Sick of beach reads? Try something different with Film Scripts Online [1]. This week’s database highlight contains over 1,000 film scripts including golden age classics, award winners, and modern masterpieces. Keyword search or browse by genre, award, people, and more. This is a great database for movie buffs and movie scholars. Pair Film Scripts Online [1] with Kanopy [2] and have a movie night. 

The Film Scripts Online Series makes available, for the first time, accurate and authorized versions of copyrighted screenplays. Now film scholars can compare the writer’s vision with the producer’s and director’s interpretations from page to screen. – from the vendor

Internet Movie Database [3] is the go to database for quick movie information. Settle a bet on when a movie was made, who starred, view a clip, and find the MPAA rating. Yes, it’s a busy webpage that appears to be caught in the early 2000s (so much scrolling) and yes, it’s covered in annoying ads but if you want to recall the last name of that one guy in that one movie, you’ll be hard pressed to find a better open site.

Action Steps

• Using Film Scripts Online [1], find a script using a keyword or browsing. Note how you can cite, email, share, embed, print, and add to playlist. What script did you pick?
• Look up the last movie you saw in IMDB [3]. Who received top billing?

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And that's 52 weeks of database highlights. A full year! It's been fun and I hope this raised the profile of the databases. After 52 weeks though, I think it might be time for a change. Coming in August, a new way to learn about eresources.