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 Film Study

BOOK RESOURCES:

Reference Works:
REF 016.791 NEW The New York Times directory of the film.
REF 016.92 EMM Famous people on film
REF 016.7914 TIB The encyclopedia of stage plays into film
REF 791.43 AMB The New York Times film reviews; 1913-1970
REF 791.43 FIL Film noir : an encyclopedic reference to the American style
REF 791.43 SPR Guide to films (16mm) about famous people
REF 791.43 THO A biographical dictionary of film
REF 791.43 TIB The encyclopedia of filmmakers, 2 volumes.
REF 791.4303 CIN Cinema : a critical dictionary : the major film-makers
REF 791.4303 KAT The film encyclopedia
REF 791.4303 OXF The Oxford companion to film
REF 791.436 TIB The encyclopedia of novels into film
REF 791.437 EMM Short stories on film

General Collection:

Reserve Collection - next to circulation desk
Search Catalog for subject using film title, director or general terms

ONLINE RESOURCES:
Subscription (Links available on SHS campus)
New York Times Historical Archives - 1851 to 2006 (full text of all reviews and articles)
JSTOR Periodicals
The Nation--Archives - Full text reviews and articles (1865-present).
U.S. History Background information.
AP Archive - Associated Press news and cultural photographs with captions for the last 150 years.

Non-Subscription:

"Based on the Book" -- over 1,100 books, novels, short stories, and plays that have been made into motion pictures
Internet Movie Database (IMDB) - Scroll down—left side has links to favorites for basic info
Movie Review Query Engine (MRQE) -- search for reviews
American Memory Collections from the Library of Congress with Motion Pictures
U.S. National Film Registry -- Titles
Black film center
British Film Institute
Metacritic

PERIODICAL REFERENCE: FULL TEXT ARTICLES

Film journals available through our databases, on microfilm or in print.

American film


from 01/01/1988 to 01/01/1992 in ProQuest Research Library
Canadian journal of film studies (0847-5911)

from 04/01/2003 to present in ProQuest Research Library
Film & history (0360-3695)

from 07/01/2003 to present in ProQuest Research Library
from 2004 to present in Project MUSE - Standard Collection
Film comment (0015-119X)

from 01/01/1971 to present in ProQuest Research Library
from 2003 to current in Scarsdale High School Print Holdings
Film criticism (0163-5069)

from 10/01/1997 to present in ProQuest Research Library
Film history (New York, N.Y.) (0892-2160)

from 1987 to 2003 in JSTOR
from 01/01/1997 to present in ProQuest Research Library
from 2005 to present in Project MUSE - Standard Collection
Film quarterly (0015-1386)

from Fall 1945 to Summer 1991 in Scarsdale High School Microfilm Holdings
from 1958 to 2005 in JSTOR
from 1992 to current in Scarsdale High School Print Holdings
from 10/01/2000 to 3 months ago in ProQuest Research Library
Global Film Exhibition & Distribution

from 05/01/2001 to 10/31/2005 in Business & Company Resource Center