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Why search here? A go-to database for film & television studies: covers theory, production, cinematography, preservation, screenwriting, technical aspects and reviews — offering comprehensive full text and indexing for both scholarly and popular sources. 

Content type: Full-text journals (100+), indexed/abstracted publications (300+), film reviews (e.g., Variety movie reviews from 1914 onward), and image archive materials (MPTV Image Archive). 

Coverage dates: Varies by title, includes movie reviews from 1914-present and indexing/abstracting for publications dating back multiple decades. 

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Content type: Scholarly articles, newspaper articles, magazine articles, trade journal articles
Coverage dates: 1887-present; varies by title

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Content type: Newspaper articles, broadcast transcripts, newswires
Coverage dates: 1700s-present

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Content type: Scholarly articles, books, dissertations
Coverage dates: 1963-present

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Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.