BasicIndex: Film Index International
Film Index International (1930- ) lists articles on films, including documentary films, short subjects, and made-for-TV movies, as well as feature films. Includes information on over 90,000 films.
Other Film Indexes
Art Full Text, (1983- ) indexes periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins publications in European languages.
For earlier indexing:
Art index retrospective, 1929- .
LOCATION: Fine Arts: Reading Room RFA 132.4
LOCATION: Fine Arts: Reading Room CD 20
LOCATION: Loeb Design: Ref (1929-95)
LOCATION: Harvard Libraries (1929-1984)
Artbibliographies modern, 1969-
LOCATION: Fine Arts: Reading Room RFA 110.51
LOCATION: Fine Arts: Reading Room CD-ROM expected mid-1999
LOCATION: Harvard Libraries (1974- )
The critical index; a bibliography of articles on film in English,
1946-1973, arranged by name and topics.
LOCATION: Lamont: REF.ROOM PN1993.7.Z99 G4x
LOCATION: Widener: RR 2971. 17
LOCATION: Widener: Harvard Depository PN1992.5.Z99 G47x
Covers 22 American, British, and Canadian film, and 60 general, periodicals.
FIAF International FilmArchive Database (1972- ) contains:
- Directory of film/TV documentation collections
- Bibliography of Latin American cinema
- Electronic version of:
- International index to film periodicals
- International index to television periodicals
Print version:
International index to film periodicals, 1972- .
LOCATION: Fine Arts: RFA 1809.41
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC PN1993.Z99 I57xIndexes with annotations about 80 periodicals worldwide. Articles on adaptations of literary worked are grouped under "Adaptations" and not indexed by literary author.
International index to television periodicals, 1979-90
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC HE8700.Z99 I58x
The Film index: a bibliography.
LOCATION: Baker Business: Z5784.M9 W75 Non-circulating. Library has: v. 2 .
LOCATION: Fine Arts: RFA1805.28
LOCATION: Widener: RR 2971. 12 Library has: v. 1-3
Covers English-language publications, including fan and trade magazines but not newspaper articles, through 1935, with a few later entries. Arranged by subject.
Film literature index: A quarterly author-subject index to the international periodical literature of film and television/video, 1973- .
LOCATION: Widener: RR 2971.15 Latest 10 years; WID-LC PN1993.F57x earlier
Indexes about 300 English-language film and general periodicals. Excludes fan magazines and technical journals. Major coverage of television dates from 1977, of video from 1986.
Film review annual, 1981- .
LOCATION: Widener: RR 2971.15.10
Reprints film reviews of full-length American films and lists reviews not included.
Film review index. 2 v.
LOCATION: Lamont: REF.ROOM PN1995.Z99 F54 1986x
LOCATION: Widener: RR 2971. 15.5
Lists criticism of significant films from 1882-1985. Citations drawn from English-language general, trade, and scholarly periodicals, newspapers, and books.
Filmmakers in the Moving Picture World: an Index of Articles, 1907-1927.
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC PN1995.z99 D342 1997x
Indexes the periodical, Moving Picture World. Aranged by persons: actors, directors, publicity, costume designers, screenwriters etc.
French XX bibliography, v. 5- . 1969- .
LOCATION: Widener: RR 3162.13 Latest 5 years WID-LC PQ305.F7x Earlier
List of books and periodical articles arranged in two parts: topically and under subject authors. Has section on Cinema.Continues: French VII bibliography; critical and biographical references for the study of contemporary French literature. v. [2]-4 (no. 6-20); 1953-68.
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC PQ305.Z99 F73x
A guide to critical reviews. 3rd ed. Pt. 4. The Screenplay, 1927-1963 & supplement, 1963-80.
LOCATION: Widener: RR 2952. 13
Index to critical film reviews in British and American film periodicals, together with: Index to critical reviews of books about film. 1974-75.
