Cinema Studies: Cinema Studies Research Guide

Use OneSearch - the library's catalog - to search for streaming video, DVDs, and VHS tapes. There are DVD and VHS players for use in Hodges library.

The UTK Streaming Video Guide provides further information about resources for streaming video. A list of streaming video platforms available through UT Libraries can be found here.

If you find a DVD, Blu-ray, or VHS in another institution's collection, we may be able to borrow it through interlibrary loan. Find the request form on our Resources Sharing page. Playback equipment is available for use in Hodges Library. 

JustWatch US provides information on materials in Netflix, Prime Video, Disney +, Apple TV, Hulu, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+, and more. Note that these are mainly commercial platforms for which you will need a personal subscription.

ReelGood is a tool that allows you to search across commercial platforms for which you have a personal subscription, such as Netflix, Prime Video, etc. and some free services.

Knox County Public Library's downtown branch has an excellent selection of DVDs and Blu-rays. Members can also access movies via streaming services such as Hoopla and Kanopy (which has a different selection from UTK). If you're not located in Knox County, check out the public library nearest you, many have DVDs and streaming movies freely available to members. 

• Hollywood, censorship, and the motion picture Production Code, 1927-1968 

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Production Code Administration Files collection documents forty years of self-regulation and censorship in the motion picture industry. Officially accepted in 1930 by the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), the precursor organization to the MPAA, the Production Code presented guidelines governing American movie production. 

• Lantern The free search platform of Media History Digital Library. Search over 2,772,417 pages of digitized books and magazines from the histories of film, broadcasting, and recorded sound

• New York Times, 1851 - recent (3-month embargo) 

  Full-page images of this major U.S. newspaper

I am here to help you with your research needs and to help you find the information you need to successfully complete your projects and assignments. 

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Cinema Studies books can be found on the 4th floor of Hodges in the PN1993-1999 range. 

To find other Cinema Studies-related books, try using the library catalog to search for Subject: Motion Pictures, and use other subjects and/or keywords to narrow your search. 

Anyone in the UTK community can submit a purchase suggestion to the Libraries. Fill out the online form here

Blake Wahlert