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CIN197: School Daze

Search for Film Reviews

Film Reviews can be found in newspaper, scholarly journals, popular magazines and industry or trade magazines. Narrow down your searches by using a Document Type filter when it's available to identify "Reviews" but be aware that you might have to weed through the book reviews as well (especially in the Arts Based and Interdisciplinary databases)

Below, connect to indexes and databases and search for film titles or directors (or use the link in the side menu to jump to the section you need)

Tip - use quotation marks to tell the database to only look for particular words in a particular order, but be careful of spelling.

e.g., "School Daze" AND "Spike Lee"

Have any questions or aren't able to find resources - contact Cinema Studies Librarian Kate Johnson

Film Review Databases

Film Indexes

Periodical indexes can help you find articles about a specific topic. These index will point you to the right periodical, the specific date, volume and issue, and page numbers for the article. You use this information to look up the articles in the UofT Library Catalogue. 

See the following links for instructions on how to find journal articles by title or by searching within a journal record in LibrarySearch:

If you aren't able to find the article, contact your Librarian for help or hop online with Ask a Librarian Chat Service

Remember if the article isn't available at UofT Libraries, you can see about getting the article from another institution via Inter Library Loan Request.

Finding newspaper articles

Use the library homepage to search for newspaper articles. To find newspaper articles: 

  • Enter your keywords in the "Start your search" bar and hit enter.
  • Use the format filter to select "articles".
  • You can also also search for newspaper articles directly in the newspaper article search bar.

Tip:

  • When you search from the homepage, newspaper articles will not automatically be included in the results. Select "newspaper search" under the format filters to see the newspaper article search results.

Most popular newspaper databases

Film-Focused Databases

Arts-Focused Databases

Find Reviews in Specific Publications (Scholarly, Trade, News sources)

Scholarly Journals

Industry / Trade Publications 

Newspapers & News Websites