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A Guide to Finding Book and Film Reviews at JMU
See JMU Librarians' top recommendations for finding Book and Film Reviews  [more info]
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Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Index and full-text source for scholarly journals and magazines ...  [more info]
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Wilson MultiSearch (EBSCO)
To find film reviews and criticism, search for the film title and the words motion picture reviews.  [ex: citizen kane and motion picture reviews]   This link searches OmniFile Full Text Mega, Readers' Guide Retro, and Humanities & Social Sciences Retro (all formerly on the HW Wilson platform).  [more info]
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Internet Movie Database
Offers detailed information about films including full cast and crew, reviews, awards, plot summaries, trivia, technical details, and images. Also includes information about films currently in production.  [more info]
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New York Times: Historical (ProQuest)
Search the fulltext of the New York Times, including film reviews, from the first issue in 1851 to about 3 years ago. Limit your search to the year that the film was released, and the following year, to improve your searches. Also, don’t forget about the New York Times Film Reviews 1913 to date for reprints of film reviews.  [more info]
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Film Indexes Online (Chadwyck-Healey)
Contains both Film Index International and the AFI Catalog...  [more info]
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FIAF - International Index to Film Periodicals (Chadwyck-Healey)
FIAF is a bibliographical index offering in-depth coverage of the world's foremost academic and popular film journals.  [more info]
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Film Review Annual
Quick way to find reviews. Gives important film reviews in their entirety and lists other publications in which the film was reviewed. We currently receive this title, but new volumes run a few years behind the current year.  [more info]
Carrier Reference
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Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever (Gale)
Provides brief reviews of movies that are available on DVD or tape.  [more info]
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