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Subject Specific Databases
- Film & Television Literature Index [via EBSCO] (http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=fah) VPN
- The Film & Television Literature Index provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 300 publications.
- IIPA Full Text: International Index to the Performing Arts [via Proquest] (http://iipaft.chadwyck.com/) VPN
- IIPA Full Text draws content from more than 210 scholarly and popular performing arts periodicals, and also indexes a variety of documents such as biographical profiles, conference papers, obituaries, interviews, discographies, reviews and events. The database covers a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry-including dance, film, television, drama, theater, stagecraft, musical theater, broadcast arts, circus performance, comedy, storytelling, opera, pantomime, puppetry, magic and more. Full text contents are selective.
- Coverage: 1864-present
- FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals (http://fiaf.chadwyck.com/) VPN
This essential tool for film studies, created by the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF), indexes more than 500,000 articles from 340 of the world's foremost academic and popular film journals, dating from 1972 onward.
The database also incorporates the International Index to TV Periodicals; Treasures from the Film Archives, which identifies silent film holdings in archives around the world, and the International Directory of Film/TV Documentation Collections.
- Coverage: 1972-present
- Film Literature Index (http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/fli/index.jsp)
- Indexes 150 film and television periodicals from 30 countries cover-to-cover; 200 others selectively for articles on film and television. The freely available online version covers 1976-2001 only, while the print version covers the early 1970s and years after 2001.
- Coverage: 1976-2001
- Related:
- Print edition with current issues available in Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Shields Library, PN1993.F484.
- Print edition with current issues available in Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Shields Library, PN1993.F484.
- Film Indexes Online [via Proquest] (http://film.chadwyck.com/fio/home) VPN
- The Film Indexes Online portal allows for cross-searching of the AFI Catalog and the Film International Index databases. Combined, these two databases search for cast, character, director, and keyword information for thousands of films.
- AFI Catalog [via Proquest] (http://uclibs.org/PID/7410) VPN
- The American Film Institute (AFI) Catalog is the most authoritative resource of American film information for the years 1893 - 1971, including summaries, technical and cast information, and bibliographies.
- Coverage: 1893-1971
- Related:
- The print version of the AFI Catalog for the years 1911-1950; 1961-1970 is available in H/SS Reference, 2nd floor Shields Library, call number PN1998.A52 (Library Use Only)
- The print version of the AFI Catalog for the years 1911-1950; 1961-1970 is available in H/SS Reference, 2nd floor Shields Library, call number PN1998.A52 (Library Use Only)
- Film Index International (http://uclibs.org/PID/44296) VPN
- Provides indexing of 115,000 films and biographical information for almost 57,000 personalities. FII also includes brief bibliographies and coverage of international film awards, as well as searchable plot summaries and full cast and crew lists.
- Music & Performing Arts Online [via Proquest] (http://mpaonline.chadwyck.com/home.do) VPN
- The Music & Performing Arts Online portal brings the International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP) and the International Index to the Performing Arts (IIPA) together in one site, enabling users to search both resources simultaneously. Together, these databases offer coverage of music, theatre, dance, television, film, and other performing arts.
- ARTstor (http://uclibs.org/PID/44518) VPN
- ARTStor is a library of digital images, associated information, and software tools designed to enhance teaching, learning and scholarship. It contains a searchable database of more than 500,000 digital images, covers many time periods and cultures, and documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design, as well as many other forms of visual culture.
- Related:
- ARTstor
For off-campus access, first register with ARTstor from a computer on campus. Then, you may login from off campus with your ARTstor ID by going directly to www.artstor.org. Or, you may use the VPN or the Proxy Server. - If you would like to join a UCD community of ARTstor users to share discoveries and help solve problems, please join our ARTstor Users Group on Smartsite.
- ARTstor
- Communication Abstracts [via EBSCO] (http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=cax) VPN
- Containing over 235,000 records, Communication Abstracts covers major journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study to create a research and reference resource that encompasses the breadth of the communication discipline.
