LibGuides: Popular Culture and Film: Film Research

Good web-sites to try

Rotten Tomatoes
Good reviews and critic information.
IMDb
Internet Movie Database
Filmsite.org
All written by one critic. Great summaries.
The Motion Picture and Television Photo Archive
Images are copyrighted and contain a prominent watermark.

Citation Help Links

OWL
MLA and APA formats and examples. Searchable through Google.
KnightCite
Good web based tool for creating citations. Includes formatting a film or video.
Citation Machine
Good web based tool for creating citations. Includes formatting a film or video.
SPC Library Citation Guide

Google Scholar

Classic Films: Resources for ENC 1102

Click here to find Books and More about film: Search your film title in quotes.
You can add AND film or AND movie or AND criticism for better reults.
You will have the option of refining your results with one click in the gray box on the left side.
You can choose Articles, Books, E-books (read them on the spot 24/7), Reviews and more...

Note: If you click on Articles or any format under Refine My Results you will get the sub-topics of that format in the box.
This is a great feature that will help you decide what to use.

Links to databases

In most cases, enter the name of the film in quotes. If the film has been a book add, AND movie. In some cases add, AND criticism.

ex. "Grapes of Wrath" AND critcism AND movie

JSTOR This link opens in a new window Highly recommended for this assignment and not included in the general database searches.Multi-disciplinary, Scholarly
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window Academic Search Complete, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 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. Funded by: Statewide Allocation
Humanities Source This link opens in a new window Designed to meet the needs of students, researchers and educators interested in all aspects of the humanities. The collection includes full text for more than 1,400 journals, with citations to over 3.5 million articles, including book reviews. Coverage in Humanities Source includes worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought. Funded by: Statewide Allocation
Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window Upgrade to General OneFile provides peer-reviewed, full-text articles from leading journals and reference sources. Includes coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and, other subjects. Funded by: State Library of Florida
Biography (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window Try searching for your film's director or leading actors.
Literary Reference Center Plus This link opens in a new window Literary Reference Center is a full text database that combines information from major respected reference works, books, literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing . This resource includes plot summaries, synopses and work overviews; articles of literary criticism; author biographies; full text of literary journals; book reviews; classic & contemporary poems; classic & contemporary short stories; full text of classic novels; author interviews; and images of key literary figures. Funded by: Statewide Allocation

Literature Criticism Online (Gale)
Resource Description: (Gale) - Contains the complete archived contents of Contemporary Literary Criticism.

Literature Resources from Gale This link opens in a new window Gale Literary Sources brings together all of Gale's literary databases into one seamlessly cross-searchable research and study environment. Whether you're researching authors and their works, literary movements or genres, or trying to find book reviews of bestsellers, you can search across all of your library's Gale literary databases to find full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism and analysis, reviews, author biographies, and a rich collection of expertly written work overviews. Funded by: Statewide Allocation
APA PsycArticles This link opens in a new window Movies that contain psychological dramas can be found here.
Databases A-Z This link opens in a new window Multidisciplinary, films, streaming videoFor access, click here and then scroll to "FMG on Demand"