UNM-Valencia Library
Finding Information on Movies and Films

Searching strategies

• Find "the facts" about the movie using the Internet Movie Database.
• Look in LIBROS for information on the director, movie or its genre, or specific actors.
• Look in database for magazine and popular culture articles about the movie.
• Look for movie reviews using a combination of databases, websites, and newspapers.
• Look for information on movie's script.

General All-Purpose

• Proquest
• Academic Search Complete.
• Expanded Academic Index.
• Gale Reference Center Gold .
• Reader's Guide Retrospective

Specific

• Film and Television Literature Index
• Mexican Cinema
• MLA International Bibliography
• Communication and Mass Media Complete
• Film Scripts Online
• American Drama

Reviews

• Rotten Tomatoes
• Metacritic
• Movie Review Query Engine
• New York Times (1980- current)
• New York Times Historical (1851- 3 years ago)
• Google News Archive Search
• Indiwire
• Online Film Critics Society Reviews
• Roger Ebert.com

Scripts

• BBC Script Library
• The Daily Script
• Script-O-Rama
• Internet Movie Script Database
• Joblo's Movie Screenplays
• Movie Scripts and Screenplays
• Screenplay Database
• ScriptLab
• Simply Scripts

Free Streaming Media

• Feature Film (Internet Archive)
• Skinsplex Native America Online
• 101 Free Silent Films
• UbuWeb and Film Video
• Minnesota Video Vault (PBS)
• UCLA Preserved Silent Animation
• See also the Finding Movies Page.