- Coverage: 1978-present
- Related:
- Communication Abstracts
HUM & SOC SCI REF P87 C58
Print edition of Communication Abstracts.
- Communication Abstracts
- Open Video Project (http://open-video.org/)
- The purpose of the Open Video Project is to collect and make available a repository of digitized video content for the digital video, multimedia retrieval, digital library, and other research communities. Researchers can use the video to study a wide range of problems, such as tests of algorithms for automatic segmentation, summarization, and creation of surrogates that describe video content; the development of face recognition algorithms; or creating and evaluating interfaces that display result sets from multimedia queries. Because researchers attempting to solve similar problems will have access to the same video content, the repository is also intended to be used as a test collection that will enable systems to be compared, similar to the way the TREC conferences are used for text retrieval.
General Databases
- Academic Search Complete [via EBSCO] (http://uclibs.org/PID/126936) VPN
- The multi-disciplinary database Academic Search Complete (ASC) provides full-text access to more than 5,500 periodicals, including over 4,600 peer-reviewed journals, and indexing and abstracts for an additional 9,500 journals and 10,000 publications, including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. This scholarly collection offers coverage of information in many areas of academic study including, but not limited to: animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion & theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology and many other fields. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.
- Coverage: 1887-present
- Related:
- See also MasterFILE Premier database for popular magazines (http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=f5h)
- See also MasterFILE Premier database for popular magazines (http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=f5h)
- Readers' Guide Retrospective (http://uclibs.org/PID/21386) VPN
- An electronic version of the classic Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature. Readers' Guide Retrospective, produced by The H. W. Wilson Company, is a database containing comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America.
- Coverage: 1890-1982
- Related:
- The print version of the Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (1890-present) is located in the Humanities/Social Sciences Department in Shields Library, AI3.R4
- The print version of the Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (1890-present) is located in the Humanities/Social Sciences Department in Shields Library, AI3.R4
- MLA International Bibliography [via Proquest] (http://search.proquest.com/mlaib/advanced) VPN
- The Modern Language Association International Bibliography (MLAIB) covers international scholarly materials on all languages, literatures, linguistics, and folklore from around the world. It includes citations to items from journals, series, books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies. MLAIB does not index book reviews.
- Coverage: 1926-present
- Related:
- Instructions on downloading filters and importing citations using Endnote (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/research/endnote/)
- MLA Directory of Periodicals (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=mlaperiod-set-c&adv=1) VPN
Searchable listing of journals indexed - Quick Reference Card (http://md1.csa.com/support/QRC.pdf)PDF
- Instructions on downloading filters and importing citations using Endnote (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/research/endnote/)
- Periodicals Index Online (PIO) (http://uclibs.org/PID/6848) VPN
- Periodicals Index Online is a retrospective database (1665-1995); over 300 philosophy titles are included. It also provides access to a smaller set of titles in fulltext electronic form.
- Coverage: 1665-1995
- Related:
- Art Full Text (http://uclibs.org/PID/33002) VPN
- Art Full Text offers full text of 111 publications back to 1997 plus abstracts and indexing of nearly 400 publications back to 1984. Covers the fields of archaeology, architecture, art history, city planning, computer applications and graphics, crafts, film, folk art, graphic arts, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, museology, painting, photography, sculpture, tv, textiles, and video. Features include: subject thesaurus, indexing of art reproductions, links to websites. (This is "Art Abstracts" with the addition of some full-text.) To search pre-1984 publications use Art Index.
- Coverage: full text 1997-present, index and abstract 1984-present
- Related:
- Use ART RETROSPECTIVE to search for articles and books published 1929-1984. (http://uclibs.org/pid/16691) VPN
- Use ART RETROSPECTIVE to search for articles and books published 1929-1984. (http://uclibs.org/pid/16691)
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index [via Web of Knowledge] (http://isiknowledge.com/wos) VPN
- Multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. It indexes 1,100 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, as well as covering selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals.
