FDU LibGuides: Film Subject Guide: Databases

Databases for Film

JSTOR Scholarly Journal Archive This link opens in a new window
The JSTOR journal archives provide full-text collections of core scholarly journals across a variety of disciplines from the arts to the sciences with a strong emphasis on the humanities.

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Pop Culture Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture.
MasterFILE Elite This link opens in a new window
MasterFILE Elite provides full text for more than 1,950 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more. In addition to the full text, this database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 2,600 titles. This database features: full text Magill Book Reviews; reference and travel books; biographies; over 75,000 full text primary source documents; and an Image Collection of over 100,000 photos, maps and flags.
Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Communication & Mass Media Complete provides research solutions in areas related to communication and mass media. Offers full text for over 500 titles and contains citation coverage for over 620 additional sources. In total, several hundred valuable sources are covered.
Fine Arts Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides 250 journals covering drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.
Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window
Humanities International Complete covers all aspects of the humanities, with worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought. In addition to hundreds of full-text books, the database includes over 1,200 full-text journals. Over 1,100 additional journals are indexed.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
The MLA International Bibliography consists of bibliographic records pertaining to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore, from 1963 to the present. The database provides access to scholarly research in nearly 4,400 journals titles. It also covers relevant monographs, working papers, proceedings, bibliographies, and other formats.
New York Times Online This link opens in a new window
Access the New York Times starting with the first issue in 1851 through the latest news of today.

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The New York Times online requires you to create an account before you can access the site. You must use your FDU email address when registering. Access is good for one year. After which you will need to re-register. To re-register follow these instructions.
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Premier, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications, including more than 3,900 peer-reviewed publications.

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Research Library This link opens in a new window
Search ProQuest for information from over 3,300 newspapers and periodicals on a wide range of topics including the arts, business, humanities, health, social sciences, and physical sciences.

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Arts and Humanities Through the Eras This link opens in a new window
Arts and Humanities Through the Eras in an online historical encyclopedia, It covers the history of various disciplines such as architechure and design, fashion, literature, music, philosohy, religion, theater and more. It also has biographical profiles of important people.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Credo Reference is an online reference library providing access to over 615 reference books. It includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, in addition to a range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy and literature to law.

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Popular Culture Universe This link opens in a new window
More than 300 full-text volumes of material related to popular culture both current and historical.
Biography In Context This link opens in a new window
Contains more than 650,000 biographical entries covering international figures from all time periods and areas of study.
Contemporary Literary Criticism This link opens in a new window
Each volume profiles approximately four to eight novelists, poets, playwrights, journalists, philosophers or other creative and nonfiction writers by providing full-text or excerpted criticism reproduced from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals. A full citation and annotation precede each of the approximately 75 essays per volume; many include an author portrait.

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Points of View Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Points of View Reference Center is a full-text database that provides 200 topics, each with an overview, point, and counterpoint.It contains a balance of materials from all viewpoints, including 600 main essays, leading political magazines from both sides of the aisle, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, primary source documents and reference books.

Films on Demand: Master Academic Collection This link opens in a new window
The Films on Demand Master Collection provides access to over 41,000 educational videos and award winning documentaries covering a wide range of topics.
Films on Demand: Archival Films & Newsreels Collection This link opens in a new window The Archival Films & Newsreels Collection contains over 700 hours of historical films and newsreels.

American Silent Feature Film Database - Library of Congress
The database represents the first comprehensive survey of the survival of American silent feature films. It contains information on the nearly 11,000 U.S. feature films released between 1912-1929, and holdings information on about 3,300 of those titles for which elements are known to exist. Those early motion pictures with their recognizable stars and high production values spread American culture around the world. After the arrival of sound, however, silent feature films soon disappeared and many vanished altogether.
Moving Image (Internet) Archive
The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. A rich core collection of archival movies which range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to cartoons and concerts. Many of these videos are available for free download.
Selections from the National Film Registry
A list of movies deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" that are earmarked for preservation by the Library of Congress. The Librarian of Congress makes the annual selections to the Registry after reviewing hundreds of titles nominated by the public and conferring with Library film curators and the distinguished members of the National Film Preservation Board.

