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Resources for Researching Film
A comprehensive listing of abstracting and indexing databases available via the library can be found via the Library's home page:
Look under LIBRARY COLLECTIONS: Electronic Indexes & Abstracts .
Many of the databases that the library subscribes to are available to users on the UC
Berkeley campus or users of the UCB modem pool only. UCB students, faculty, and staff may access these databases
Some good places to start for scholarly articles related to film and TV comedy:
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Reviews:
Finding Film Reviews and Critical Analysis http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/filmstudies/reviewslist.html
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Criticism, Analysis, Reviews
International Index to Film/TV Periodicals (FIAF)
Includes International Index to Film/TV Periodicals which indexes periodicals and other documents covering cinema and television in the 58 countries comprising the International
Federation of Film Archives. Coverage: 1972 - present. Citations only (no full text or links to
UCB holdings)
Expanded Academic Index
Contains records for articles from popular magazines, general interest journals, scholarly journals and newspapers in the humanities, social sciences, and general sciences. The complete text of articles (including some full-text images) are available for many of the journals covered in the database. Coverage includes 1980 to the present. For coverage earlier than 1980, consult printed index : Readers Guide to periodical Literature in Main
Library reference hall.
MLA [Modern Language Assn.] Bibliography
Includes international coverage of materials in the areas of literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore. The database contains over 1 million citations from over 4,000 journals, series, books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies.
Coverage includes 1963 -present.
Art Abstracts/Art Abstracts Retrospective
The Art Abstracts database contains citations to items from over 300 international publications, including journals, film reviews, bibliographies, conference reports, review articles, and interviews. Journals indexed include : Cahiers du Cinema, Sight and Sound,
American Cinematographer, Screen, Film Comment, Films in Review, Film Quarterly, Journal of Popular Film and Television Coverage includes 9/84 to present. Art Index Retrospective covers the years 1929-1984.

America: History and Life/Modern History Abstracts (best for history/criticism of US cinema)
America: History and Life contains citations to articles on the history of the United States and
Canada from prehistory to the present. The database covers over 2,000 journals published worldwide. Historical Abstracts is a bibliographic database containing citations to articles on the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada)
Other Relevant Databases and Resources:
Essay & General Literature Index
Cites essays and articles contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. More than 300 volumes are indexed annually. Additionally, more than 20 annuals and serial publications are indexed.
EGL focuses on the humanities and social sciences, with subject coverage ranging from economics, political science, and history to criticism of literary works, drama, and film.
Coverage begins with 1/85
Periodicals Contents Index
Periodicals Contents Index, 1770-1995, is an electronic index to articles in the arts, humanities and social sciences since 1770. The focus of PCI is on journals produced throughout the twentieth century; journals beginning in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries which continue into the twentieth are published from their inception.
International Index to the Performing Arts
Content from more than 210 scholarly and popular performing arts periodicals, and also indexes a variety of documents such as biographical profiles, conference papers, obituaries, interviews, discographies, reviews and events. IIPA Full Text covers nearly all aspects of performing arts, from scholarly studies to snapshots of popular culture. Most IIPA Full Text records in the current coverage contain an abstract, and selected records contain corresponding full text of the original article.
Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL) - UCB Only
Contains citations for monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays and doctoral dissertations. Some citations are linked to fulltext (e.g. for articles in Literature/Film Quarterly ) and more are being added every day.
Coverage includes 1920 to the present.
Film Literature Index [Print Index] In Media Center 1973(1)-1999(27)-
Covers 150 film and television periodicals from 30 countries indexed from cover to cover. 200 other periodicals selectively indexed for articles on film and television. Periodicals range from scholarly, critical, technical to popular, including film/TV journals, and other titles in the fields of literature, rhetoric, popular culture, cultural theory. Does not include journals devoted to fan interests, totally technical data, or short press release information. Quarterly; 1973 to present, with annual cumulations.
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