LibGuides: LANGUAGE, LITERATURES, AND CULTURES RESEARCH GUIDE: Film and Video

Streaming Video resources

Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
Access a massive collection of streaming videos, including documentaries, interviews, performances, newsreels, field recordings, commercials, and raw footage, among others. Most topics are represented in this database. (Alexander Street Press)
Kanopy This link opens in a new window
Search this streaming video collection of documentaries, educational films, classic Hollywood movies, and world cinema. Note: Not all Kanopy films are immediately available for streaming. For any that are unavailable, please fill out the request form in Kanopy with as much information as possible to convey your teaching or research needs. The library will only unlock videos used for courses and assignments. (OverDrive)
Theatre in Video This link opens in a new window
Stream documentaries, performances of various plays, and interviews with directors, designers, writers, and actors. (Alexander Street Press)
Music Online: Opera in Video This link opens in a new window
Stream a variety of opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries. (Alexander Street Press)
Met Opera on Demand This link opens in a new window
Stream full-length opera performances from the New York Metropolitan Opera. This database contains videos of both recent and classic performances (1970s-present), as well as radio broadcasts dating back to 1935. (Metropolitan Opera)
Docuseek2 This link opens in a new window
Stream numerous documentary and social issue films from a variety of companies, including Bullfrog Films and Icarus Films. (Docuseek)

Recommended Resources

Film Literature Index
This is a free online version of the print index made available through Indiana University. It covers 1976-2001of the print volumes.

FIAF: International Index to Film Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Search for journal articles on topics related to film, film theory, film history, and film criticism. The database also contains "Treasures from the Film Archives," which has a detailed index of the silent-era film holdings of archives from around the world. (ProQuest)

The Internet Movie Database (IMDB)
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information related to movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, video games, and most recently, fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media.

MLA International Bibliography with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Search for journal articles on topics related to the study of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric/composition, and folklore. (EBSCO)
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Search for journal articles on most topics. This multi-disciplinary database is a good place to start if you don't know where else to begin. (EBSCO)
Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective This link opens in a new window
Search for journal articles on topics related to the humanities and social sciences. (EBSCO)
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Search for journal articles on topics in the arts, humanities, social sciences and some math/science. Most journals have volumes/issues dating from the 19th century to within 3-5 years of present day. (ITHAKA)
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Search for journal articles on topics related to the arts, humanities, and social sciences. (Project MUSE)
Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window
Search for journal articles on topics related to the humanities. (EBSCO)

CineFiles
CineFiles from UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive contains scanned images of reviews, press kits, festival and showcase program notes, newspaper articles, including documents on the films of more than 150 major international directors.
Filmsite