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Film and Television Literature Index (1988 - )
Film & Television Literature Index is a comprehensive bibliographic database covering the entire spectrum of television and film writing. It has been designed for use by a diverse audience that includes film scholars, college students, and general viewers. Publications include Film Journal International, Journal of British Cinema & Television, Film Criticism, Post Script, Variety, and more as well as technical publications such as SMPTE. Mirroring the international film & television industries and cultures, FTLI also includes publications such as Cahiers du Cinema, Filmihullu, SegnoCinema, and Kinetoscopio. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.

Film Literature Index (1976-2001)
The FLI Online contains approximately 700,000 citations to articles, film reviews and book reviews published between 1976-2001.
Subject coverage: film, television, and video, including reviews
Materials indexed: about 300 periodicals

Academic Search Premiere
Provides access to film publications, such as American Film, Film & History, Film Comment, Film History, Film Quarterly, Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television, Journal of Film & Video, Journal of Popular Film & Television, Literature Film Quarterly, New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film, PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, Quarterly Review of Film & Video, Sight & Sound, Velvet Light Trap: A Critical Journal of Film and Television, among others.

Art Abstracts (1984- )
Abstracts and indexing of an international array of peer-selected publications—now with expanded coverage of Latin American, Canadian, Asian and other non-Western art, new artists, and contemporary art.
Subject coverage includes film studies.
Materials indexed: about 200 periodicals, some yearbooks and museum bulletins

Art Index Retrospective (1929-1984)

JSTOR
JSTOR provides full-text to Cinema Journal and Film Quarterly.

The New York Times Movie Reviews
Browse or search 15,000 New York Times movie reviews. Included in the free review archive are all films reviewed since 1960, reviews of all Best Picture Academy Award winners, as well as The New York Times guide to Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made. Must register.

Internet Movie Database (IMDB)
"the biggest, best, most award-winning movie site on the planet"

Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever (2005)
Containing the most extensive listing of movies available on video--more than 23,000 in all--and a multitude of cross-referencing within its 10 primary indexes, this new edition includes new movies, expanded indexing, a fresh introduction, and more of the beloved categories

The Critical Index: a bibliography of articles on film in English, 1946-1973
Case Ref PN1993.5.A1 G47 1974 (available in reference trailer)
Subject coverage: history, aesthetics and economics of film, the relation of film to society, and various genres of film; international in scope.
Materials indexed: about 22 film periodicals and 60 general periodicals published in English

A Guide to Critical Reviews: the screenplay, supplement one 1963-1980
Case Ref PN1995 .S25 1982 (available in reference trailer)
Subject coverage: reviews of films and videotapes
Materials indexed: popular American or Canadian periodicals and the New York Times.
Case Library does not own the volume that this supplements.