Library Web Page: http://library.chattanoogastate.edu 

1.  Internet Resources   
   
     Wikipedia
          Search for the movie and look for the plot,
          (http://www.wikipedia.org/) 

 
    Movie Reviews: 

     MRQE Movie Review Query Engine
          Searches for movie reviews
          (http://www.mrqe.com)

     The Internet Movie Database
          Has reviews on current movies
          (http://www.imdb.com/)

     "Film Reviews" from BoxOffice
          Use this link on the left.  Film Reviews changes often.
          (http://www.boxoffice.com/)

     RobertEbert.com Movies & More
          Gives the latest movie reviews by Roger Ebert
          (http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage)

     All Movie Guide
          Is good for movie plots
          (http://www.allmovie.com/)

     Screen It! Movies Videos
          Has entertainment reviews geared for parents.  There are annoying pop up windows
          (http://www.screenit.com/all_titles.html)

     To search movie reviews at Google, type in quotation marks: "movie: name of movie". 
     Make sure the sites are authoritative.

2. Periodicals   

     Many library databases can be searched.  These are available from the Library Web page.  Some suggestions are listed below.  Call the library reference desk if you need off-campus access: 697-4436.

    Magazines:

     MasterFILE Premier - One of the databases from the library.

     Search Tips:

•  Enclose exact phrases in quotation marks.
          Example: "knight's tale"

• Use and between search words to force both words to be in the document.
          Example: "knight's tale" and reviews

• Use an asterisk (*) to get varied word endings. 
          Example: "knight's tale" and review*.  Review* will retrieve review, reviewed, reviewer, reviewing, and reviews.

     If you limit your search to "full text," you will lose the ability to index the most recent articles.


     General OneFile - Do not limit to full-text if you want to see the most recent article citations.
 

    Newspapers:

     LexisNexis™ Academic:

        (1) Quick News Search.  Change the date up to 2 years.

        (2) Guided News Search.  Select the news category: U.S. News.  Select the news source, like Tennessee.  Type in your search terms.  Select the date range.  Note that you can search a particular newspaper, like Chattanooga Times.  Also check the New York Times.

See also Film Studies Research Guide.

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Last Updated September 14, 2009