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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]
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
General, multidisciplinary index that includes film reviews and criticism. [more info]
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Art Abstracts (EBSCO)
This database indexes articles published in scholarly journals from 1984 to date. To find film criticism, search for the title of the film and the words and pictures as keywords. [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...
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Film Indexes Online (ProQuest)
Contains both Film Index International and the AFI Catalog... [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]
Reference Index Table 5
Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (HW Wilson)
Indexes articles in the subjects of gerontology, history, international relations, journalism, law, linguistics... [more info]
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Internet Movie Database
The Internet movie database covers more than 115,000 movies and contains over 1,750,000 filmography... [more info]
Internet
Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever (Gale)
Provides brief reviews of movies that are available on DVD or tape. [more info]
Internet
WilsonWeb MultiSearch (HW Wilson)
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 three databases at once.... [more info]
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Contact the Media Arts & Design Librarian:
Jennifer Keach