Subject Guide
Meghann Matwichuk
Contact:
Librarian, Film & Video Collection
(302) 831-1475
(302) 831-1475
Subjects: Education & Human Development, Film Studies
From Off Campus
Most Library online resources can be accessed from off campus by current UD faculty, staff, and students. When using links on these pages, you may be prompted for your UDelNetID and password. Please report any issues you encounter while accessing Library databases, e-journals, or e-books.
Database for Film Studies
Databases organize, or index, information on many journals and the articles published within those journals. Databases can be the most efficient way to search for research on a topic. The following database indexes Film Studies-related journals:
- FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals This link opens in a new window
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Offers in-depth coverage of the world’s foremost academic and popular film journals. It contains over 330,000 article reference from more than 300 periodicals. The index contains comprehensive television periodical indexing until 2000 and TV-related articles from film periodicals continue to be indexed. Searches can be limited to Film-related or TV-related articles only.
Multidisciplinary Databases of Interest
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowThis database provides full-text access to the back issues of core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. This database is an excellent choice for searching through older, high-quality journal literature.
- Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
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A database of more than 8,000 journals covering many disciplines. Most of the journals are full text. - Web of Science (WoS) This link opens in a new window
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This database covers all disciplines and provides access to journal literature from over 8000 scholarly journals. - ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new windowA database listing dissertations published at U.S. universities and some foreign institutions. Most of the dissertations are not available in full text.
Biographical Resources
- Biography & Genealogy Master Index This link opens in a new window
Determine where to find biographical material on people from all time periods, geographic locations, & fields of endeavor. Provides detailed information on over 5 million people.
- Biography in Context This link opens in a new window
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Biographical information on people from throughout history, around the world, & across all disciplines & subject areas. - Biography Reference Bank This link opens in a new window
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Contains biographies, obituaries, & photographs. Many of the biographies are enhanced with full text, abstracts, & citations. Biographical subjects represent all fields & nationalities. (Coverage: antiquity --)
Arts and Humanities Databases (with Film Studies content)
Film Studies is an interdisciplinary field. The following databases, while not specific to Film Studies, can be helpful when researching in this field:
- America: History & Life This link opens in a new window
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Index of scholarly literature covering the history & culture of the U.S. & Canada, from prehistory to the present. - Art Abstracts/Art Index Retrospective This link opens in a new window
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Indexing, abstracts & citations for hundreds of periodicals on art, art history & related disciplines. (Coverage: Abstracts, 1984 -- | Indexes, 1929-1984) - Web of Science (WoS) This link opens in a new window
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A collection of databases that can be searched individually or in various combinations. WoS indexs the world’s leading scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, & humanities, as published in journals, conference proceedings, symposia, seminars, colloquia, & workshops across the globe. - Expanded Academic ASAP This link opens in a new window
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Citations, indexes, abstracts, & many full-text journals covering a wide variety of disciplines. Of the more than 5,000 journal titles included, over 3,000 provide full-text articles. (Coverage: 1980 - ) - GenderWatch This link opens in a new window
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Full-text collection of international journals, magazines, newsletters, regional publications, special reports & conference proceedings devoted to women’s & gender issues. (Coverage: mid-1970s --) - Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Index of literature covering world history (excluding the U.S. & Canada) from the 15th century to the present. Subjects include world history, military history, women’s history, history of education & more. Indexes 2,300+ academic journals in over 40 languages. (Coverage: 1952 --) - Black Studies Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window
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Content from international scholarly & popular periodicals in Black Studies & contains full-text coverage of core Black Studies titles. (Coverage: varies, some as far back as 1902; full text 1998 to the present)) - Music Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window
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Indexing & abstracts for over 400 international music periodicals, plus full-text for over 200 journals. Scholarly & popular music journals included. (Coverage: c. 1996 - present. Retrospective indexing back to 1874.) - JSTOR This link opens in a new windowFull text of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences
- MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
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Citations for articles, books, book chapters, & more. When available, includes links to full-text resources from the library & in open access publications. Covers a range of humanities subjects, including world languages & literatures, linguistics, dramatic arts, film, folklore, rhetoric & writing, teaching of language, & history of publishing. (Coverage: 1926 --) - New York Times (NYTimes.com) This link opens in a new windowThis subscription allows you to simply go to nytimes.com and log in using an individual account. You can also use that account to access the New York Times app.
How to get an account: 1. Go to accessnyt.com 2. Search for and click the listing for “University of Delaware”. 3. Follow the steps based on whether you are On or Off Campus. 4. Attention Chrome users! You will get a security warning. Please go ahead and click ignore!
Important note: If you already have an nytimes.com account, you will need to log out of your personal accounts (if registered to a non-UD email address) or cancel your subscriptions (if registered to a UD email) before authenticating through the library's subscription. - Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new windowGateway to Oxford’s art reference works, including the regularly updated Grove® Dictionary of Art & the Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Includes articles that span ancient to contemporary art & architecture, as well as images of works of art, structures, plans & artist signatures.
- Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new windowAuthoritative resource for music research. Charts the diverse history & cultures of music around the globe. Gateway to Grove Music Online, with access to search the Oxford Dictionary of Music & the Oxford Companion to Music.
- Periodicals Index Online This link opens in a new window
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An index to the contents of journals & magazines in the humanities & social sciences, from their first issues through 1995, with links to the full-text of some articles. (Coverage: 1665-1995) - Project MUSE Journals This link opens in a new windowFull-text, scholarly, electronic journals in the arts, humanities & social sciences from many of the world's leading university presses & scholarly societies. (Coverage: 1993 or later to the present)
- Readers Guide Index / Readers Guide Retrospective This link opens in a new window
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Indexing & full-text of popular periodicals.
(Coverage: Readers’ Guide Index, 1983 -- | Readers’ Guide Retrospective, 1890-1982) - RILM Abstracts of Music Literature This link opens in a new window
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Bibliography on writings about music. Includes traditional music, popular music, classical music, & related subjects. Sound recordings & films that present the results of scholarly research or fieldwork are also included. (Coverage: 1800s --) - Women's Studies International This link opens in a new window
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Bbliographic database for women’s studies & feminist research. A valuable resource for many disciplines, including sociology, history, international relations, humanities.
Searching for Print Journals
If you come across articles that are not available in full text via Get It! or in the database that you are searching, you can check to see if the library has a print copy of the journal which contains the article you are seeking. To conduct a search for a journal, note the journal's title, year, volume, and issue. Then, head to the library catalog, DELCAT, and search for the journal by title. (ex: International Journal of Educational Research).
When you have located the record for the journal that you are seeking, click "holdings" to see if we have the journal for the year in which the article you are seeking was published. If you need help with this process, please ask for help at the reference desk or by using our Ask A Librarian services.