Film, Television & Media / Screen Arts & Cultures
Selected resources useful for conducting research on moving image media of all kinds, including cinema (popular movies, documentaries, animation, etc.), television, and digital media (video games, etc.).
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- Film Institute Catalogs
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- Industry Periodicals Toggle Dropdown
- Los Angeles Times
- Fan Magazines
- Documentaries
- Animation
- Archives
- Images
- Video
- Electronic Books & Scripts
- Lists of Electronic Resources
- Research Guides
- Libraries
- New Books
- Donald Hall Collection Holdings
- Reviews
Full Text Access
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Web version of today's issue onlyAvailable online to everyone at the Los Angeles Times website. Full color digital version with illustrations and advertisements designed for website (differs from print issue).
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Print issues from most recent 60 daysAvailable online to current U-M students, faculty and staff from Library PressDisplay. Full color digital reproduction of print issues including all illustrations, advertisements, etc.
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Text of articles from most recent 6 monthsAvailable online to current U-M students, faculty and staff from LexisNexis Academic. Includes text only (no photos, charts, or illustrations) of articles written by Los Angeles Times staff only (no advertisements, wire-service articles, or syndicated columns).
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Print issues from 1987 - up to 6 months agoAvailable on microfilm only at the Hatcher Graduate Library (call number: FILM X922). Use the indexes in the box at right to identify the articles you want, note down the date and page number, then locate articles on the appropriate microfilm reels (which are in date order). Black and white photographic reproduction of print issues including all illustrations, advertisements, etc.You can digitally scan copies of articles from the microfilm using the four microfilm scanners in the Serials and Microforms Dept. on the second floor of the Hatcher Graduate Library.
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Print issues from 1881 - 1986Available online to current U-M students, faculty and staff from ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Black and white digital reproduction of print issues including all illustrations, advertisements, etc. (digitized from microfilm).
Indexes
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L.A. Times Archive SearchAvailable online to everyone at the Los Angeles Times website. Searches entire backfile from 1881-present, but demands payment to see full articles online--DO NOT PAY for what you can get for free! Note down the date and page number for the articles you want, then locate them in the resources listed at left.
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Los Angeles Times Index, 1971-2004Available to everyone on the shelves of the Hatcher Graduate Library Reference Reading Room (call number: AI 21 .L872). Print index with subject headings not included in L.A. Times Archive Search.
Last Updated: Feb 26, 2025 10:43 AM