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This guide identifies some resources available that will assist you in locating motion picture reviews. It is always advisable to start your research with the online catalog.
Arts and Humanities Search. Access via Research
Databases
Provides access to articles from more than 1,300 arts and humanities journals.
Art Index/Abstracts. Index tables & Access via Research
Databases
Periodical index and abstracts with film reviews.
Expanded Academic ASAP. Access via Research Databases
Periodical abstracts with selected full text articles.
Film Review Index. Ref PN 1995 .F555 1986 (Reference
Collection)
Includes an index to reviews, director index, year produced index and country produced index.
Provides reviews for the years 1882-`985.
Humanities Index/Humanities Abstracts. Reference Collection
index tables & Access
via Research Databases
Use the subject heading "motion pictures."
New York Times Index. (Reference Collection Index tables &
access via LexisNexis research
databases)
Index to reviews in the New York Times Newspaper
Newspaper Abstracts. Access via Research Databases.
Indexes reviews from 25 major U.S. newspapers.
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature/Abstracts. (Reference
Collection index tables & access via Research Databases.
A cumulative author subject index to English language periodicals of general interest. Use the subject heading "motion picture reviews."
WilsonSelect. Access via Research Databases.
Contains indexed and abstracted articles from periodicals, all with ASCII full text online. Covers 800 periodical titles.
Film.com. http://film.com/
Movie review database with coverage back to 1920. Allows searching by
year, actor, director, and by film critic.
The Great Western Pictures. PN 1995.9 W4 P275
Covers feature length films, serials, and movies made for television.
A Guide to Critical Reviews: Part IV: The Screenplay from The Jazz Singer to Dr. Strangelove. Ref PN 2266 S25 Pt.4
Critical reviews of feature length motion pictures from 1927 to 1963.
Halliwell's Film Guide. Ref PN 1993.45 .H27 1989B
Provides basic information on significant films.
Halliwell's Filmgoer's Companion. Ref PN 1993.45 .H3 1980
Covers over 700 titles which the author considers significant either historically or as pure entertainment.
The Internet Movie Database (MDb). http://us.imdb.com
Reviews and cast listings for over 170,000 titles.
Magill's Cinema Annual. PN 1993.3 M34
Includes nine indexes: reviews, director, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, art director, music, actor, subject and title.
Magill's Survey of Cinema. English Language Films.Ref PN 1993.45 .M3
Articles offering in-depth analysis of selected English language films.
The Motion Picture Guide. PN 1995 .N346 (Annual)
In-depth synopsis for each entry offers the plot of each film, critical evaluation and anecdotal information.
Variety's Film Reviews. PN 1995 .V34
Variety reviews from 1907 to the present. Only full-length feature films, including foreign films are included.
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