FYE: Film Noir
Humanities Liaison Librarian
- Steve Lawson
- Tutt Library Room 173
- (in the Learning Commons,
off the Map Room) - (719) 389-6857
- Email me or Chat with me now
Finding Books
Professor Koc has put many books on Film Noir on reserve. You should have a list of them, or you can see a list in the TIGER catalog.
Databases for Film Criticism
In addition to the databases below, you might try Historical Newspapers (Proquest) if you want to find reviews from major American newspapers such as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Chicago Tribune.
The Internet Movie Database is a convenient source of basic information about the film.
- American Film Scripts
- Coverage: 1903 - current
- 265 American film scripts by 334 writers are available in full text and searchable by scene, character, director and more.
- Ethnic Television Network
- Coverage: N/A
- Comprehensive current television content in Russian via the Internet. Includes all main Russian channels with archives. Includes thousands of Russian films. (See reference librarian for username and password.)
- Film & Television Literature Index
- Coverage: 1980s - current
- Indexes journals covering all areas of film and television, from reviews to film & TV theory to more technical aspects.
- Humanities International Complete
- Coverage: 1929 - current
- A comprehensive humanities database, with almost 500 full text titles and indexing and abstracting for more than 1,700 titles. Subject areas include (but are not limited to) literature, philosophy, the arts, history, culture-oriented and multi-disciplinary humanities titles with some coverage going back as far as 1929. This database replaces Humanities Abstracts.
- The Internet Movie Database
- Coverage: 1892 - current
- Searchable movie database for international films and TV shows produced in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.
- MLA International Bibliography
- Coverage: 1963 - current
- Literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore from over journals and series published worldwide.
- National Network For Artist Placement
- Over 700 organizations and more than 2,500 current listings, updated monthly, weekly, daily, in every art discipline: arts institutions, dance companies, museums, galleries, filmmakers, theatre companies, and music organizations throughout the nation. This title replaces National Directory of Arts Internships. (See reference librarian for username and password.)
Printed Reference Sources and Indexes
In the reference section on the first floor, you will find more indexes to film reviews and film encyclopedias. They are in the call numbers starting with PN1990, and include such sources as:
- Film review index covering reviews from 1882-1985. Ref. PN1995.M9 F513 1986 (2 volumes)
- Index to Critical Film Reviews Ref. 1995 .B64 (2 volumes)