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Search Everything
Search Everything
Search EverythingSearches books, ebooks, articles, journals, and more. To narrow down your search, use the tools on the left-hand side of your results screen.
You can search by keyword, title, or author. You can narrow your search results down by format, language, location, and date.
Examples:
- Oliver Stone
- film noir
- action film
- women directors
Or you can browse the shelves. The Freel Library arranges books by Library of Congress call numbers. The major section for books about film is listed below. You can find these call numbers in the Reference section on the main floor, and in the language & literature room on the lower level.
PN1993 - PN1999
Essential Databases
- Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowAcademic Search Complete is the library's most popular database. It includes multi-disciplinary coverage,full-text access to journal articles and other scholarly materials not typically available through web searches.
- Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowFull text for journal articles on television, journalism, film, communications and related fields.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, general science and social sciences dating back to the late 17th century. JSTOR is great for historical research but not for current research.
MCLA's access to JSTOR is made possible by support from the Hardman Family Endowment. - Academic OneFile (Gale) This link opens in a new windowAcademic OneFile is offers extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects
- WorldCat This link opens in a new window
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WorldCat searches all material in the MCLA Freel Library collection (books, ebooks, videos, and articles) as well as material in libraries nationwide (delivery in 2-3 weeks). See a reference librarian or use the contact info to place a request for items not owned by MCLA.
Director Biographies
Use the library's Biography in Context database to find information on a director. This database contains over 450,000 biographies!
Google Scholar
Google Scholar is another resource for finding research articles. Look on the right hand side of the screen for the "Check MCLA Full-Text" links that will bring you to the article in one of our databases. You can also look for the free PDFs listed on the right hand side. If you are off-campus, use these instructions to set it up for full access to library resources.
