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WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources
with Vanya MurrayFilm Studies Librarian
Oxford University Library [email protected]
WISER Humanities:
Information Resources for
Film Studies
WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources
Finding primary and critical materials for Film Studies
Films: locating DVDs and videos in Oxford Books, e-books, reference works and dissertations:
subject searching on OLIS, Taylor and Francis e-books, [ASLIB] Index to Theses and Dissertation Abstracts
Scholarly articles: using periodical indexes (MLA) and databases (LION and Film Indexes International) to locate journal articles
Film reviews: professional and scholarly reviews (Lexis-Nexis)
Screenplays and scripts Searching the WWW for film history and criticism
WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources
Locating DVDs and videos in Oxford
Use WebLearn to find out about film collections across the University:
http://www.weblearn.ox.ac.uk/site/human/modlang/eurocine/resources/
Search for films on OLIS by title initially e.g.
t=jules et jim videorecording
tw=jules videorecording
WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources
Locating film books on OLIS using LC subject headings
Motion pictures--History Motion pictures--Germany--History Motion pictures--History and criticism Motion pictures, French--Criticism and interpretation Motion pictures, American--History and criticism Historical films--History and criticism Silent films--Japan--History and criticism Motion picture plays--History and criticism Film criticism Hitchcock, Alfred 1899- --Criticism and interpretation Motion pictures--Spain--Chronology Cinematography
WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources
E-books and Dissertations
Taylor and Francis Online e-book Library, via OxLIP. Available 24 hours a day; two hour time limit; searchable by keyword; option to print 5%. Do an initial keyword search on ‘film’ or ‘cinema’ to find relevant titles.
[ASLIB] Index to Theses (Great Britain and Ireland) and Dissertation Abstracts (USA), available via OxLIP. Cover more than 1.5 million doctoral dissertations and masters theses, with abstracts and some with 24 page previews.
WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources
Scholarly Articles
Use OLIS to retrieve a list of journals held in Oxford (s=motion pictures – periodicals)
Use TDNET to access specific electronic journals
Use the MLA to find journal articles on a particular topic (e.g. Italian neorealism)
Use LION to find journal articles and specific information on individual directors
Use the Film Indexes Online to locate articles related to specific films and directors
WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources
Film Reviews
Film Indexes Online [via OxLIP]
Lexis-Nexis [via OxLIP]
Internet sites e.g. Kamera.co.uk http://www.kamera.co.uk/ Movie review query engine http://www.mrqe.com/lookup
WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources
Screenplays and scripts
Use subject headings on OLIS to locate individual screenplays e.g.
s= Motion picture plays s= Film adaptations s= Motion picture plays--Technique s= Motion picture authorship s= Storyboards
Also do title keyword searches e.g. tw=screenplay and sense (to retrieve the screenplay for Sense and Sensibility)
British Film Institute Online Scripts: http://www.bfi.org.uk/filmtvinfo/gateway/categories/scriptsscriptwriting/online/
Yahoo Screenplay websites: http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Movies_and_Film/Screenplays
WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources
Searching the WWW
HUMBUL Subject Gateway: http://www.humbul.ac.uk
National film organisations and professional bodies:
British Film Institute: http://www.bfi.org.uk/
Instituto Luce: http://www.luce.it/istitutoluce/index.htm
Bibliothèque du Film: http://www.bifi.fr/
Deutsches Filminstitut:
http://www.deutsches-filminstitut.de/dframe12.htm
Internet Movie Database! http://www.imdb.com/
WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources
Charles M. Schulz, T’es le meilleur, Charlie Brown
Vanya Murray, Film Studies [email protected]
MLF : Wed 9-1.30 and Fri 9-5 [tel. 2-78155]EFL : Rest of the week [tel. 2-71051]
Contact details:
WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources
Assessment form at: http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/courses/feedback/index.xsp
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