Gary HandmanGary Handmanghandman@library.berkeley.edu643-8566643-8566

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•Journal Index and AbstractsJournal Index and Abstracts

•Reviews and Critical AnalysesReviews and Critical Analyses

•Current and retrospectiveCurrent and retrospective

•ejournals: licensed and open-sourceejournals: licensed and open-source

•MonographsMonographs

•Books and eBooksBooks and eBooks

•Whole Works and ContentsWhole Works and Contents

•DissertationsDissertations

•Film Credits DatabasesFilm Credits Databases

•Archival SourcesArchival Sources

What We’ll Be Covering:What We’ll Be Covering:

Online IndexesOnline Indexes

•Hundreds of disciplinary, multi-disciplinary, and Hundreds of disciplinary, multi-disciplinary, and news-based-- licensed by the library (many via news-based-- licensed by the library (many via CDL)CDL)

•Each indexes dozens to hundreds of journalsEach indexes dozens to hundreds of journals

•Multiple indexes sometimes under one company Multiple indexes sometimes under one company portal (eg: CSA Illumina, EBSCO, Wilson)portal (eg: CSA Illumina, EBSCO, Wilson)

•Coverage better for current than retro (in most Coverage better for current than retro (in most cases)…relatively few before 1960cases)…relatively few before 1960

•Some overlap in coverage between dbsSome overlap in coverage between dbs

•Full-text availability: varies from database to Full-text availability: varies from database to database; many are still citation only database; many are still citation only

•Most citations have UC eLinks (more about which Most citations have UC eLinks (more about which later)later)

•Accessible from off-campus via proxyAccessible from off-campus via proxy

Online Indexes: Online Indexes: Current Reviews Current Reviews and Scholarshipand Scholarship

Where to start

GH Desert Island Film Studies Index/Article Database List:

Current

NoNow Playing

•EBSCO databases (Academic Search Complete; Film & TV Lit Index, and others)

•MLA Bibliography

•International Index to the Performing Arts

•JSTOR (most retro, but in 2011, some current)

GH Film Studies Desert Island List:Retrospective

NoNow Playing

•Readers Guide Retrospective

•Internat’l Index to Performing Arts

•JSTOR

•Historical Newspapers (ProQuest)

•International Index to the Performing Arts

•Periodicals Archive Online (PAO)

•AFI and BFI Indexes

•Remember: the farther back in time, the thinner the scholarship and academic writing…

GH Desert Island List:Retrospective Film Reviews

Print Sources

NoNow Playing

•Variety Film Reviews (soon to go online) Print in MRC, 1907– (online in 2011!!!)

•Hanson and Hanson: Film Review Index (in MRC)

•Retrospective index to film periodicals, 1930-1971 (in MRC)(in MRC)

•Readers Guide to Periodical Lit (print)

•SEE Kristen Whissel List!

EjournalsEjournals

Including Including •Open-source and commercial one-offsOpen-source and commercial one-offs•Publishers’ collections*:Publishers’ collections*:

Some can be accessed directly;Some can be accessed directly;Some only thru an indexSome only thru an index

Film ejournals:Film ejournals: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/filmstudies/filmjournals.html

All ejournals (searchable or browseable by title)All ejournals (searchable or browseable by title)http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/: ejournals A-Z: ejournals A-Z

OskiCat: Can look up journals by title: links to full text when availableOskiCat: Can look up journals by title: links to full text when available

*e.g. Taylor and Francis; *e.g. Taylor and Francis; Caliber (UC Press), CambridgeCaliber (UC Press), CambridgeSage; WileySage; Wiley

Where Do I find The Most Recent Articles Where Do I find The Most Recent Articles on Griffith’s on Griffith’s IntoleranceIntolerance??

MRC Bibliographies

Take em’ out forTake em’ out fora spin..a spin..

UC eLinksUC eLinks

•Books on BuBooks on Buñuel: ñuel: OskiCatOskiCat

•Books on Books on BuñuelBuñuel since 2000: since 2000: OskiCat with OskiCat with publication limitspublication limits

•Chapters or essays on Chapters or essays on BuñuelBuñuel in booksin books

•NotesNotes keywords in OskiCat (advanced keywords in OskiCat (advanced search)search)

•MLAMLA and and Essay andEssay and General Literature General Literature IndexIndex

•Google Scholar!! (includes Google Books!)Google Scholar!! (includes Google Books!)

•Ebrary Ebrary

(electronic books collection)(electronic books collection)

ArchivesArchivesListing of International Archives via LC Listing of International Archives via LC http://www.loc.gov/film/arch.html

FIAF (Db of international archival holdings) (UCB/proxy only)FIAF (Db of international archival holdings) (UCB/proxy only)http://fiaf.chadwyck.com/home.dohttp://fiaf.chadwyck.com/home.do

American Memory Project (LC) (early films, animation, et al.):American Memory Project (LC) (early films, animation, et al.):http://memory.loc.gov/

Europa Film TreasuresEuropa Film Treasureshttp://www.europafilmtreasures.eu/

Film Archives online (European archives) Film Archives online (European archives) http://www.filmarchives-online.eu/http://www.filmarchives-online.eu/

Internet Moving Image Archive (ephemera, orphans, PD works)Internet Moving Image Archive (ephemera, orphans, PD works)http://www.archive.org/details/movieshttp://www.archive.org/details/movies

UbuWeb (streamed avant-garde works)UbuWeb (streamed avant-garde works)http://www.ubu.com/http://www.ubu.com/

•Where do I find out about recent archival film acquisitions Where do I find out about recent archival film acquisitions in the broader UC system? in the broader UC system?

•Where do I find foreign-language film databases (which Where do I find foreign-language film databases (which might include, say, more French journals from the early might include, say, more French journals from the early twentieth century than would an English database)? twentieth century than would an English database)?

• I've seen the immense Shakespeare adaptations I've seen the immense Shakespeare adaptations bibliography on the Media Resources website; where do I bibliography on the Media Resources website; where do I find such a resource for other authors? find such a resource for other authors?

•Scholarship on prisons and silent cinema (e.g. Scholarship on prisons and silent cinema (e.g. representation of prisons/figure of prison in silent cinema) representation of prisons/figure of prison in silent cinema)

•Information about film screenings in alternative exhibition Information about film screenings in alternative exhibition sites such as prisons sites such as prisons

•Scholarship that references the mug shot in silent cinemaScholarship that references the mug shot in silent cinema

Gary HandmanGary Handmanghandman@library.berkeley.edughandman@library.berkeley.edu643-8566643-8566