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Film Criticism Databases available through Walker Library

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Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window Fulltext multidisciplinary database of academic journals, magazines, periodicals and other reports, 19th century to present.
Academic Search Ultimate is an excellent source of scholarly journals in all academic disciplines. More than 13,600 journals are indexed and full text is provided for more than 9,000. Searchable cited references are provided for selected titles. Title List
American Film Scripts Online This link opens in a new window 1,000 film scripts with detailed, fielded information on the scenes, characters and people related to the scripts.
1,000 film scripts opening an exploration of American culture through the decades. Extending back to the earliest silent films and progressing to the present, the collection presents the medium’s reflection of American attitudes and life. Extensive indexing allows users to search by character, scene, race, nationality, age, subject, year of writing, and other elements. Title list (Excel file)
Arts & Humanities Full Text This link opens in a new window Full-text journals and magazines covering Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies.
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Communication and Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window Indexing, abstracting, and full-text for Communication and Mass Media.
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Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive This link opens in a new window Full text, primary sources for studying the history of the film and entertainment industries, 1880-2015. Provides complete runs of major trade and consumer magazines.
Digital copies of complete runs of major trade and consumer magazines, from their inception to 2015. Subject coverage includes film industry, music business, rock and pop, jazz and blues, theater, television, and radio.
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Humanities Full Text This link opens in a new window Indexing, abstracting and fulltext for the humanities, 1997 to present.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window Complete full text (page images) for back issues of various leading scholarly journals.
Pop Culture Studies (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window Full-text periodical collection that provides up-to-date information on today's popular culture.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window Scholarly journals for arts, humanities, social sciences, and mathematics, 1990s to present.

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Selected Film Studies Journals

Selected online journals related to film history/film studies at MTSU. Use your MTSU username and password for access.

Film Quarterly
One of the premier English-language scholarly film journals. Peer-reviewed.
Film Comment
A highly-respected film magazine published the the Film Society of Lincoln Center.
American Cinematographer
The official magazine of the American Society of Cinematographers.
Film Criticism
An academic film studies journal published by Allegheny College.
KinoKultura
An online film studies journal focusing on contemporary Russian cinema.
Sight & Sound
An important film magazine published by the British Film Institute.

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ENGL 4860: Horror Films (Special Topics in Film Studies): Databases & Academic Journals

Film Criticism Databases available through Walker Library

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Find a Journal: Journals A-Z

Selected Film Studies Journals