LOCATION: Lamont: REF.ROOM PN1995.Z99 B6x Library has: 3 v. in 2
LOCATION: Quad Library
LOCATION: Widener: RR 2971. 2.5
Indexes, sometimes incompletely, 31 American and British film journals. Coverage ends in 1971; few of the periodicals indexed were published prior to 1950.
Index to motion pictures reviewed by Variety, 1907-1980. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1982.
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC PN1995.A39 1982
An index to short and feature film reviews in the Moving picture world : the early years, 1907-1915.
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC PN1995.Z99 D34 1995x
International Index to the Performing Arts (46 periodicals indexed 1864-1997; 155 periodicals indexed 1998- ).
LOCATION: Harvard Libraries
Some abstracts. Indexes the New York Times and the Washington Post.
Magill's survey of cinema.
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC PN1993.45.M3
- English language films, first series.
- English language films, second series.
- Foreign language films.
- Silent films.
Media review digest, 1973- .
LOCATION: Gutman Education: Ref Index LB 1043.Z9.M4
Covers films, filmstrips, videotapes, educational and spoken-word records and tapes, slides, charts, and other audiovisual media.
The new film index; a bibliography of magazine articles in English, 1930-1970.
LOCATION: Fine Arts: Reading Room RFA1805.53
LOCATION: Lamont: REF.ROOM PN1993.7.Z99 M29 x
LOCATION: Widener: RR 2971. 12.10
Covers film and general periodicals. Arranged by subject.
Readers' guide to periodical literature, 1900- .
LOCATION: Cabot Science: REFERENCE
LOCATION: Gutman Education: Ref Index AI3.R48
LOCATION: Kennedy Sch of Gov: Ref Index
LOCATION: Lamont: REF.ROOM AI 3.R48.
LOCATION: Law School: Lang Ref Index AI 3.R48 Library has: Latest 10 years.
LOCATION: Loeb Design: Ref Library.
Electronic version: Reader's Guide Retrospective, 1890-1982
LOCATION: Harvard LibrariesFilm reviews were listed under "Moving picture plays-Criticisms, plots, etc." until 1973, then under "Motion pictures-Reviews".
Retrospective index to film periodicals, 1930-1971.
LOCATION: Fine Arts: Reading Room RFA1809.6
LOCATION: Gutman Education: Z5784.M9 B39
LOCATION: Lamont: REF.ROOM PN1993.45.Z92 x
LOCATION: Quad Library
LOCATION: Widener: RR 2971. 20
Covers articles and reviews in 14 English-language film periodicals (which are all also indexed in Gerlach and McCann, below) and the Village Voice.
Book Reviews
General sources include: Academic Search Premier, the Citation Indexes (Web of Science) and Periodicals Index Online (for pre-1995 books). Additional general sources for book reviews. Some of the specialized indexes and bibliographies listed in this guide carry book reviews.
Bibliographies
To find bibliographies of books and articles in the HOLLIS Catalog, in Expanded Search do a variety of keyword searches (Keywords Anywhere) plus the standard term "bibliography" (Subject words). Notice the Subjects on pertinent records for terms for additional searches. Example: <Motion Pictures> and <bibliography>, <Musical films> and <bibliography>.
Wulff, Hans Jurgen. Bibliographie der Filmbibliographien. 1987.
LOCATION: Fine Arts: Reading Room RFA1805.96.1
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC PN1994.Z99 W85 1987x
Bibliographies
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/FilmBibMenu.html
Finding Film Reviews and Critical Analysis
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/reviewtable4.html
Internet Film Reviews
Internet Movie Database
LOCATION: http://us.imdb.com
Includes Newsgroup reviews
Movie Review Query Engine
LOCATION: http://www.mrqe.com/lookup?
Collections of Film Reviews
The New York times film reviews, 1913/68- .
LOCATION: Gutman Education: Ref PN 1995.N4
LOCATION: Lamont: REF.ROOM PN1995.N4
LOCATION: Widener: Thr 179.70.10F
Variety film reviews, 1907-1980.
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC PN1995.V34 1983 F Library has: 16 v.