Film, Television, and Theater

Film and Television: Essential Resources for Research

UCLA Library: Resources and Services

• UCLA Library Homepage
• Arts Library Web Pages
• Making an Interlibrary Loan Request
• SRLF: Requesting Materials
• Online Access from Home

Research Guides

• Film and Television Research Guide

Finding Books: Online Catalogs

• UCLA Library Catalog
• MELVYL (UC Libraries)
• WorldCat
• Margaret Herrick Library

Finding Journal, Magazine, and Newspaper Articles

Periodical Indexes and Abstracts

• FIAF International Index to Film and Television Periodicals
• Film Literature Index, FLI Online
• MLA International Bibliography
• Readers' Guide Retrospective
• Periodicals Index Online
• Biography Index

Full Text Online

• International Index to the Performing Arts, IIPA Full Text
• Academic Search Complete
• LexisNexis
• JSTOR
• Project Muse
• Factiva
• Electronic Journals
• Google Scholar

Selected Online Reference Sources

• International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers (4th ed., via Gale Virtual Reference Library)
• Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film (via Gale Virtual Reference Library)
• History of the American Cinema (via Gale Virtual Reference Library)
• Britannica Online
• Film Indexes Online (Film Index International and AFI Catalog)
• Proquest Dissertations & Theses
• American National Biography
• Black Studies Center
• African American Experience
• Latino American Experience
• Internet Movie Database
• Metacritic
• British Film Institute