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Academic Search Complete http://proxy.mul.missouri.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=a9h

Academic Search Premier provides full text for over 4,600 academic, social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multi-cultural journals. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 8,500 journals. Over 3,500 journals are peer reviewed. Full text backfiles go as far back as January of 1990, while indexing and abstract backfiles go as far back as January of 1984. Provided courtesy of MORENET. [more]

Art Full Text http://proxy.mul.missouri.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=aft
	Art Full Text provides citations to articles and book reviews in about 270 periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins published primarily in the U.S. and Europe. Includes archaeology, architecture, art history, city planning, film, industrial and interior design, and photography. [more]

Communication and Mass Media Complete http://proxy.mul.missouri.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=ufh
	Communication and Mass Media Complete is comprised of two databases, CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index and indexes journals, encyclopedias and handbooks in the area of communication studies. [more]

Complete Index to World Film http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/search/databases/ellisonly.htm
	This catalog of over 300,000 films produced worldwide from 1890-2001 provides credits, production information, and references to reviews. [more]

Factiva http://proxy.mul.missouri.edu/login?url=http://global.factiva.com/en/sess/login.asp?xsid=S003Wvj0XNyMTZyMTApMDAqNDAvNXmm5DFHY96oYqZlNFFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFB
	Factiva contains business and financial data on companies from around the world. It also provides access to current issues and an archive of over 8,000 publications from around the globe. License terms restrict access to MU students, faculty, and staff only. [more]

FIAF http://proxy.mul.missouri.edu/login?url=http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&PAGE=main&NEWS=n&D=iitp,bfmp,idft,trfa,iifp,lopi
	FIAF indexes the film and television literature from 300 periodicals. [more]

Film Literature Index http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/fli/advancedSearch.jsp
	FLI indexes 150 film and television periodicals from 30 countries cover-to-cover and 200 other periodicals selectively for articles on film and television. The periodicals range from the scholarly to the popular. [more]

Gale Virtual Reference Library http://proxy.mul.missouri.edu/login?url=http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/morenetuomcolum?db=GVRL
	Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. [more]

International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance with Full Text http://proxy.mul.missouri.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=ibh
	International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance with Full Text contains all of the content available in International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance as well as full-text for over 140 titles, including Canadian Theatre Review, Dance Chronicle, Dance Teacher, etc. [more]

JSTOR http://proxy.mul.missouri.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor.org

A full-text database consisting of the Arts and Sciences I, II, III, IV, Ecology & Botany and General Science Collections which provide access to the back files of over 300 scholarly journals. Areas included are history, sociology, business, economics, ecology, literature, mathematics, music, political science, population studies, Asian studies, philanthropy and finance. Coverage begins with volume one of each title and continues to within 4-5 years of the present. [more]

LexisNexis Academic http://proxy.mul.missouri.edu/login?url=http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic/
	Access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information from Lexis-Nexis. To be used only for educational purposes. [more]

LION: Literature Online http://proxy.mul.missouri.edu/login?url=http://lion.chadwyck.com
	Also Known as: Lion database LION: Literature Online provides access to English language literature in full-text, reference works, bibliographies, web pages and full-text journals. [more]

Literary Index http://proxy.mul.missouri.edu/login?url=http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitIndex
	Literary Index is a master index to the major literature products published by Gale. It combines and cross-references more than 165,000 author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and listings for over 215,000 titles into one source. [more]

Movie Review Query Engine http://www.mrqe.com/
	Also Known as: MRQE MRQE collects reviews, news, interviews, movie blogs, and other material associated with specific movies.

New York Times Movie Reviews http://www.nytimes.com/ref/movies/reviews/
	Also Known as: NTY Movie Reviews Search this free archive of movie reviews from 1960 to the present, including a selection of earlier reviews back to 1929.

Project Muse http://proxy.mul.missouri.edu/login?url=http://muse.jhu.edu/muse.html
	Project Muse provides full-text access to more than 100 scholarly journal titles from the Johns Hopkins University Press and other University presses covering the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Mathematics. [more]

Reader's Guide Retrospective 1890-1982 http://proxy.mul.missouri.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=rgr
	Readers Guide Retrospective is a database containing comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America. [more]

Journals

Browse Journals on Visual and Performing Arts http://proxy.mul.missouri.edu/login?url=http://mulibraries.1cate.com/?category=art.visperf

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Other Resources Online

9th Street Video http://www.9thstvideo.com/
	Now located at 10 Hitt Street, 9th Street Video has one of the most extensive collections of films in Missouri. Call 875-4112 to check availability.

ASC Media Library http://asc.missouri.edu/medialib.html
	The Academic Support Center maintains a library of over 9000 videos and 5000 films. These are available for overnight rental or may be viewed at the Academic Support Center.

Film and TV Information http://old.bfi.org.uk/filmtvinfo/ftvdb/
	The British Film Institute provides links to a variety of databases, publications, and other resources.

ScreenSite http://www.screensite.org/
	"ScreenSite facilitates the teaching and research of film/TV/new media and is designed principally for educators and students." It provides links, a blog, calls for papers and creative work, and information on jobs, programs, syllabi.

eBooks / Books

Approaches to Research http://www.bfi.org.uk/filmtvinfo/researchers/approaches_to_research.pdf
	From the British Film Institute, "A step-by-step introduction to the process of carrying out and presenting your own research aimed at students new to film and media study."

BFI Film and TV Database http://www.bfi.org.uk/filmtvinfo/ftvdb/
	Search for information about film and TV titles, organizations, events, and people internationally, from the beginning of film production to the present.

BFI National Library Book Catalogue http://www.bfi.org.uk/filmtvinfo/library/catalogue.html
	Search for materials at the British Film Institute library, a collection of over 50,000 items on film and television worldwide. Materials not available via MERLIN, MOBIUS, or WorldCat may be requested through ILL@MU.

Research: The Essential Guide http://www.bfi.org.uk/education/teaching/researchguide/
	From the British Film Institute, "A guide to research methodologies produced for teachers of film and media."

Simply Scripts http://www.simplyscripts.com/
	Simply Scripts provides links to scripts and transcripts of movies, and televisiona nd radio programs.

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