Book Searches
Search by Authors find books written by the theorists.
Note: Also, search by the theorist name as a Keyword term to find inclusion of the theorists work in anthologies.
Note: Also, search by the theorist name as a Keyword term to find inclusion of the theorists work in anthologies.
Selected Reference Resources
Article Sources
To find articles written by a theorist, search for the theorist's name as an author.
Example search: Works written by Patricia Hill Collins in the Ebsco search for English/Literature.
Example search: Works written by Patricia Hill Collins in the Ebsco search for English/Literature.
To find scholarly articles on films:
- Include the title of the film in quotes on the first line (e.g., "The Stepford Wives") and (film or movie or motion pictures) on the second line. You may also wish to search by specific characters instead of the film title.
- Limit to peer-reviewed.
Article Databases: Ranked by Relevance
= Emmanuel Faculty, Staff & Students only
= Emmanuel Faculty, Staff & Students only- Ebsco search for English/Literature
- Searches across: Academic Search Premier, MLA International Bibliography, and Humanities International Complete.
- Limit to Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
- Contains only scholarly journals.
- Since results may contain articles that are not peer reviewed, search for the journal title using the A-Z Journals by Title list to verify the journal's peer-reviewed status.
- Gale Literature Resource Center - LRC This link opens in a new window
- Limit to Peer-Reviewed Journals
To search for articles by citation, enter the first four to five works in quotes in the below Google Scholar search box.
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Resources for Film Reviews in Scholarly and Popular Publications
Library Databases
- Gale Academic OneFile (1980 - current) This link opens in a new windowSelect Movie Review from the limit options by document type.
- ProQuest US Newsstream This link opens in a new windowNational and local newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites' transcripts including U.S. major dailies, CNN, Meet the Press and hundred's more. Current coverage and back files will vary.
Recommended Web Sites
- New York Times Movie ReviewsThe New York Times’ free review archive of over 28,000 movie reviews from 1960 to present
- Metacritic Film ReviewsProvides reviews from a variety of national and local newspapers and magazines.
- Rotten TomatoesA database of movie reviews from around the United States.
Also, explore the Newspaper guide which includes both current and historic newspapers:
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