LibGuides: Film and Television: Recommended Databases

Recommended Databases

Whether you are looking for video clips or researching for a paper, the college has several good databases that can aid in your search.

Academic Search Complete
A leading resource for scholarly research across multiple disciplines; contains journals, periodicals, reports, books, videos, and more.
CQ Researcher
CQ Researcher provides in-depth coverage of important issues, written by experienced journalists, footnoted and professionally fact-checked. Full-length articles include an overview, historical background, chronology, pro/con feature, and resources for additional research.
Films on Demand
A streaming video database that covers nearly every academic discipline; among the producers included are National Geographic, HBO, TED, Frontline, PBS, BBC, and more.
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) / Gale e-books
A great place to begin your research process: to narrow your topic, get background information and to gather keywords. Encyclopedias and reference books are not generally used as cited sources in college-level research papers (usually you'll need to take what you find in an encyclopedia and head out to the databases for more advanced sources).

Subject coverage includes: art, biography, business, education, environment, history, information and publishing, law, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, nation and world, religion, science, social science, and technology.
GenderWatch
GenderWatch focuses on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas. Archival material dating back to 1970 covers the evolution of the women's movement, men's studies, the transgender community and the changes in gender roles over the years. Publications include scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books and NGO, government and special reports.
HeinOnline
Access to over 2700 journals, Federal/State Case Law, and government documents. It contains the complete collections of the U.S. Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, Congressional Record, U.S. Congressional Serial Set, U.S. Code, U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Treaties & Agreements, and Legislative Histories of more than 2400 of the most important pieces of legislation in U.S. History
MasterFILE Complete
Designed specifically for public libraries,MasterFILE Premier provides full-text magazines, reference books and primary source documents. It also includes an extensive image collection containing photos, maps and flags.
Points of View Reference Center (POV)
Points of View is a full text database providing access to information & opinions on controversial and current topics. It includes topic overviews, viewpoint and counterpoint articles, and critical analysis guides.