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Cinema Without Borders:Some Strategies for Research
Gary HandmanDirectorMedia Resources CenterMoffitt Library
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Cinema Without Borders: Some Strategies for Research
•Reviews Reviews (journals, newspapers)(journals, newspapers)
•Critical/ScholarlyArticles Critical/ScholarlyArticles (journals)(journals)
•BooksBooks•Web SitesWeb Sites•Other online databasesOther online databases
Sources for Film Scholarship Sources for Film Scholarship and Researchand Research
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BooksBooks•Scholarly/authoritative worksScholarly/authoritative works
•Pop schlock and fan worksPop schlock and fan works
How Do You Tell em’ apart?How Do You Tell em’ apart?
• Author’s credentials/affiliationsAuthor’s credentials/affiliations• Publisher (e.g. BFI, AFI, University Publisher (e.g. BFI, AFI, University
Presses vs pop press)Presses vs pop press)• Scholarly apparatus and sources: notes, Scholarly apparatus and sources: notes,
bibliographies, other bibliographies, other documentationdocumentation
• If they’ve been widely cited by other If they’ve been widely cited by other scholarsscholars
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Found in:Found in:•Popular & fan journals and Popular & fan journals and newspapersnewspapers•Film studies & scholarly journalsFilm studies & scholarly journals•Web sites Web sites
•Fan and enthusiast sitesFan and enthusiast sites•Commercial sites (e.g., studio Commercial sites (e.g., studio sites, video distributors)sites, video distributors)•Academic sites Academic sites
REVIEWSREVIEWS•CurrentCurrent•HistoricalHistorical
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Cinema Without Borders
Found in:Found in:•Film studies & scholarly Film studies & scholarly journalsjournals•Popular & fan journals and Popular & fan journals and newspapers (but newspapers (but onlyonly occasionallyoccasionally))•Web sites (even lessWeb sites (even less occasionally…except for occasionally…except for academic and commercial academic and commercial databases)databases)
Critical/Scholarly ArticlesCritical/Scholarly Articles
•CurrentCurrent•HistoricalHistorical
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Reviews: CurrentReviews: CurrentUse:Use:
•Magazine Index (some full-Magazine Index (some full-text)text)•News IndexNews Index •ProQuestProQuest (some full-text)(some full-text)•Lexis/Nexis Lexis/Nexis •Movie Review Query Movie Review Query Engine (web: full-text)Engine (web: full-text)•Film Review AnnualFilm Review Annual
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Cinema Without Borders
Reviews: HistoricalReviews: Historical
Use:Use:•Readers GuideReaders Guide•NY Times Index (or NY Times Index (or NYT Film Reviews NYT Film Reviews 1913-68) (in MRC)1913-68) (in MRC)•Film Review Index, Film Review Index, 1882-1985 (in MRC)1882-1985 (in MRC)•Film Index InternationalFilm Index International (CDROM in (CDROM in Main/Moffitt Only)Main/Moffitt Only)
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Scholarly/Critical WritingScholarly/Critical Writing
Use:Use:
•Magazine Index (1988-present)Magazine Index (1988-present)•Modern Language Assn. Modern Language Assn. Bibliography (1963-present)Bibliography (1963-present)•Film Index International Film Index International (CD-(CD-ROM) ROM) Film Literature Index Film Literature Index (Print (Print Index in Media Center) (1977-Index in Media Center) (1977-present)present)•Art Abstracts ( & AA Art Abstracts ( & AA Retrospective) (1920s-present)Retrospective) (1920s-present)•Periodicals Content Index (PCI)Periodicals Content Index (PCI)
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BooksBooks
Use Pathfinder
Search by Search by •Title and/or Subject KeywordTitle and/or Subject Keyword •Director Name (as subject)Director Name (as subject)•Movie TitleMovie Title (as (as Title and/or Title and/or •Subject KeywordSubject Keyword
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How to Begin? Before you click: THINK
Formulate your search in terms of:
•KEY WORDS and SYNOMYMS: --Looks for words anywhere in record: title, subject, abstract and full-text (if avail)
•PHRASES:--Looks for words in the exact order entered
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How to Begin? Before you click: THINK
Formulate your search in terms of keyword and key phrases:
The representation of gender [sex*] and masculinity [masculin*, male, men] in the films [cinema, movie*] of John Woo.
Border crossing [immigat*, emigrat*], and identity [role*, self], as a theme in recent films by Latino and Chicano filmmakers
****Truncation varies from db to db: * # ?emigra* = emigrant, emigrants, emigrate, emigration
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Once You Find a Citation, How Do You Find the Article?Once You Find a Citation, How Do You Find the Article?
Yo!…Hey man, use Yo!…Hey man, use Pathfinder!Pathfinder!
Or..Or..•Some indexes provide Some indexes provide holdings infoholdings info•Some indexes link to full-textSome indexes link to full-text
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http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/FilmBibMenu.html a growing listing of bibliographies on various film topics and individual films compiled by MRC (includes bibs for genres, filmmakers, national cinemas, and individual film).
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