English 270 - 001: Asian American Literature, Fall 2017 (Prof. Heidi Kim): Finding Articles on Your Play/Film
Newspaper & Magazine Databases
The date of your play/film will dictate which database(s) you may want to search. If you are looking at a Charlie Chan film from the 1930s, then you will need a historical database or one that may include historical as well as current materials (e.g., Articles+). If you are looking at a recent controversy, then you will need a database of current magazines and/or newspapers.
- Articles PlusArticles+ is a good starting point for either popular or scholarly materials. For popular materials, perform your search, then limit to magazines and/or newspapers. You may also limit by date.
- ProQuest Historical NewspapersIncludes not only historical newspapers but some that cover the recent past (e.g., New York Times, 1851 - last 2 or 3 years).
- Proquest CentralProQuest Central provides access to a mix of popular magazines & scholarly journals, beginning ca. the 1980s to the present.
- Ethnic NewsWatchA full-text collection of newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. This collection of articles, editorials, columns, reviews, etc. provides a broad diversity of perspectives and viewpoints.
- America's NewsAmerica's News is the most comprehensive U.S.newspaper resource available. It provides information on people, issues, and events in the local area or around the country. Updated daily, America's Newspapers offers tens of millions of current and archived full-text articles from newspapers nationwide in a single, fully searchable online database. It includes the complete electronic editions of 827 newspapers - with 75% of these sources not available in any other library database.
- Academic Search PremierFind information on academic areas of business, social sciences, humanities, general academic, general science, education and multi-cultural topics; resource provides access to major popular and scholarly journals with many full-text articles.
- Film & Television Literature Index with Full TextThis covers both journals and magazine titles, including some issues of Variety and Hollywood Reporter,..
Finding Reviews of Older Films
- Film review index (Print)A very useful bibliography that lists many film reviews for films from 1882 - 1985. V. 1, 1882-1949; V.2, 1950-1985.
Philip Gotanda's Yankee Dawg you Die / Vimeo Trailer, Yankee Dawg
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Flower Drum Song / Flower Drum Song Trailer
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