Film Studies

Databases

• Art Index 

  A quarterly author & subject index to publications in multiple fields including photography & films.
• The Internet Movie Database (IMDB)

  An online collection of film information.
• JSTOR 

  Includes archived journals that span many disciplines. It offers retrieval of high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues & pages as they were originally designed, printed, & illustrated.
• MLA International Bibliography 

  The International Bibliography provides a classified listing & subject index of scholarly books & articles related to literature and visual arts.
• Project MUSE - Single Title Subscriptions 

  Provides a comprehensive selection of nearly 250 full-text journal titles, including visual & performing arts journals. Each journal is indexed & peer-reviewed, with articles by the most respected scholars in their fields.
• Screen Studies Collection 

  A comprehensive survey of current publications related to film scholarship alongside detailed and expansive filmographies. This collection includes the specialist index FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database and the detailed and complementary filmographies created by the American Film Institute and the British Film Institute: AFI Catalog and Film Index International, respectively. 

Journals

• American Cinematographer 

  Print and electronic; back issues on shelf, in FLARE, and on microfilm.
• Animation Journal 

  Print and electronic; back issues on shelf.
• Camera Obscura 

  E-journal.
• Cineaste

  Print and electronic; back issues on shelf and in FLARE.
• Film-Philosophy 

  E-journal.
• Film Comment 

  Print and electronic; back issues in FLARE and on microfilm.
• The Film Journal 

  Back issues in FLARE.
• Film Journal International 

  E-journal.
• Filmmaker 

  E-journal.
• Film Quarterly 

  Print and electronic publication. Back issues on shelf and in FLARE.
• Framework 

  E-journal.
• Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television 

  E-journal; back issues on microfilm.
• ImageTexT 
• Journal of Film and Video 

  E-Journal; back issues in FLARE.
• Journal of Film Preservation 

  E-Journal.
• Jump Cut 

  E-journal; print back issues in FLARE.
• Kinema 

  E-journal.
• Kinoeye 

  E-journal.
• Mechademia 

  E-journal.
• Millennium Film Journal 

  Print and electronic. Back issues in FLARE.
• Positif : Revue de Cinéma 

  E-journal; print back issues on shelf.
• Revue Canadienne d’études cinématographiques Canadian Journal of Film Studies 

  E-journal.
• Scope: an Online Journal of Film Studies 

  E-journal.
• Screening the Past 

  E-journal.
• Senses of Cinema 

  E-journal.
• Sight & Sound 

  Print and electronic; back issues shelved, in FLARE, and on microfilm.
• Variety 

  E-journal; print back issues in FLARE and on microfilm

About this Guide 

This Library Guide provides curriculum support for those pursuing a degree in Film and Media Studies as well as resources for students or instructors wishing to familiarize themselves with Film Studies. Please contact the Film Studies Librarian, Jeanne Ewert, for any questions or if you need further assistance.