- Coverage: 1975-present
- Black Studies Center [via Proquest] (http://uclibs.org/PID/113795) VPN
- Black Studies Center brings together historical and current material for research projects on African-Americans, the wider African Diaspora, and Africa. It is comprised of several cross-searchable component databases including the Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, The International Index to Black Periodicals, and Newspapers, including the full text backfile of the Afro-American newspaper, The Chicago Defender from 1910-1975.
- Related:
- A fuller description of the Black Studies Center's scope (http://bsc.chadwyck.com/infoCenter/infoCenter.do?page=about)
- Help with Black Studies Center (http://bsc.chadwyck.com/help/contents.jsp)
- A fuller description of the Black Studies Center's scope (http://bsc.chadwyck.com/infoCenter/infoCenter.do?page=about)
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database (http://sffrd.library.tamu.edu/)
- An online citation index to over 60,000 historical and critical items about science fiction, fantasy and horror, developed by Hal W. Hall. This index is a useful supplement to the MLA International Bibliography, since it includes both scholarly and fan writing. Does not include book review coverage.
- Coverage: 1878-present
- Related:
- For print volume access to the index for years 1878-1995, see Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd floor Shields Library, PN3433.S2
- For print volume access to the index for years 1878-1995, see Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd floor Shields Library, PN3433.S2
Full-Text Resources
- Media History Digital Library (http://mediahistoryproject.org/)
- The Media History Digital Library is a non-profit initiative dedicated to digitizing collections of classic media periodicals that belong in the public domain for full public access. Their collections feature extensive runs of several important trade papers and fan magazines.
- Coverage: 1904-1973
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers
- Historical coverage of the following U.S Newspapers. The include both full page and individual article images. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. Years included varies by title.
- Related:
- New York Times 1851-2004 (http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimes/advanced) VPN
- The Chicago Defender 1909-1975 (http://uclibs.org/PID/119835) VPN
- Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005) (http://search.proquest.com/hnplasentinel/advanced) VPN
- Los Angeles Times 1881-1986 (http://uclibs.org/PID/10355) VPN
- San Francisco Chronicle 1865-1922 (http://search.proquest.com/hnpsfchronicle/advanced) VPN
(currently 1880-1922) - Wall Street Journal 1889-1990 (http://uclibs.org/PID/11380) VPN
- Chicago Tribune, 1849-1987 (http://uclibs.org/PID/115726) VPN
- Washington Post 1877-1993 (http://uclibs.org/PID/115728) VPN
- Arizona Republican (1890-1922) (http://search.proquest.com/hnparizonarepublican/advanced) VPN
- New York Times 1851-2004 (http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimes/advanced)
- ProQuest Current Newspapers (http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?RQT=403&COPT=SU5UPTAmREJTPTM@&JSEnabled=1&TS=1074627928&DBId=G5#sform) VPN
Current full-text of the Los Angeles Times, New York Times (including the New York Times Magazine and the New York Times Book Review), and the Wall Street Journal.
For historical backfiles, see ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
- Related:
- Los Angeles Times, 1985 to present (http://uclibs.org/PID/11379)
- New York Times, 1980 to present (http://www.umi.com/pqdauto?COPT=U01EPTQmSU5UPTAmREJTPTcy)
- Wall Street Journal, 1984 to present (http://uclibs.org/PID/11383)
- Los Angeles Times, 1985 to present (http://uclibs.org/PID/11379)
- Times of London Digital Archive (http://uclibs.org/PID/112897) VPN
- Includes full text and page images of the entire newspaper, including articles, editorials, advertising and images (excluding the Sunday Times) for 1785-2006. The "Access World News" database contains both the daily and Sunday Times, 1985-present.
- Coverage: 1785-2006
- American Periodicals Series Online [via Proquest] (http://uclibs.org/pid/16610) VPN
- Searchable database of citations and digitized images of the pages of more than 1100 American magazines and journals published from colonial days to the dawn of the 20th century.
