Finding Books:

Search the library catalog using a specific topic, such as  motion pictures, feature films or biographical films, etc., or browse the following subject areas in the Dewey Decimal call numbers indicated below.  If your topic involves writing about films on a certain topic, it may be useful to search for that topic to find background information (e.g. holocaust, eating disorders, etc.).

To retrieve a listing of items within the Sullivan University library online catalog, click on the appropriate Library of Congress Subject Heading with the corresponding Dewey Decimal number(s), in the box below, then click GO!

Subjects African Americans in motion pictures (791.4365) Biographical films (920) Cinematography (778.53, 791.43, 778.59) Motion picture actors and actresses (791.43) Motion picture industry (791.43) Motion picture producers and directors (791.43) Motion pictures (791.43) Motion pictures--History (791.43, 791.4309,791.4)

Also, Sullivan University Library offers the Library Alert service, which is designed to alert SUS students, faculty and staff of the latest titles @ the Sullivan University Louisville library! Sign up to be notified by e-mail when the library receives new books, videos, DVDs, etc., in the categories that interest you.

The film encyclopedia - R 791.43 K19f

The Oxford history of world cinema / edited by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith - Sullivan-Louisville Reference Non-Circ R 791.43 O98o

Time out film guide / edited by John Pym - R 791.4375 T583

Audiovisual Materials:

RKO 281 [videorecording] : the battle over Citizen Kane / HBO pictures in association with WGBH Boston ; a Scott Free production ; produced by Su Armstrong ; written by John Logan ; directed by Benjamin Ross - DVD 791.43 R627

Many articles from these databases contain full text articles and can be accessed from the library?s web page:

ABI/INFORM? Research: a ProQuest database, ABI is a scholarly business periodicals database comprising nearly 1400 North American sources in advertising, economics, human resources, finance, marketing, computers and more. ABI also provides access to information on 60,000+ companies and includes an index to the full-text files of The Wall Street Journal? since 1985.

Academic Search Premier: An EBSCOhost? database indexing 4,450 scholarly /peer-reviewed journals back to 1975 and providing the corresponding full-text/full-image for articles in all academic disciplines. Updated daily.

Alt-Press Watch: Available through ProQuest?, this database provides access to articles from alternative and independent press newspapers, magazines and journals that provide a valuable non-mainstream source of coverage, viewpoints and perspectives to that of traditional media sources.

Business Source Premier:  An EBSCOhost? database indexing 3,650+ scholarly/peer-reviewed business journals back to 1922 and providing the corresponding full-text/full-image for articles on all business subjects  including management, finance and accounting.  Also includes country economic reports as well as comprehensive  profiles for the 10,000 largest companies:  click the COMPANY PROFILE tab on the toolbar at the top of the page.  Updated daily.

Directory of Open Access Journals:  This service covers 815 free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals in all subjects and languages.

Relevant journals in this database:

          Bright Lights Film Journal

         Journal of religion and film

Internet Movie Database:  Search this database by title, people, characters, plots, quotes, etc. in almost 400,000 films. Approximately 2,000 new titles are reviewed each week. The genres covered include theatrical releases, made-for-television movies, TV series, direct-to-video films, mini series, and live action games; the data include full cast and crew lists, awards, reviews, plot, and quotes.

MasterFILE Premier: An EBSCOhost? database primarily designed as a general reference tool for public libraries, this database provides full-text articles from reference sources including magazines, books, biographies, primary documents, photos, maps and flags.  Updated daily.

Relevant journals in this database:

          Film Comment

          Film Journal International

          Films In Review

Newspaper Source: An EBSCOhost? database providing full-text articles from 23 national and international newspapers, television and radio news transcripts, and 200 regional U.S. newspapers.  Updated daily.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center: Critical Thinking  A full-text database providing differing points of view on current social issues, such as affirmative action, censorship, ecology and mental health.

Proquest?:  among the available Proquest? databases, ABI/INFORM? Research is a scholarly business periodicals database comprising nearly 1400 North American sources in advertising, economics, human resources, finance, marketing, computers and more. ABI also provides access to information on 60,000+ companies and includes an index to the full-text files of The Wall Street Journal? since 1984.

Louisville Free Public Library Databases:  users need a Louisville Free Public Library card to access these databases

• New York Times: Newspaper articles from New York Times.

Use the periodical search function on the Catalog home page to find periodical titles indexed in our databases.  For example, if you have a citation to an article and want to see if it is available full-text in our databases, search for the journal title, and the system will lead you to the correct database.

Periodicals: the following paper-format periodicals in the Sullivan University Library may be browsed for articles on a variety of film topics:

          Newsweek

          People Weekly

          Time

          U.S. News & World Report

All Movie Guide: This site features extensive factual and descriptive data and original editorial content for over 215,000 titles and more than 250,000 of the actors, directors, writers, and other professionals who created them. The database is searchable by movie (title), personal name, and keyword.  Film Finder allows users to search for the films in which two specified people have appeared together; films based on the works of a specified author; films based on specified original works (books, fairy tales, operas, etc.); films set in specified location and time period; etc."

Film Literature Index: "Indiana University has put Film Literature Index (FLI) online indexes 150 international popular and scholarly film and television periodicals cover-to-cover, and selectively indexes another 200. FLI online contains the full content of the print version for 1976 to 2001--approximately 700,000 citations to articles and to film and book reviews published during a formative period in cinema studies."

Filmsite: Searchable database with extensive reviews

Filmsound.org: "Serves as an learning tool dedicated to aspects of film sound. There are links to articles on the history of film sound and questions and answers, databases (e.g., a sound effects library), bibliography, and resources on related topics such as film music and sound in animation films."

Internet Movie Database: A guide to films.

Masters of Cinema: Site focuses upon the work of major world directors. It is divided into numerous sections, the most significant of which are "The News Fountain," which runs down the left side of the main page and provides current news on directors and films (past and present), releases of historical and critically important DVDs, awards, and tributes."

Movie Review Query Engine: "More than 25,000 movies are covered in over 185,000 reviews culled from newspapers (local, national, and international), entertainment publications, and the rec.arts.movies.reviews newsgroup."

Public Moving Image Archives and Research Centers: Site offers access to major film archives, including seven in Africa and the Far East (including the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film and the Israeli Archives), 15 in Asia and Oceania, 29 in Canada (but only five of the many university collections), 86 in Europe (from Antwerp Filmmuseum to Wessex Film and Sound Archive), 18 in Latin America, and about 300 in the US (including 12 presidential collections). The listed archives house much more than film, so this site serves an encyclopedia of interests, from baseball to labor to transport to Will Rogers, and then some. Researchers can track down rare materials and check new journals.

Who's Who of Victorian Cinema: "No other site on early cinema approaches the precision and sheer volume of information Victorian Cinema presents, making this a necessary resource for students of the subject. The Resources section contains a vast but well-organized collection of information on terminology, machinery, processes, chronology, and organizations, and provides links to related sites."