Research Guides: Film & Media Studies Research Guide: Find Articles

Start With These

These core film and media studies databases are good places to start! Find additional databases using the subject filter of the A-Z Databases list.

Film and Television Literature Index with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Bibliographic and full-text database of film and television articles from scholarly and popular publications; includes images from the MPTV Image Archive of entertainment photography.
FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database (1972 to present) This link opens in a new window
Index of the world's foremost academic and popular film journals.
Film Index International This link opens in a new window
Details on thousands of films from the silent era to the latest blockbusters, with searchable plot summaries and full cast and crew lists.
Performing Arts Periodicals Database (1864 to present) This link opens in a new window
Covers a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry, including dance, drama, theater, opera, film, television and more.
MLA International Bibliography with Full Text (1926 to present) This link opens in a new window
Covers critical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.
OpinionArchives This link opens in a new window
Searchable full-text archives for 16 periodicals (Harper's, Commonweal, Dissent, the New Yorker, and more) known for commentaries and reviews on politics, culture, and the arts.
Readers Guide Retrospective (1890-1984) This link opens in a new window
Provides indexing of general-interest periodicals published in the United States during the 20th century.
Black Studies Center (25,000 BC to present) This link opens in a new window
Cross-searchable gateway to black studies including scholarly essays, recent periodicals, historical newspaper articles, reference books, and more.
Arts & Humanities Database This link opens in a new window
Full-text publications on art, architecture, design, history, philosophy, music, literature, theater, and cultural studies.

Media History Digital Library (from the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research)
Digitized books and magazines from the histories of film, broadcasting, and recorded sound, including out-of-print and rare publications.

Women's Magazine Archive This link opens in a new window
Searchable archive of leading women's interest magazines, dating from the 19th century through to the 21st.
Left Index (1982 to present) This link opens in a new window
Provides access to the diversity of literature on the left with a primary emphasis on politics and culture.

More Library Databases

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full text back files of scholarly journals primarily in the humanities, socials sciences, & sciences as well as ebooks, primary sources, and image collections across multiple disciplines. The Amherst College Library provides Alumni Access to JSTOR.
Academic Search Premier (date coverage varies) This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles from over 3,600 journals in the social sciences, arts and humanities, and sciences.

Journals

Journals with film and media-related articles
(you can also find other journal, magazine, and newspaper titles by searching the "Journals & Newspapers" tab on the library website)

Tip: Peer-reviewed articles

Peer-reviewed articles are:

written by experts in the field
assessed for validity and scholarly rigor by other experts in the field (peer review)
published in scholarly journals