- Coverage: 1741-1940s
- JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive (http://uclibs.org/PID/1980) VPN
- JSTOR provides Full-Text access to back files of hundreds important scholarly journals in nearly 50 disciplines spanning the arts, humanities, social sciences and the sciences. Current issues are now included for selected titles. Holdings vary by journal. JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization established with the assistance of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Related:
- About J Stor (http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/)
Visit this page to learn about the holdings of JSTOR journals. See Harvest Library Catalog for UC Davis access to recent and current materials.
- About J Stor (http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/)
- Project Muse: Scholarly Journals Online (http://uclibs.org/PID/31861) VPN
- Project Muse provides full text access to hundreds of journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences and mathematics. It is useful for searching interdisciplinary cultural studies topics. Its full-text search engine permits finer-grained searching than any other index for these journals. Coverage varies by journal.
- Related:
- Mirror site. (http://muse.uq.edu.au)
- Mirror site. (http://muse.uq.edu.au)
- Chronicling America (http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/)
- This site sponsored by the Library of Congress allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1922 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). Over a period of approximately 20 years, NDNP will create a national, digital resource of historically significant newspapers published between 1836 and 1922 from all U.S. states and territories. Currently, the site contains selected newspapers from California (The San Francisco Call, Sacramento Record-Union), District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, and Virginia and Washington.
- Coverage: 1836-1922 some full text papers; 1690 - present is a bibliographic record for newspaper titles.
- Related:
- Sacramento daily record-union (Sacramento) 1875-1891 (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014381/issues/)
- Record Union (Sacramento), 1891-1903 (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015104/issues/)
- San Francisco Call, 1895-1913 (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/issues/)
- The morning call. (San Francisco) 1878-1895 (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn94052989/issues/)
- Call-Chronicle-Examiner (San Francisco), 1906-1906 (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015732/issues/)
- Los Angeles herald (Los Angeles) 1900-1911 (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042462/)
- Amador ledger (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1900-1910? (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn93052980/issues/)
- Sacramento daily record-union (Sacramento) 1875-1891 (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014381/issues/)
- Movie Review Query Engine (http://www.mrqe.com/)
- This internet engine searches for reviews of over 30,000 films from a variety of (mostly free) sites. Older films are reviewed, but by contemporary critics. The site also gives up-to-date listing of top ten box office films.
- Metacritic (http://www.metacritic.com/)
- Metacritic compiles reviews of movies, DVDs, television, and more from both critics in major newspapers and site users. Based on the combined reviews, it also "scores" a given film based on its critical reception.
- UC Press eBooks Collection [via eScholarship] (http://texts.cdlib.org/escholarship/)
- The University of California eBooks Collection includes about 2,000 titles and is made available through a partnership between the University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program. About 25% of the titles are available to the general public; the rest are for University of California faculty, staff, and students only.
- Coverage: 1982-2004
- American Memory [Library of Congress] (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/)
- American Memory provides open access to full text historical documents and materials from the Library of Congress. Includes written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
- Pacific Film Archive Library & Study Center (CineFiles) (http://cinefiles.bampfa.berkeley.edu/cinefiles/)
CineFiles contains scanned images of reviews, press kits, festival and showcase program notes, newspaper articles, and other documents from the PFA Library's extensive collection covering world cinema, past and present.
CineFiles currently includes documents on the films of more than 150 major international directors, materials describing silent Soviet cinema, and PFA's unique collection of exhibitor manuals, among other documents.
- Related:
- PFA Library & Film Study Center (http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/pfalibrary/)
- PFA Library & Film Study Center (http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/pfalibrary/)
Guides to Electronic, Print, and Other Resources
- Guide to finding Film Reviews [UC Davis Library] (http://ucdavis.libguides.com/content.php?pid=354332)
- This guide describes the library's print and online resources for locating motion picture reviews.
- Finding Historical Source Material on Motion Pictures: Library Guide (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/resources/guides/filmstudies-06.php)
- This guide to UC Davis Library resources provides tips on appropriate databases and other resources for finding primary and secondary documents on early film history.
- Film Index
- This three-volume set indexes primary source articles written from the earliest years of cinema through the 1930s. Each volume has a different theme: Film as Art, Film as Industry, and Film in Society.
