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Basic Film Info

Use these resources for basic information about films; including directors, producers, cast, crew, distributor, and more.

Film Index International
Find information about films worldwide.
American Film Institute (AFI) Catalog
Find information about American movies.
Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Quick Movie Search

Search the JHU Libraries for specific movie titles.

Current Reviews

MRQE: Movie Review Query Engine
A searchable index of published and available reviews, news, interviews, and other materials associated to specific movies; especially good for current films.

Google Books

Search inside books made available on the Internet; view or preview them online, then check to see if our library owns or has access to them.

Search the JHU Libraries Catalog

Use Catalyst to find books, DVDs, and other materials own by the JHU libraries.

Search for Articles

For a quick search in Film & Television Literature Index and other general humanities databases from the EBSCO suite, try:

Article Search in Catalyst

For more in-depth coverage and advanced searching capacity, try these individual databases:

Featured Resource

Film Literature Index, 1976-2001

The web site covers materials published between 1976 and 2001; 2002 onward can be found in the Eisenhower Library's General Reference collection - call number Z 5784 .M9 F45

Google Scholar

This feature searches across many scholarly Internet sources.

To show links to JHU Library Resources within search results, change Google Preferences on your computer.

Find Books & Dissertations Worldwide

WorldCat
A combined catalog of the holdings of thousands of libraries worldwide.
Dissertations & Theses
An extensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1861 to the present day.