Research Guides: Cinema: Resources

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Featured Resources

Researching Women in Silent Cinema: New Findings and Perspectives
A Creative Commons licensed anthology of feminist film studies on silent cinema. Film history scholars address questions of performance, industry, technology, labor, and theory of feminist historiography.
In Media Res: A MediaCommons Project
In Media Res is an open access, collaborative, multi-modal forum for media scholarship. Consider contributing to the forum, or check out the daily posts by media scholars.
Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media
A fully peer-reviewed, open access online journal of all aspects of film and screen media history, theory and criticism.

Key Databases

Also Try

Reviews and Box Office

Box Office Mojo
Collects current and historical box office performance, both international and USA domestic.
Box Office Report
Financial information and listings of movies in wide release.
Chicago Reader Film
Reviews and articles on films and the film industry from the Chicago Reader, a community-supported newspaper and website in Chicago.
MRQE: Movie Review Query Engine
Movie review index. Many reviews are linked, but full text not guaranteed.
Variety, 1905 - present

Image Databases

Search Morris Library's Catalog

Search for books, ebooks, journals, government documents, DVDs, CDs, and more.

Can't find it at Morris?

Request items from around the world through Interlibrary Loan. Check and request books from I-Share first before requesting books through this service.

Interlibrary Loan
Request books that you can't find at Morris Library or through I-Share. Articles are usually delivered to your @siu email; books are delivered to the first floor circulation desk at Morris Library.
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WorldCat
Worldwide union catalog created and maintained collectively by more than 9,000 member institutions. If you find a resource in WorldCat, check in the library catalog to see if Morris Library or an I-Share library own a copy. If not, try Interlibrary Loan.