Film Reviews
- Primo (Library Catalog!)Try typing in the title of your film and then select 'reviews' under Material Type
- Film and Television Literature Index with Full Text This link opens in a new windowTool for film and television research with indexing and abstracts for more than 380 publications as well as full text for more than 120 journals, and 100 books. Includes Variety movie reviews from 1914 to the present and over 36,300 images from the MPTV Image Archive.
- Movie Review Query EngineFind online movie reviews by entering a film title. A list of results will provide links to the review's original publisher. You can also find reviews by selecting film categories such as current and popular films of the recent past few days, film festival reviews, and AFI reviews.
- AMC Filmsite ReviewsAMC's Greatest Films review blog
- MetacriticFree Resource: All can access
Search for the film by title. Once you locate it, click on the link for "critic reviews." The reviews will be listed by the name of the original review publisher. Click on the link that says "read full review." The site will re-direct you to the original review.
- New York Times (Text only) This link opens in a new windowYou can limit your search to Reviews in the sidebar and search the title of your film.
Background Information
General Background Information
- Gale Virtual Reference Ebooks This link opens in a new windowElectronic reference books for business, religion, medicine, social sciences, history, etc.
- Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new windowAccess to multiple dictionaries and encyclopedias from Oxford University Press.
- CQ Researcher This link opens in a new windowGood starting point for research on "hot topics" in the news including science, education, politics and economics.
LGBTQ and History Encyclopedias
Enclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America by ISBN: 0684314274Publication Date: 2004-02-01
American Decades Series by ISBN: 0787650765Publication Date: 2000-12-01American Decades documents and analyzes periods of contemporary American social history. Each volume begins with an overview and chronology covering the entire decade. Subject chapters follow, each including an explanatory background overview; subject-specific timeline; and alphabetically arranged entries discussing the people, events and ideas important to that subject during the period. Included are biographies; explanations of concepts; terms and events; quotations; charts; sidebars covering high-interest topics; and much more.
American Decades (1990s)ISBN: 9781414411163
LGBTQ History Timelines from the Web:
- Milestones in the American Gay Rights MovementFrom PBS: American Experience
- Timeline: A Look Back at the History of Transgender VisibilityA brief timeline of moments of transgender visibility in the media, on the news, and on film, from 1952-2012.
- Timeline of GLAAD ActivismFrom the Website: For over 30 years, GLAAD (a non-governmental LGBTQ+ advocacy group) has been at the forefront of cultural change, accelerating acceptance for the LGBTQ community.
Take a look at some highlights of our work since 1985: - LGBTQ History in Government Documents: Timeline of DocumentsA timeline of major milestone of LGBTQ history in the US Government. Includes links to government documents.
News/Primary Sources
- New York Times (1923-2015) - Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new windowFull text of New York Times newspaper from 1923-2015
- Seattle Times Collection This link opens in a new window-- Seattle Times (1985-current) - text
-- Seattle Times (1985-2018) -- image
-- Seattle Times (2018-current) - image
-- Seattle Times: Web Edition Articles
-- Seattle Times: Blogs (2009-2015)
-- Seattle Daily Times / Seattle Times (1900-1984) - News & Newspaper Collection This link opens in a new windowSearches all news and newspaper resources in various ProQuest Newspaper sources including National Newspapers, Washington State Newsstand, and the Western Newsstand.
- Newspaper Source This link opens in a new windowNewspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 national (U.S.) and international newspapers, including the Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Times (London), Toronto Star, etc.
The database also contains selective full text for more than 330 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full-text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR, etc.
Scholarly Articles
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowSearch more than 13,300 periodicals, including full text for nearly 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. It features a mix of interdisciplinary scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers and books.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowExcellent source for full text scholarly journal articles in history, economics, education, philosophy, literature, African studies, Asian studies, African American studies, sociology, political science, science, and psychology.
- ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new windowFrom business and political science to literature and psychology, ProQuest Research Library provides one-stop access to a wide range of popular academic subjects. The database includes more than 4,000 titlesnearly 2,800 in full textfrom 1971 forward. It features a highly-respected, diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers.