WhereToFindSecondarySourcesOnMovies

=Finding Secondary Sources on Movies=

Where to find scholary sources on movies
The following library databases are a good place to start for finding scholarly articles about movies. Many of the articles in the MLA database are available in full-text online. When you get your search results, click on the blue "Multilink BSU" to locate the source. In JSTOR, all articles are available online.
 * **MLA International Bibliography**
 * **JSTOR**

Don't discount books. They're often the best sources, and worth the effort to actually walk into the library. To find books, use
 * **Cardcat**

Where to find movie reviews
Both of the following websites compile movie reviews from around the web. When using them, you need to be careful to sort through the reviews in order to find reviews from when the movie originally came out. A lot of more recent reviews will be mixed in with the results.
 * **[|Rotten Tomatoes] **
 * **[|Metacritic] **

In addition to the above, you might check out the following:
 * **[|imdb.com] ** - The Internet Movie Database contains information about a movie's budget and gross earnings, allowing you to get a sense of its popularity.
 * **Lexis Nexis Academi**c - This is a full-text library database that allows you to search newspapers and magazines. If you limit your search to the year the movie came out, you should be able to find contemporary reviews. This is a good source for older movies, because it will allow you to find published reviews that are not available on the web.
 * **Books and articles** - Sometimes books or articles will provide information about how a movie was received upon release, especially if the movie was controversial or particularly successful or unsuccessful.