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Film Indexes Online brings Film Index International (British Film Institute) and American Film Institute Catalog together in one site.

Expanded Academic full text

Good coverage of film. Includes film reviews. (1980+ )

Film Literature Index

Comprehensive international coverage of all aspects of film, including coverage of non-English speaking film traditions. Includes film reviews. Includes television and video production. No full text, but helps to identify a large number of references.

Available also in print at SREF791.4305/37.

MLA International Bibliography

Product of the Modern Languages Association. Covers the world's literature from all time periods. Includes strong coverage of film, especially such areas as transition from literature to film, film as text and film directors. (1981+)

Rotten tomatoes

This site collates in one place full text access to film and DVD reviews from all over the world, from a variety of sources including newspapers.

Communication & Mass Media Complete full text

One of the Ebsco databases. Broad coverage of media issues. Very useful for social and technical aspects of film.

Wilson Omnifile full text
	Includes coverage of the Social Sciences Index, The Humanities Index and Reader's Guide. Includes reviews.
Australian Public Affairs Information Service (APAIS) full text
	Major index to journals and periodicals published in Australia. (1978+)
Factiva full text
	Full text coverage of a wide range of international newspapers, including the SMH, Australian Financial Review and The Australian. Good source for reviews.
JSTOR full text 1800+
	Provides retrospective access to a range of journals. Click on browse to see the range of journals included, or search across a range of journals.
Periodicals Archive Online
	Similar to JSTOR in providing full text access to older issues of journals. Click on browse to see the range of journals included, or search across a range of journals. Some journals dating back to 1770. Emphasis on British resources.
Project Muse full text
	Provides access to over 40 Johns Hopkins University Press academic journals. Coverage includes film and other arts.

Alternative Press Index
	Useful for coverage of experimental film and areas such as gay and lesbian film and film traditions in non-English speaking cultures. (1991+)
America : history and life
	A major index to Americana, including film and cultural traditions. (1982+)
Art Full Text
	International coverage of art periodicals. Includes areas of film such as cinematography, design and mise-en-scene. (1984+)
Arts Hub
	Arts Hub is the online home for Australian arts workers. The database includes: Jobs Bulletin, online employment resource listing positions vacant and positions wanted, including job opportunities from the UK and USA. News from Australia's arts industry news service, including news and current affairs issues from both Australia and overseas.
AUSTLIT
	Although primarily a database for Australian literature, includes coverage of film making, film scripts, adaptation of texts etc. (1970+)
Bibliography of Asian Studies
	Indexes Western language periodicals. Includes coverage of Asian film industries and traditions. (1971+)
British Humanities Index
	Includes coverage of Europe and Commonwealth countries.
Historical Abstracts
	Covers world history from 1450 to the current century. Does not include American History. (See above, America : history and life) Includes historical and political aspects of film, especially areas such as film propaganda. (1982+)
Music Index
	International coverage of all aspects of music, including film music and the use of music in film. (1979+)
Psycinfo
	Scholarly content and the main resource for psychological research.
Sociological Abstracts
	Major international index to the literature of sociology. Emphasis on cultural aspects and social contexts of film. Coverage also of areas such as gay and lesbian film ; gender issues in film and feminist film. (1974+)
Women's resources international
	International resource covering all areas of women's studies, including film. (1972+)

Libraries Australia
Formerly called Kinetica. Useful database for finding the location of items in other libraries in Australia. Includes holdings for 850 Australian libraries.
Scopus
Scopus is an abstract and citation database of research literature including peer-reviewed titles, Open Access journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, patent records, scientific web pages, and seamless links to full text articles and other library resources. It is updated daily.
Web of Science
Provides citation indexing, which is searching to find out who has cited a particular book or journal article.

Sirius Theses page
	This is a link to the Sirius Thesis page which lists all the main resources for theses including Writing and presenting your thesis or dissertation. This can be independently navigated by clicking Sirius, clicking *Find Resources, click Locate* and using the *Type* dropdown menu, select *Theses*.
Proquest dissertations and theses
	Replaces Digital Dissertations. Covers North American theses from 1861 onwards, with abstracts included from 1980. Includes UNSW doctoral theses (from 1974) and theses from most universities in Great Britain (from 1988). Of the more than 2 million listed, more than 600,000 of the more recent theses are now available for immediate free download.
Index to theses
	Contains records of theses accepted for higher degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland.
Australian Digital Theses Program full text
	Australian theses. The ADT database provides access to PhD and Masters by Research theses only. Theses available to download in PDF format.