Overview
- Society for Cinema and Film StudiesOver the course of the 20th century and into the 21st, cinema, television, and related media have become increasingly central both to individual lives and to the lives of peoples, groups, and nations. Sound and screen media have taken their place beside other crucial areas of human communication and creativity such as literature, music, art, and performance to form distinctive modes of expression, necessitating specialized analysis and criticism.
- ACRL Film Studies ResourcesThis guide serves as a guide to assist faculty, students, and librarians in locating materials in the area of film studies. Published by the Association of College and Research Libraries, the guide contains suggested keywords, databases, journals, and websites, among other helpful resources.
- Kanopy This link opens in a new windowThousands of streaming feature films, documentaries, and training videos that can be watched by Augsburg faculty, staff, and students anywhere, anytime. Featured producers in Kanopy include Criterion Collection, PBS, California Newsreel, HBO, Kino Lorber, First Run Features, BBC, Documentary Educational Resources, Roland Collection, MVD, Psychotherapy.net, and many more.
- Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Thousands of educational and documentary videos from authoritative sources. Create playlists and clips and embed these in your Moodle site or share with a group.
Includes films from Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Films Media Group. - Swank Digital Campus This link opens in a new window
Copyright-compliant streaming of feature films, intended primarily to address topics that are relevant to today’s collegiate discussions. Students can choose among movies selected by Augsburg professors; instructors can log in to browse the catalog for other films to add.
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In-depth
- Project Muse This link opens in a new windowProject Muse is an excellent resource for literary criticism, cultural studies and theater.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowProvides access to full-text articles from a few relevant journals, though it does not have recent issues. On the Advanced Search screen, scroll down and select "Art and Art History Journals" to help narrow down your search.
- Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
A multi-disciplinary database containing full-text for thousands of journals in nearly every subject area, including: computer science, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more.
- Berkeley BibliographiesThe UC Berkeley site is no longer maintained but it is the UC Berkeley Library's primary collection of materials in audio and visual formats. The MRC collection is intended to support the broad range of study and research interests on campus with particularly strong holdings in humanities and social sciences materials, as well as a broad range of general interest materials in the fields of science and technology.