Lafayette College Library

Contains approximately 700,000 citations to articles, film reviews and book reviews published between 1976-2001.

Index of scholarly articles, edited books, and dissertations on literature, languages, film studies and folklore.

Database of film and video plot summaries, biographies, and filmographies.

Index of international English-language art journals and museum publications.

Simultaneously search the catalogs of eight major documentary distributors including: Bullfrog films, California Newsreel, First Run/Icarus Films, and Women Make Movies. Be sure to search the Library Catalog to determine which titles Lafayette owns.

Encyclopedia of GLBT art, literature, film, music, and popular culture.

Gateway to a variety of film and video collections, including a collection of newsreels produced from 1929-1967 and short, emphemeral films from the Prelinger Archive documenting everyday life, culture, industry, and institutions in the United States from 1927 to 1987.

Database with detailed information about films and the people who make them, including plot summaries, complete cast listings, and box office data.

Reviews of current films, including mainstream, foreign and independent releases. Metacritic editors scan newspapers and magazines for reviews, then convert and compile them into a "Metascore" indicating the critical consensus. All time high and low scores are available for films released 1999 to present. Includes a handy directory of recently nominated and award winning films.

Cover-to-cover, full image backfile of the New York Times from the first issue through 2006. (For an electronic version of articles from 2007 forward, use LexisNexis Academic.)

Information about the people behind and in front of the cameras of silent films. Includes filmographies and reviews of books about the era. There is also a list of silent films that are presumed lost.