Film
Legend
- McGill users only
- Open access resource
- Free resource
- In-library-use only
- Catalogue record
Searching the Library Catalogue
Use the basic word(s) anywhere or advanced keyword search in the library catalogue. You can search using words like - Canada, Canad?, histor?, etc.
Search tips
| Truncation symbol: | ? | e.g. histor? will retrieve catalogue records containing the words history, histories, historical, etc. |
| Phrase searching: | "___" | e.g. "United Nations" will retrieve catalogue records containing the phrase United Nations |
| Boolean operators: | (), AND, OR, NOT default: AND |
e.g. history AND (Canada OR "United States") will retrieve catalogue records containing the word history AND either Canada OR the phrase United States |
Core and Additional Databases
- Web of Science(Arts & Humanities Citation Index)
- Film Index International 1930-
- Film Literature Index Online
- International Index to the Performing Arts
- Film/Video Canadiana
- American Film Scripts Online
- MLA Bibliography
- Project MUSE
- ProQuest Research Library
- Humanities Full Text (Wilson)
- Reader's Guide Full Text (Wilson)
Selected Internet Sites
Accessible to anyone with an Internet connection.
- McGill University Department of English
- Voice of the Shuttle: Media Studies: Film/Video
- Internet Movie Database
- RML Movie Page
- Women in Cinema
- AHDS Performing Arts: Film, Television and Broadcast Resources
Includes Carmen Filmography database, a listing of all film versions of Carmen with synopses, credits, bibliographies, and selections from reviews and/or critical work; Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture, British Artists Film and Video Database, North African Film and Filmmakers Dictionary, and Scottish Screen Archive. - Film-Philosophy
- Classic Movies (About.com)
- Reel Classics
Large classic movie site. - Film and Media Related Sites in Canada (Queen's University)
- Chinese Film & Movies (WWW Virtual Library)
- Asian Film Connections
- Kinema Club Database
Bibliography in all major languages of over 1,500 books and articles on Japanese cinema. - Bollyvista.com
Bombay Hollywood: Indian movie industry site. - Kinoeye Archive (Central Europe Review)
Re Russian, Central and East European cinema. - Moving Image Gateway
British Universities Film & Video Council (BUFVC) site listing websites re moving images and sound and their use in higher and further education. Searchable database of video collections and of online streaming or downloadable film and newsreel collections.
Other Resources
Library Guides
- Film: a selective list of reference sources
- Film: A Guide to Reference Sources (1982)
Print copy only, available at the McLennan Reference Desk.
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