Open Vault (WGBH Media Library and Archives) This link opens in a new window
Launched by the WGBH Media Library and Archives (MLA), the Open Vault Web site offers access to select video clips and interview transcripts drawn from WGBH’s programming created between 1968 and 1993. Topics covered range from desegregation and busing, the Cold War, interviews with and performances by leading dancers, writers and poets, and much more. Open Vault includes over 500 streaming video clips and more than 1,000 interviews.

Streaming Video Websites
A number of openly accessible Internet sites provide access to streaming videos. These sites may host content or merely point to content hosted elsewhere. For additional information or to connect to any of these sites, click on the site name.
American Indian Film Gallery
An online collection of more than 450 historic films by and about Native peoples of the Americas, compiled and digitized by historian J. Fred MacDonald.

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window Academic Search Premier, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications, including more than 3,900 peer-reviewed publications.
Arts and Humanities Through the Eras This link opens in a new window Arts and Humanities Through the Eras in an online historical encyclopedia, It covers the history of various disciplines such as architechure and design, fashion, literature, music, philosohy, religion, theater and more. It also has biographical profiles of important people.
Biography In Context This link opens in a new window Contains more than 650,000 biographical entries covering international figures from all time periods and areas of study.
Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window Communication & Mass Media Complete provides research solutions in areas related to communication and mass media. Offers full text for over 500 titles and contains citation coverage for over 620 additional sources. In total, several hundred valuable sources are covered.
Contemporary Literary Criticism This link opens in a new window Each volume profiles approximately four to eight novelists, poets, playwrights, journalists, philosophers or other creative and nonfiction writers by providing full-text or excerpted criticism reproduced from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals. A full citation and annotation precede each of the approximately 75 essays per volume; many include an author portrait.  Database Guide 
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Credo Reference is an online reference library providing access to over 615 reference books. It includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, in addition to a range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy and literature to law.  Database Guide 
Films on Demand: Archival Films & Newsreels Collection This link opens in a new window The Archival Films & Newsreels Collection contains over 700 hours of historical films and newsreels.
Films on Demand: Master Academic Collection This link opens in a new window The Films on Demand Master Collection provides access to over 41,000 educational videos and award winning documentaries covering a wide range of topics.
Fine Arts Collection This link opens in a new window Provides 250 journals covering drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.
Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window Humanities International Complete covers all aspects of the humanities, with worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought. In addition to hundreds of full-text books, the database includes over 1,200 full-text journals. Over 1,100 additional journals are indexed.
JSTOR Scholarly Journal Archive This link opens in a new window The JSTOR journal archives provide full-text collections of core scholarly journals across a variety of disciplines from the arts to the sciences with a strong emphasis on the humanities.  Database Guide 
MasterFILE Elite This link opens in a new window MasterFILE Elite provides full text for more than 1,950 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more. In addition to the full text, this database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 2,600 titles. This database features: full text Magill Book Reviews; reference and travel books; biographies; over 75,000 full text primary source documents; and an Image Collection of over 100,000 photos, maps and flags.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window The MLA International Bibliography consists of bibliographic records pertaining to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore, from 1963 to the present. The database provides access to scholarly research in nearly 4,400 journals titles. It also covers relevant monographs, working papers, proceedings, bibliographies, and other formats.
New York Times Online This link opens in a new window Access the New York Times starting with the first issue in 1851 through the latest news of today.  Database Guide 
The New York Times online requires you to create an account before you can access the site. You must use your FDU email address when registering. Access is good for one year. After which you will need to re-register. To re-register follow these instructions.
Points of View Reference Center This link opens in a new window Points of View Reference Center is a full-text database that provides 200 topics, each with an overview, point, and counterpoint.It contains a balance of materials from all viewpoints, including 600 main essays, leading political magazines from both sides of the aisle, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, primary source documents and reference books.
Pop Culture Collection This link opens in a new window Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture.
Research Library This link opens in a new window Search ProQuest for information from over 3,300 newspapers and periodicals on a wide range of topics including the arts, business, humanities, health, social sciences, and physical sciences.  Database Guide

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