory and film history.

CLC critiques the works of novelists, poets and playwrights. Very good starting point for researching authors and their works, including film directors and screen writers.
(Use Literary Index to search for articles in CLC)

Literary Index is an index to the articles in CLC.

Links to a number of film glossaries & dictionaries.