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Databases & indexes

	Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) A multidisciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals. This database also offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
	Communication and Mass Media Complete (EBSCOhost) Coverage of all aspects of communication and mass media.
	Factiva Access to a wide range of global and NZ news and business information content from more than 28,000 sources, from 157 countries in 23 languages.
	Film Indexes Online Contains Film Index International (FII) database, the American Film Institute (AFI) Catalogue and FIAF Full Text. FII covers over 120,000 films and 735,000 film personalities from over 180 countries from 1900 to the present. AFI Catalogue is the premier resource for American films produced between 1893 and 1971. FIAF FullText holds hundreds of the world's foremost academic and popular film journal articles.
	IMDb: The Internet Movie Database A database of movie information that includes directors, actors, writers, film trivia, characters, quotes, biographies, plots, photos, and movie trailers.
	MLA International Bibliography (ProQuest) A classified listing and subject index of scholarly books and articles on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. Source documents include journal articles, books, and dissertations. Access to the MLA's Directory of Periodicals is also provided.
	ProQuest Central A leading electronic database providing indexing/abstracting and full-text access to scholarly and general interest publications. It combines information from a number of leading online databases with subjects covering: business, law, education, computing, science, technology, engineering, arts, medicine, and religion.

Additional Film & Media Studies databases and resources

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Reference

• Dictionary of Media and Communications
• Encylopedia of International Media and Communications, 4 vols.
• Encyclopedia of Radio
• Encyclopedia of Television
• International Dictionary of Broadcasting and Film
• International Dictionary of Film and Filmmakers. 4 vols
• Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film

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Last revised: 15 February, 2010