Finding Periodical Articles on Film
Basic Index
Film index international, 1930- .
Lists articles on films, including documentary films, short subjects, and made-for-TV movies, as well as feature films. Includes information on over 90,000 films.
Other Film Indexes
Art Full Text, 1984- .
Indexes periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins publications in European languages.For earlier indexing:
Art index retrospective, 1929- 1984.
Artbibliographies modern, 1974- .
LOCATION: Fine Arts: Reading Room RFA 110.51 (1969- )
The critical index; a bibliography of articles on film in English, 1946-1973, arranged by name and topics.
LOCATION: Lamont: REF.ROOM PN1993.7.Z99 G4x
LOCATION: Widener: RR 2971. 17
LOCATION: Widener: Harvard Depository PN1992.5.Z99 G47x
Covers 22 American, British, and Canadian film, and 60 general, periodicals.
Film & Television Literature Index, 1914- ; mainly 1980- ) international coverage on all aspects of television and film.
Screen Studies Collection, 1893- .
Contains:
- FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database
- Directory of film/TV documentation collections
- Bibliography of Latin American cinema
- Electronic version of:
- International index to film periodicals
- International index to television periodicals
The Film index: a bibliography.
LOCATION: Baker Business: Z5784.M9 W75 Non-circulating. Library has: v. 2 .
LOCATION: Fine Arts: RFA1805.28
LOCATION: Widener: RR 2971. 12 Library has: v. 1-3
Covers English-language publications, including fan and trade magazines but not newspaper articles, through 1935, with a few later entries. Arranged by subject.
Film literature index: A quarterly author-subject index to the international periodical literature of film and television/video, 1973- .
LOCATION: Widener: RR 2971.15 Latest 10 years; WID-LC PN1993.F57x earlier
Indexes about 300 English-language film and general periodicals. Excludes fan magazines and technical journals. Major coverage of television dates from 1977, of video from 1986. Online version: Film Literature Index (1976-2001) cumulates 25 years - for earlier and later dates see print version.
Film review annual, 1981- .
LOCATION: Widener: RR 2971.15.10
Reprints film reviews of full-length American films and lists reviews not included.
Film review index. 2 v.
LOCATION: Lamont: REF.ROOM PN1995.Z99 F54 1986x
LOCATION: Widener: RR 2971. 15.5
Lists criticism of significant films from 1882-1985. Citations drawn from English-language general, trade, and scholarly periodicals, newspapers, and books.
Filmmakers in the Moving Picture World: an Index of Articles, 1907-1927.
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC PN1995.z99 D342 1997x
Indexes the periodical, Moving Picture World. Aranged by persons: actors, directors, publicity, costume designers, screenwriters etc.
French XX bibliography, v. 5- . 1969- .
LOCATION: Widener: RR 3162.13 Latest 5 years WID-LC PQ305.F7x Earlier
List of books and periodical articles arranged in two parts: topically and under subject authors. Has section on Cinema.Continues: French VII bibliography; critical and biographical references for the study of contemporary French literature. v. [2]-4 (no. 6-20); 1953-68.
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC PQ305.Z99 F73x
A guide to critical reviews. 3rd ed. Pt. 4. The Screenplay, 1927-1963 & supplement, 1963-80.
LOCATION: Widener: RR 2952. 13
Index to critical film reviews in British and American film periodicals, together with: Index to critical reviews of books about film.
LOCATION: Lamont: REF.ROOM PN1995.Z99 B6x Library has: 3 v. in 2
LOCATION: Widener: RR 2971. 2.5
Indexes, sometimes incompletely, 31 American and British film journals. Coverage ends in 1971; few of the periodicals indexed were published prior to 1950, some back to 1939.
Index to motion pictures reviewed by Variety, 1907-1980. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1982.
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC PN1995.A39 1982
An index to short and feature film reviews in the Moving picture world : the early years, 1907-1915.
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC PN1995.Z99 D34 1995x
International Index to the Performing Arts (46 periodicals indexed 1864-1997; 155 periodicals indexed 1998- ).
Some abstracts. Indexes the New York Times and the Washington Post.
Magill's survey of cinema.
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC PN1993.45.M3
- English language films, first series.
- English language films, second series.
- Foreign language films.
- Silent films.
Media review digest, 1973- .
LOCATION: Gutman Education: Ref Index LB 1043.Z9.M4
Covers films, filmstrips, videotapes, educational and spoken-word records and tapes, slides, charts, and other audiovisual media.
The new film index; a bibliography of magazine articles in English, 1930-1970.
HOLLIS Record
Internet Archive Full Text
Covers film and general periodicals. Arranged by subject.
ProQuest - Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive (1880–2000) covers film, broadcasting, popular music and theatre.
Readers' guide to periodical literature, 1900- .
LOCATION: Gutman Education: Ref Index AI3.R48 (1925-90)
LOCATION: Lamont: REF.ROOM AI 3.R48 (1900-2004)
LOCATION: Law School: Lang Ref Index AI 3.R48 Library has: Latest 10 years.
Film reviews were listed under "Moving picture plays-Criticisms, plots, etc." until 1973, then under "Motion pictures-Reviews".
Electronic version: Reader's Guide Retrospective, 1890-1982
Retrospective index to film periodicals, 1930-1971.
HOLLIS Record
Internet Archive Full Text
Covers articles and reviews in 14 English-language film periodicals and the Village Voice.
To find bibliographies of books and articles in the HOLLIS Catalog, in Expanded Search do a variety of keyword searches (Keywords Anywhere) plus the standard term "bibliography" (Subject words). Notice the Subjects on pertinent records for terms for additional searches. Example: <Motion Pictures> and <bibliography>, <Musical films> and <bibliography>.
Wulff, Hans Jurgen. Bibliographie der Filmbibliographien. 1987.
HOLLIS Records
Internet Archive Full Text
Bibliographies (Media Resources Center, UC Berkeley)
Finding Film Reviews and Critical Analysis (Media Resources Center, UC Berkeley)
Internet Movie Database
--Includes Newsgroup reviews
The New York times film reviews, 1913/68- .
HOLLIS Record
Variety film reviews, 1907-1980.
HOLLIS Record