OVERVIEW OF ITALY
PORTAL: Understanding Italy (Newspapers, radio, TV, Media, Music)
FILMS
Cineuropa - Feature Films Database. Information on films produced and co-produced in Italy and other European countries from 2000 through the present.
Filmographies Database (Istituto Luce - Cinecittà). Search by keywords or names of Italian directors, actors, screenwriters, composers, producers, etc.
Il database del cinema (MYmovies.it). Information on Italian and international films, from 1895 through the present.
Italia Taglia. Information on film censorship in Italy and the world, includes a database of censored films (1913-2000).
Portale Cinema Muto Italiano. Italian Silent Film Portal, includes indices, images, filmographies, bibliographies, etc.
DATABASES - FILM
- FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Plus This link opens in a new windowThis essential tool for film studies, created by the International Federation of Film Archives, indexes more than 300,000 articles from 300 of the world's foremost academic and popular film journals, dating from 1972 onward.
- Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text This link opens in a new windowFilm & Television Literature Index with Full Text is the definitive online tool for film and television research.
- Academic Video Online Premium (AVON) This link opens in a new windowAcademic Video Online (AVON) is a multidisciplinary collection of videos that touches on the curriculum needs of virtually every department allowing students and researchers alike to analyze unique and valuable content from over 500 producers and distributors around the world. This resource is offered by Alexander Street Press, a Proquest Company.
DATABASE: NEWSPAPERS
- Access World News (NewsBank) This link opens in a new windowThe electronic editions of record for valuable local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers as well as full-text content of key international sources, all in one easy-to-search database with a world map.