New Database Package - ProQuest Arts Premium
The library now has a subscription to ProQuest Arts Premium, which includes Art/Design/Architecture, Music/Performing Arts, and Screen Studies collections. Search them together or individually using the links below.
- FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database This link opens in a new windowThis database is an essential reference work for any film researcher and contains a diverse range of specialist content: the International Index to Film Periodicals contains over 500,000 article citations from more than 345 periodicals. It offers in-depth coverage of the world's foremost academic and popular film journals, many of which are seamlessly linked to a growing library of film journals.
- Film Index International This link opens in a new windowProduced in collaboration with the British Film Institute (bfi), Film Index International is based on the Summary of Film and Television (SIFT) database collated by the bfi over the past 70 years. Film Index International provides in-depth indexing of over 125,000 films - from the first silent movies to the latest blockbusters - and biographical information for more than 800,000 personalities. Its rich content also includes coverage of international film awards and prizes as well as searchable plot summaries and full cast and crew lists.
- AFI Catalog This link opens in a new windowSince 1968, the American Film Institute as cataloged every American motion picture either produced in the United States or sponsored and financed by American companies as an aid to the preservation of the American national film heritage. To date, the Catalog has comprehensive coverage of feature films from 1911-1974 (that are 40 minutes or longer in duration, or 4 reels or longer in length) with additional records covering selected major films from 1975 onwards, along with over 17,000 short films (those less than 40 minutes or 4 reels) from the first era of filmmaking, 1893–1910.
All Graduate Center Databases
The databases you see on this page are just a small subset of all of the databases (collections of resources) available to you through the Graduate Center Library. See the full A-Z list to see all databases from every discipline.
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ScreenSite
- ScreenSite Data: Journals and BlogsOnline list of film and media resources begun in 1994, now maintained in partnership with the Society of Cinema and Media Studies.
Highlights from the New York Public Library
See our guide about the GC and the New York Public Library, for a list of featured resources available remotely.
Film Studies Databases at the GC
- Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new windowIncludes the full text of over 450 journals in communications and media, as well as indexing and abstracts for more than 770 titles. Useful for a wide range of topics in the humanities and social sciences.
- Art Full Text This link opens in a new windowFull-text articles from more than 300 periodicals dating back to 1995; indexing and abstracting of 600 periodicals dating back to 1984; and indexing and abstracting of more than 13,000 art dissertations. Covers art history and criticism, architecture and architectural history, archaeology, antiques, museum studies, graphic arts, industrial design, landscape architecture, interior design, styles and art movements, folk art, painting, photography, pottery, sculpture, decorative arts, costume design, film, television and video, advertising art, non-western art, textiles and more.
- Art Index Retrospective This link opens in a new windowA periodical literature database that cumulates citations from the printed version of the Art Index, volumes 1-32 (1929-1984). The database cites articles from periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins published throughout the world in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Dutch. It also indexes reproductions of art works that appear in the indexed periodicals. Art Full Text continues Art Index and begins coverage in 1984.
- Humanities Source This link opens in a new windowOver 1,500 full-text journals dating back to 1907. Includes millions of records covering archaeology, art, communications, dance, film, folklore, history, journalism, linguistics, literary and social criticism, classical studies, area studies and gender studies. Should be included in any humanities search.
- Gale Literature This link opens in a new windowGale Literature searches multiple databases at once, combining Gale Literature Resource Center (biographies, overviews, criticism, audio interviews, and reviews), Gale LitFinder (full text poems, plays, short stories, and speeches from all eras), and Gale eBooks (reference sources). It also includes the Gale Literary Index covering 165,000 authors and 215,000 works, and workflow tools to analyze information.
- Essay and General Literature Index This link opens in a new windowContains citations to essays in collections of mostly scholarly works and miscellaneous works published since 1985 in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Approximately 340 volumes are indexed annually. While abstracts of essays are not included, users can follow links to the volumes containing the essays to see complete contents and additional information. An extremely useful resource for all disciplines because it indexes sources not covered elsewhere. Search simultaneously with Essay and General Literature Retrospective by selecting both resources from the “choose databases” link.
- Essay and General Literature Retrospective This link opens in a new windowIndexes over 270,000 essays from anthologies and collections covering a wide range of humanities and social sciences disciplines published in English in the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain between 1900 and 1984. Search simultaneously with Essay and General Literature Index by selecting both resources from the “choose databases” link.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowA digital library containing journals, books, images, and primary sources. The GC’s subscription includes JSTOR’s Arts and Sciences I-XII collections of scholarly journals across the social sciences and humanities. Coverage begins with the first issue of almost every journal and continues through varying periods within the last five years. Also included are more than 700 freely accessible collections of illustrations, letters, literary documents, newspapers, magazines, photographs, postcards, and yearbooks; open access alternative press publications from the latter half of the 20th century; and thousands of research reports. 3+ million images in Artstor are also now discoverable in JSTOR. Browse content by subject, title, or collection, or search across the full resource. Register for a free personal account to save materials and organize your work.
- Project Muse This link opens in a new windowThe CUNY and Graduate Center subscriptions provide access to the full text of nearly 400 journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences along with over 70,000 e-books and 4,600 open access books. Select “Browse All Muse” and filter by Access type “Only content I have access to” to see subscribed and OA content. Or look for the green check mark and OA icons that appear next to accessible titles when searching across the platform. E-books are also available via the separate link to Project Muse E-Books.
FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Plus
The International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) produces a package of electronic databases that are available to access onsite at NYPL's research libraries (including the SIBL branch, next door to the Graduate Center on Madison Ave. at 34th St.). Collectively called FIAF Index to Film Periodicals Plus, it includes:
- International Index to Film Periodicals
The main database, the International Index to Film Periodicals, offers in-depth coverage of the world's foremost academic and popular film journals from 1972 to the present. The database includes almost 400,000 article references from more than 360 titles. - International Index to Television Periodicals
The database International Index to Television Periodicals includes approximately 50,000 article references from 1979 to 2000. Please note that this database is no longer updated and that television-related references from film journals continue to be indexed in the International Index to Film Periodicals. - Treasures from the Film Archives
The database Treasures from the Film Archives contains unique information about silent film holdings in international film archives. It provides filmographic and holdings information on over 53,000 silent shorts and features, fiction and non-fiction, from over 112 of the world's major film archives.
- FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals PlusFormerly known as Film/TV Documentation Collections, FIAF Index to Film Periodicals Plus is a bibliographical resource offering coverage of hundreds of the world's foremost academic and popular film journals right up to the present day. It is an essential reference work for any film researcher.
- FIAF Index Journal ListThe list of journal titles, updated quarterly, that are indexed in FIAF's International Index to Film Periodicals.
