The Art Institute of Chicago

FRANCIS: International Humanities & Social Sciences

This multidisciplinary resource indexes over 4,200 journals covering the humanities (67%), social sciences (30%), and economics (3%), with abstracts for most records. Useful for Asian art.

Types of material covered: Serials, journal articles, books, book chapters, conference papers, French dissertations, exhibition catalogs, reports, etc.
Dates covered: 1984 to the present.

Film & Television Literature Index

Bibliographic and full-text database covering the all of television and film, including film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.

Types of material covered: Journal articles only.
Dates covered: 1967 to present.

Film Literature Index (1976-2001)

Contains approximately 700,000 citations to film, television and video articles and reviews. You can search the citations or browse by subject headings, browse by person names, production titles, or corporate names.

Types of material covered: Journal and magazine articles, film and book reviews.
Dates covered: 1976-2001

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia

General encyclopedia written at the popular level. Includes full-text articles and biographies.

Types of material covered: Encyclopedia articles.
Dates covered: Updated annually.