Cinema Without Borders: Some Strategies for Research Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center...

Cinema Without Borders:Some Strategies for Research

Gary HandmanDirectorMedia Resources CenterMoffitt Library

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

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

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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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)

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

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

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

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

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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…being driven totally psycho by your research?Call me:

Gary Handman643-8566

ghandman@library.berkeley.edu