Research Guides: Researching American Films: Find articles

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Librarian's top picks

Search the library databases to find articles on film genres, actors, directors, context and criticism. Below are the librarians' top picks for finding articles related to American films.

Academic Search Complete [EBSCO] This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database containing journal, magazine and newspaper articles. (Full text)
Access World News (NewsBank) This link opens in a new window
Access World News features thousands of U.S. and global news sources. Includes political science, journalism, English, history, environmental studies, sociology, economics, education, business, social sciences and more. (Full text)
Communication & Mass Media Complete [EBSCO] This link opens in a new window
Incorporates the contents of CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index along with numerous other journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study. (Full text)
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Digital archive of full text core journals in humanities, social sciences and sciences. It contains the entire run of over 500 hundred important scholarly journals, from the first volume up to the volumes published 3-5 years ago. (Full text)
MasterFILE Premier [EBSCO] This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive general database includes journal, magazine, and newspaper articles covering a wide variety of topics. (Full-text)
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Provides access to both scholarly journals and books covering literature, history and the social sciences. Database currently includes over 700 journals from 125 publishers and 70,000 books from more than 140 presses. (Full-text)

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