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An index to books and articles published on modern languages, literature, folklore, and linguistics.

American Film Institute Catalog This link opens in a new window
Documents all films produced in the United States from 1892 to 1973. Also includes records for the Institute’s Top Ten Films for the years 2000 to 2007.
Film & Television Literature Index This link opens in a new window
Index, abstracts, and full text of articles related to film and television.

CWRU eJournal Portal This link opens in a new window
The CWRU eJournal Portal is a research tool that allows you to conveniently access the vast array of journals, periodicals, and magazines the CWRU libraries have licensed.

To find related journals through the CWRU e-Journal portal, you can type in a journal's title or ISSN in the main Search bar, or you can select Film in the Browse by Discipline section to explore available titles.

Here are some journal titles related to Film Studies that are are available in the CWRU e-Journal portal:

Film Criticism
Film History: An International Journal
Film International
Film Quarterly
Framework: The Journal of Cinema and Media
Journal of Film and Video
Journal of Popular Film and Television
Quarterly Review of Film and Video
Variety Movie Reviews

Books

Film: a Very Short Introduction by Michael Wood
Call Number: PN1994 .W65 2012
ISBN: 9780192803535
Publication Date: 2012
Movie History: a Survey by Douglas Gomery; Clara Pafort-Overduin
Call Number: PN1993.5.A1 G636 2011
ISBN: 9780203832288
Publication Date: 2011
The Routledge Companion to Film History by William Guynn (Editor)
Call Number: PN1994 .R5735 2011
ISBN: 9780415776561
Publication Date: 2010

A Short History of Film, Third Edition by Wheeler Winston Dixon; Gwendolyn Audrey Foster
ISBN: 9780813595146
Publication Date: 2018
The History of Cinema: a Very Short Introduction by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith
ISBN: 9780191788963
Publication Date: 2018
Film Studies, Second Edition by Ed Sikov
ISBN: 9780231551564
Publication Date: 2020

One of the options in the dropdown menu for catalog searching is Subject. Searching by Subject means finding specific Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSHs), which tell you what a work is about using standardized rules for the order of terms, the language used, etc. It works best when you already know what to look for.

Here are some Library of Congress Subject Headings that you can use in a Subject search to lead you to relevant works:

Motion Pictures
Motion Pictures – History
Motion Pictures – United States
Motion Pictures – United States – History
Cinematography
Cinematography – History