Teresa Berry
Teresa Berry
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Teresa Berry
Associate Professor
UTK Libraries
Associate Professor
UTK Libraries
Guide Editor: Kat Brooks (kbrooks@utk.edu)
Finding Articles
Best Bets
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Entertainment Industry Magazine ArchiveIncludes trade and film fan magazines from the era of vaudeville and silent movies through to the 21st century. Covers film, music, radio, television, and theater.
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FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Plus (1972- )An important database for film history, theory, and criticism. Contains citations to articles from academic and popular film journals as well as holdings information of silent-era film archives.
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Film Literature Index (1976-2001)Indexes 150 film and television periodicals from 30 countries cover-to-cover and 200 other periodicals selectively for articles on film and television.
Other Databases
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Academic Search CompleteA multidisciplinary database covering magazines and scholarly journals.
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Communication & Mass Media CompleteCovers journals in communication and mass media studies.
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JSTORA full-text archive of selected scholarly journals. Most titles have an embargo on recently published articles.
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MLA International Bibliography (1920- present)Covers literature, linguistics, literary theory/criticism, and the dramatic arts (film, television, theatre, etc.)
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Performing Arts Periodicals Database, 1998+A guide to the journal literature on film, dance, television, and other performing arts. Limited to 4 simultaneous users.
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Project Muse 1995+Full text of scholarly journals and books in the humanities and social sciences.
Finding Reviews
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New York Times, 1851 - recent (3-month embargo)Full-page images of one of the most important newspapers in the U.S.
There are many online resources for finding film reviews. The following online sources are good starting points. In addition, there are resources in the print collection of Hodges Library in the PN1993 call number section.
European Film Treasures - repository of information on films including some streamed videos
MetaCritic - commercial online resource for film reviews
Women Film Pioneer Project - excellent site on this topic from Columbia University
Finding Films
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OneSearchYou can search the library's catalog using OneSearch. To narrow down your results, use the options on the left side of the page to select "DVDs" and/or "streaming media".
Web Based Resources
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IMDB (Internet Movie Database)A searchable database of more than 250 million data items including more than 4 million movies, TV and entertainment programs and 8 million cast and crew members.
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MetaCriticFor each movie listed, MetaCritic collects and averages together critiques from professional critics to generate a score. Includes links to the original, full reviews.
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MRQE (Movie Review Query Engine)Large online database of movie review containing over 100,000 titles. Also includes news and user discussions.
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Rotten TomatoesOnline aggregator of movie and TV show reviews from professional critics.