Getting Started
- Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)This multidisciplinary database contains articles from magazines and peer-reviewed journals, as well as Associated Press (AP) video content (1930s-present).
Contents: Full-text articles and video. - Google ScholarThis search engine includes peer-reviewed online academic journals, books, conference proceedings, theses, technical reports, court opinions, and other scholarly literature.
Contents: Citations and some full-text.
Note: Few results in Google Scholar link directly to full-text. - JSTORIncludes archival journal collections in the Arts & Sciences and Life Sciences covering language and literature, history, economics, political science, and health sciences.
Contents: Full-text articles and books. - MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO)Produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), this resource contains citations covering literature, language, linguistics, folklore, literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts, and historical information about printing and publishing.
Contents: Citations, the MLA Directory of Periodicals thesaurus, and a searchable directory of noted authors' names. - Project MuseSubjects covered include literature and criticism, history, education, philosophy, political science, and gender studies.
Contents: Full-text peer-reviewed articles. - ProQuest DatabasesUse this link to search across all of our ProQuest database subscriptions.
Contents: Full-text articles, abstracts, and ebooks.
- Ebook Central (ProQuest)Contains over 180,000 ebooks in nearly all disciplines including business, education, sciences, technology, law, and medicine.
Contents: Ebooks.
Need search tips? See our Guide for more information. - WorldCat via FirstSearchContents: Bibliographic information for books, journals, and multimedia owned by libraries worldwide.
Finding Books
You might find plenty of material in our main Library Search just by using keyword searches. If you have any trouble locating books,
here are a few subject headings in our online catalog that will help you locate books that might have a chapter on a particular director, or a some background on the issues dealt with in the films. Here are a few samples:
General:
Motion pictures Latin America.
By Country:
Use an advanced search and try phrases like "motion pictures" or "film criticism" with the name of the country you're interested in. Here are a few examples
For other countries, try searching WorldCat. You can borrow books that our library doesn't have from another library through our Interlibrary Loan program.
