LibGuides: CTVA 400: Media and Society: Databases

Databases (find articles and film/book reviews)

Communication Source
Communication Source offers abstracts and indexing as well as full-text content from publications worldwide pertaining to Communication, Linguistics, Rhetoric and Discourse, Speech-Language Pathology, Media Studies and other fields relevant to the discipline.
Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text
Indexes over 380 publications related to film and television literature, with selected coverage of 300 additional publications. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, screenwriting, production, cinematography, technical aspects and reviews.
JSTOR
Archive of back issues of core scholarly journals across a wide range of subjects, with an emphasis on arts, humanities, and social sciences. Also includes current content for select journals and a large collection of University Press books.
Los Angeles Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
Full-page and article images from the Los Angeles Daily Times (1881-1886) and the Los Angeles Times (1886-2014).
New York Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
Digital archive offering full-text and full-image articles for the New York Times from 1851-2012.
Project MUSE
Full text of over 300 peer-reviewed journals published by university presses and scholarly societies with emphasis on humanities and social sciences.
ProQuest Global NewsStream
Full text access to a large selection of national and international newspapers, news wires and news sources.

Popular Journals For Film and TV

Cinéaste
Entertainment Weekly
Film Comment
Los Angeles Times (Current)
Newsweek Magazine (Global)
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New Yorker
New York Times Magazine
New York Times Newspaper (Current)
Time Magazine
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Variety Magazine
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Searching Journals

Some articles are not indexed in the library catalog, especially those from popular newspapers and magazines. For this reason you may want to directly search journals online. Follow these steps to locate a specific journal:

Open Advanced Search in OneSearch.
On the right, under Material Type select "Journals".
On the left select "Title" from the drop down menu.
Enter "is (exact)" from the drop down menu.
Enter the exact name of the journal.
Click Search.
Locate the journal in your list of results.
Click the online link of your choice to search on the publishers website.

CTVA 400: Media and Society

Databases (find articles and film/book reviews)

Popular Journals For Film and TV

Searching Journals

Figure 1: Searching journals