- Location: H/SS/GIS Reference PN1998 W7
- New Film Index: A Bibliography of Magazine Articles in English, 1930-1970
- This subject index to scholarly and popular articles in film studies is very useful for finding older materials in the field. Includes technical production, industry information, history, and theory/criticism.
- Coverage: 1930-1970
- Location: H/SS/GIS Reference Z5784M9M29 1975
- Retrospective Index to Film Periodicals, 1930-1971
- This print index to early film criticism complements later coverage of journals in other publications. It indexes several important critical journals and film review sources.
- Location: H/SS/GIS Reference Z5784 M9B39
- Afro-American Cinematic Experience: An Annotated Bibliography & Filmography
- A bibliography of article citations (both scholarly & popular) on depictions of African Americans in film. Especially useful for commentary on older films. Use the subject index in the back to locate the numbered citations.
- Location: H/SS/GIS Reference PN1995.9 N4 H9 1983
- Projecting Ethnicity and Race: An Annotated Bibliography of Studies on Imagery in American Film
- This bibliography lists and describes suggested books dealing with ethnicity and race in U.S. films. Use the subject index to find books on specific topics, then check for holdings in the UCD Harvest Catalog.
- Coverage: 1896-2001
- Location: H/SS/GIS Reference PN1995.9 M56 H34 2003
- Television Program Master Index
- Provides access to critical and historical information on 1,927 television shows in 925 books, dissertations, and journals. Useful in particular for finding coverage in book chapters.
- Date: 2003
- Location: H/SS/GIS Reference PN1992.9 D56 2003
- Bibliographic Index
- Designed as a "cumulative bibliography of bibliographies" in yearly volumes, this source indexes bibliographies published in books and periodicals. Covers English and some foreign languages.
- Coverage: 1937-present
- Location: H/SS/GIS Reference Z1002 B5
- Essay and General Literature Index
- This index cites essays and articles contained in book collections and series that have been published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. Focus is on the the Humanities and Social Sciences.
- Coverage: 1900-present
- Location: H/SS/GIS Reference Z5871 E8
- Public Moving Image Archives and Research Centers (http://www.loc.gov/film/arch.html)
- This page provides a list of quick links to international archives with moving image collections.
- Open Video Project (http://open-video.org/)
- The purpose of the Open Video Project is to collect and make available a repository of digitized video content for the digital video, multimedia retrieval, digital library, and other research communities. Researchers can use the video to study a wide range of problems, such as tests of algorithms for automatic segmentation, summarization, and creation of surrogates that describe video content; the development of face recognition algorithms; or creating and evaluating interfaces that display result sets from multimedia queries. Because researchers attempting to solve similar problems will have access to the same video content, the repository is also intended to be used as a test collection that will enable systems to be compared, similar to the way the TREC conferences are used for text retrieval.
- Internet Moving Image Archive (http://www.archive.org/details/movies)
- This library contains thousands of digital movies uploaded by Archive users which range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to cartoons and concerts. Many of these videos are available for free download.
Other Resources
- New York Times Film Reviews
- A multiple volume print set of Full Text NY Times film reviews. Articles are reprinted by date, and arranged by a title index. NYT reviews are also available online from Proquest Historical Newspapers and Proquest Current Newspapers.
- Coverage: 1913-2000
- Location: H/SS/GIS Reference PN1995 N4
- Related:
- See also New York Times Encyclopedia of Film, 1896-1979, which contains articles on film topics beyond reviews. H/SS Reference PN1993.45.N4 1984
- See also New York Times Encyclopedia of Film, 1896-1979, which contains articles on film topics beyond reviews. H/SS Reference PN1993.45.N4 1984
- Film Review Index
- Indexes historical reviews from periodicals and reference works by title. Use the library catalog to find the call number of the publications.
- Coverage: 1882-1985
- Location: H/SS/GIS Reference PN1995 F525 1986
- Film Review Annual
- Provides reprints of major film reviews from newspapers and magazines. Coverage is limited to films released in major U.S. markets. Title used for 1970s issues is "Film Review Digest."
