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FIAF Databases Online
The FIAF Databases Online contains the following databases:
International Index to Film Periodicals
The main database, the International Index to Film Periodicals, offers in-depth coverage of the world's foremost academic and popular film journals from 1972 to the present. The database cumulates citations from the annual printed volumes and contains almost 300,000 article references from more than 300 titles. Each entry consists of a full bibliographic description, an abstract and comprehensive headings (biographical names, film titles and general subjects). A hierarchically ordered controlled thesaurus, containing more than 20,000 subject terms, is available to aid users.
More information on the activities of the Periodicals Indexing Project (P.I.P.) can be found at Periodicals Indexing Project.
International Index to Television Periodicals
The database International Index to Television Periodicals includes approximately 50,000 article references from 1979 to 2000. Full bibliographic description and headings are given for each entry and a separate thesaurus is offered. Please note that this database is no longer updated and that television related references from film journals continue to be indexed in the International Index to Film Periodicals.
Back volumes of the International Index to Television Periodicals are available in the FIAF Bookshop.
Treasures from the Film Archives
The database Treasures from the Film Archives contains unique information about silent film holdings in international film archives. It was conceived as a tool to aid the work of preservation, research and film exchange between archives, and provides filmographic and holdings information on over 40,000 works. Included are silent shorts and features, fiction and non-fiction, from over 98 of the world's major film archives. The database was updated in 2001 and 2002 through the generous financial support of Saving the Silents, a collaborative project organized by the National Film Preservation Foundation and supported through Save America's Treasures, a partnership of the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Since 2003, the generous support of the Louis B. Mayer Foundation has enabled FIAF to continue updating the Treasures database. FIAF is truly grateful to these foundations for their invaluable support.
Users must be aware that the inclusion of a title in this database does not indicate whether the material is complete, nor does it guarantee access to that material. Access regulations may differ from archive to archive according to their individual and national policies and restrictions, and researchers must query individual archives regarding access. Contact information for FIAF archives can be found in the FIAF Directory.
Individual researchers (not institutions) may purchase the Treasures on a single disc from the FIAF Bookshop.
Bibliography of FIAF Members Publications
This database contains full annotated bibliographic citations to various materials published since 1966 by FIAF archives, and is updated annually.
The printed edition of this database can be purchased at the FIAF Bookshop. It is also available in electronic format at FIAF Members Publications.
International Directory of Film/TV Documentation Collections
This database contains detailed information on the documentation collections of the world's foremost film archives, libraries, and educational institutions. The entries indicate contact and access information, as well as thorough descriptions and enumerations of materials collected. Of particular note is the index to manuscript and special collections.
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