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FILM 300: Hollywood: the Dream Factory

Omni

Omni includes content from the various research databases to which QUL subscribes but not everything is included.

If you are looking for information on a very specific topic, or a topic that is subject specific, it is recommended that you search databases that specialize in that subject area for more thorough results.

Why Use an Index?

Use an article index to find journal articles on your topic, as well as film criticism and other materials related to film and media studies.

Some will contain the full text of journals and those that don't usually provide links to the full text if it is available via other databases in our collection.

Evaluate Articles

Articles are important in your research as they contain the most-up-to-date research in a given field and often focus on a particular aspect of a topic.

But not all journal articles will be useful for your essay so you will need to evaluate before you use them. 

Consult our guide, Distinguishing Scholarly from Non Scholarly Periodicals, to discover the difference.

Key Journal Indexes

American Film Institute Catalog
The AFI Catalog lists films, with plot summaries, filmographic information, and more ...
 
Film and Television Literature Index
Online counterpart of Film Literature Index.
 
Has full-text runs scanned cover-to-cover in color of core U.S. and U.K. trade papers and magazines, such as Variety, Boxoffice, Broadcast, The Hollywood Reporter, and American Cinematographer to name a few. 
 
Retrospective Index to Film Periodicals, 1930-1971
REF Z5784.M9B39
Includes contents of fourteen film journals, plus the film reviews and articles from the Village Voice.

Key History Indexes

History of the United States and Canada from pre-historic times to the present.
 
Comprehensive index to scholarly literature on world history from 1450 to present (excluding the U.S. and Canada).

Other Relevant Databases

A multi-disciplinary database which provides indexing (with abstracts) to peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, monographs and reports.

 

Canadian Periodicals (CPI.Q) Canadian resource
Print holdings: 1920 - 1998: Check QCAT
Information about Canadian films, actors, actresses, directors and other people in the film industry.

The Critical Index: A Bibliography of Articles on Film in English, 1946-1973
REF Z5784.M9.G47
Indexes articles from over 20 American, British, and Canadian journals on directors, producers, actors, critics, screenwriters, cinematographers, specific films and the history of the film industry.
 
Periodicals Archive Online
Indexes international scholarly literature of the humanities and social sciences disciplines from 1802 to 1995.

Readers' Guide
REF AI3.R2 from 1900-2006 (Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature)
 

Vogue Archive
The Vogue Archive is a primary source for the study of fashion, gender, and modern social history from 1892 to present day

Newspapers

New York Times
1851 to four years ago

Los Angles Times
1881 to 1989

Globe and Mail
1844 to four years ago

Toronto Star
1894 to three years ago

Chicago Defender
1910-1975

Chicago Tribune
1849-1989

Washington Post
1877-1996

Life
Print: AP2 .L72   (1936-1972)
Microfilm: AP2  .L72 (1936-1950)

Maclean's
Print: AP5 .M16

Newsweek
Microfilm: AP2 .N6772 (1947-June 2014)

Time
Microfilm AP2 .T37  (1923-June 2014)
Print: AP2 .T37 (1948-1965 - issues missing)

Illustrated London News Archive 1842-2003

Variety
Microfilm: PN2000 .V3 (1905 - 2014)

Film Journals

Featured titles include:

Camera Obscura
Cineaste
Cinema Journal
Film Quarterly
Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television
Journal of Film and Video
Jump Cut
Sight and Sound
Variety
Wide Angle

How to Search for a Journal in Omni

Once you’re in Omni: 

• Select "Journal Search" from the top menu
• Type in the name of the journal
• Press 

Both print journals and e-journals will appear in your search results if we have access to them. Check the extent of our print holdings and or the years covered online.