Film/Video Studies

Academic Search Complete
- Multi-disciplinary database with full-text periodicals, trade publications and peer-reviewed journals
- Includes monographs (books), reports, and conference proceedings
- Many articles in PDF format
Communication and Mass Media Complete
- Resource of scholarly journals and other communication periodicals
- International scope
- Directs users to full-text articles, or prompts for articles available via Interlibrary Loan
Film and Television Literature Index
- Bibliographic database of television and film
- 380 publications with cover-to-cover indexing
- 300 publications with selected coverage
- full text for over 120 journals, 100 books
- 1990-to date with selective coverage back 50 years

Advanced Research

Film Literature Index (Indiana University)
- Indexes film, television, video articles
- Coverage 1976-2001
- Over 150 periodicals, 30 countries
- Scholarly and popular periodicals
MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
- Subject index of scholarly journals in literature, dramatic arts (including film, radio, television, theatre)
- International scope
- Coverage 1926 - current
- More than 2 million citations in 60 languages
The Oxford Handbook of Film and Media Studies (2008, print)
- Covers film and media in the U.S., Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East
- Explores recent developments in media studies, new media, copyright, globalization, television programming, video game genres, the ideologies of media, movie-going in India, and other topics

Penn State Resources

Websites

Jerry Beck's Cartoon Research
- Original titles and title cards from cartoons, classic shorts, animated features, Hollywood theatrical cartoons
- 1930's to present

Animation Movie Scripts from the Internet Movie Script Database (IMSDb)
- Transcripts and drafts from many modern animated films
- Read or download free

The Big Cartoon DataBase
- Searchable directory of animated TV series, episode guides, cast and crew, animated film lists, cartoon character registry and cartoon pictures
- Over 35,000 animations, organized by studio

Animation Industry Database
- International company directory for animation, visual effects, schools, gaming, and related production and distribution, advertising, and trade commissions
- Can be narrowed to specific industries such as movie/film industry or gaming industry
- Career and associations information

Animation World Network
- International resource of animator profiles, independent film distribution, commercial studio activities, licensing, CGI and other technologies, current events in animation

Historical Information

Citation Styles Choose MLA or APA multi-media style citation

Librarian Tip: Quick Citation Help using KnightCite (Hekman Library, Calvin College) Select style, then "Film or Video", or "Film, DVD or Video".

How to Cite Film, Video and Online Media (Moffitt Library, University of California at Berkeley)

Penn State Resources

General Video Research
- How to Search for Videos in the CAT
- Use an advanced LionSearch to find DVDs
  - Change "Content Type" field to Video Recording