- Coverage: 1976-77; 1981-present
- Location: H/SS/GIS Reference PN1995 F5
- Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com)
- Freely available site that indexes film and television information, including characters, settings, and actors. Also provides links to some external reviews.
- Cinema Year by Year, 1894-2004
- A chronology of major news stories, films, and events documenting the history of cinema, arranged by year.
- Location: H/SS/GIS Reference PN1993.5 A1 C573 2004
- Pre-Cinema History: An Encyclopaedia and Annotated Bibliography of the Moving Image Before 1896
- This important bibliography brings together annotated citations for books and articles on the pre-history of motion pictures, including early photographic innovations and projection equipment like the kinetoscope and public performance history.
- Location: H/SS/GIS Reference TR848 H38 1993
- Who's Who of Victorian Cinema (http://www.victorian-cinema.net/index.htm)
- This web guide to early cinema information includes biographies of important contributors, a useful chronology, information on early projection equipment, and a list of book and journal sources.
- Related:
- Updates the print reference work, "Who's Who of Victorian Cinema," located in H/SS Reference, 2nd floor Shields Library, TR849.A1W46 1996
- Updates the print reference work, "Who's Who of Victorian Cinema," located in H/SS Reference, 2nd floor Shields Library, TR849.A1W46 1996
- Selected Film Criticism
- Reprints of hard-to-find historical film reviews and critiques, most of which were published in industry magazines.
- Coverage: 1896-1960
- Location: H/SS/GIS Reference PN1995 S426 1982
- BFI Film Classics
- This 2-volume set contains full text criticism of international film classics from the BFI Film Classics Series. The critical essays were originally published separately, and are also available at the Library.
- Date: 2003
- Location: H/SS/GIS Reference PN1995 B736 2003
- MPAA Research & Statistics Page (http://www.mpaa.org/researchStatistics.asp)
- From the Motion Picture Association of America, this page contains useful data on frequently asked questions about the industry. Includes recent theatrical market statistics, movie attendance data, and more.
- Worldwide Box Office (http://www.worldwideboxoffice.com/)
- This website allows you to view box office data by year for 1899-present, but older films do not have much data and less popular films may not be listed at all. Includes both domestic and overseas gross when available.
- Related:
- See "The Numbers" website for similar information (http://www.the-numbers.com/)
- See "The Numbers" website for similar information (http://www.the-numbers.com/)
- In Focus Newswire (http://www.natoonline.org/infocus/newswire.htm)
- From the National Association of Theatre Owners, the newswire segment of the magazine "In Focus" contains the latest box office information and links to the latest news items impacting the entertainment industry.
- Related:
- Online back issues of In Focus are also available (http://www.natoonline.org/infocus/issues.htm)
- Online back issues of In Focus are also available (http://www.natoonline.org/infocus/issues.htm)
- American Museum of the Moving Image Online Exhibitions (http://www.movingimage.us/site/online/index.html)
- These online exhibitions feature The Pinewood Dialogues Online (conversations with major contemporary figures in film), as well as "The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2004" (includes full videos and transcripts).
- Videos & DVDs on the UC Davis Campus: A Location & Information Guide (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/resources/guides/ucdvideos.php)
- This guide describes the scope and policies of different media collections on the UC Davis campus, and includes a printable PDF handout.
- UC Berkeley Media Resources Center (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/)
- Provides information on UC Berkeley's extensive film and video resources, as well as useful film studies bibliographies by subject.
- MLA Style Guide [UC Davis Library] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/mla.php)
- Guide to basic guidelines for using MLA Style in research papers, with link to printable PDF version of page.
- Related:
- For more information, consult the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (2nd floor Shields Library, H/SS Protected Reference, LB2369 .G53 2003; older editions in general stacks)
- For more information, consult the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (2nd floor Shields Library, H/SS Protected Reference, LB2369 .G53 2003; older editions in general stacks)
- Film Studies Program, UC Davis (http://filmstudies.ucdavis.edu/FrontPage)
- Home page of the UC Davis Film Studies Program, with information on courses and faculty.