Davidson College Library Research Guide for CIS 311

Filmic Adaptation Professor McCarthy Fall 2005 Reference Works Film Reviews Books Articles Starting Points Primary Indexes for Film Studies Other Resources RefWorks Tips & Further Help Questions? Please contact Susanna Boylston (704.894.2494). Reference Works Biographical Information | Filmographies | General Works about Film Biographical Works Biography Reference Bank. H.W. Wilson, 2003- . Contemporary Authors. Gale, 2001- . The E.H. Little Library also has copies of the print volumes from 1967-2003; they are shelved in Reference at call number R 928 C76. Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1984- . Reference R 927.9 C761 International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers. Ed. Tom Pendergast and Sara Pendergast. 4th ed. 4 vols. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. Reference R 791.43 I611 2000 Women Film Directors: An International Bio-Critical Dictionary. Gwendolyn Audrey Foster. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1995. Reference R 927.91 F754w Filmographies Feature Films, 1940-1949: A United States Filmography. Alan G. Fetrow. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1994. Reference R 016.791 F288 1940-1949 Feature Films, 1950-1959: A United States Filmography. Alan G. Fetrow. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1999. Reference R 016.791 F288 1950-1959 Feature Films, 1960-1969: A Filmography of English-Language and Major Foreign-Language United States Releases. Harris M. Lentz. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2001. Reference R 016.791 F288 1960-1969 The Films of the Seventies: A Filmography of American, British, and Canadian Films. Marc Sigoloff. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1984. Reference R 791.43 S578f The Films of the Eighties: A Complete, Qualitative Filmography. Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1991. Reference R 016.791 F288 1980-1999 The Films of the Nineties. Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn L. Nowlan. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2001. Reference R 016.791 F288 1990-1999 General Works about Film, Filmic Adaptation, and Film Theory The Complete Film Dictionary. Ira Konigsberg. 2nd ed. New York: Penguin, 1998. Reference R 791.43 K82c2 The Continuum Encyclopedia of Modern Criticism and Theory. Ed. Julian Wolfreys. New York: Continuum, 2002. Reference R 801.95 C762 Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory. Ed. Roberta E. Pearson and Philip Simpson. New York: Routledge, 2001. Reference R 791.43 C934 Encyclopedia of Literary Critics and Criticism. Ed. Chris Murray. New ed. 2 vols. London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999. Reference R 801.95 E56 The Encyclopedia of Novels into Film. John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh. 2nd ed. New York: Facts on File, 2005. Reference R 791.43 T552e2 Enser's Filmed Books and Plays: A List of Books and Plays from which Films have been Made, 1928-2001. Comp. Ellen Baskin. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2003. Reference R 016.791 E59 Film and the American Left: A Research Guide. M. Keith Booker. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999. Reference R 791.43 B724f Film as Literature, Literature as Film: An Introduction to and Bibliography of Film's Relationship to Literature. Harris Ross. New York: Greenwood, 1987. Reference R 016.791 R824f The Film Studies Dictionary. Steve Blandford et al. London: Oxford Univ. Press, 2001. Reference R 791.43 B642f Guide to American Cinema, 1965-1995. Daniel Curran. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1998. Reference R 791.43 C976g Handbook of American Film Genres. Ed. Wes D. Gehring. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1988. Reference R 791.43 H236 International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers. Ed. Tom Pendergast and Sara Pendergast. 4th ed. 4 vols. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. Reference R 791.43 I611 2000 International Film Guide. New York: A.S. Barnes, 1966-1989. Library has 1966 to 1989 Reference R 791.43 I61 The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism. Ed. Michael Groden et al. 2nd ed. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2005. Reference R 801.95 J65 2005 Note: The Library also has the first edition of this work, The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism, edited by Michael Groden and Martin Kreiswirth (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1994), which is shelved in Reference at R 801.95 J65. The online version will be updated with entries from the 2nd edition this year. The Language of Cinema. Kevin Jackson. New York: Routledge, 1998. Reference R 791.43 J13L Literature and Film: An Annotated Bibliography, 1909-1977. Jeffrey Egan Welch. New York: Garland, 1981. Reference R 016.791 W439L Literature and Film: An Annotated Bibliography, 1978-1988. Jeffrey Egan Welch. New York: Garland, 1993. Reference R 016.791 W439L 1978-88 The Motion Picture Guide. Chicago, IL: Cinebooks, 1985-1999. Library has: 1988-1999. Reference R 791.43 N251m Movies made for Television, 1964-2004. Alvin H. Marill. 5 vols. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2005. Reference R 791.45 M336m Multicultural Films: A Reference Guide. Janice R. Welsch and J.Q. Adams. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2005. Reference R 791.43 W458m New York Times Encyclopedia of Film. Ed. Gene Brown. 13 vols. New York: Times Books, 1984. Reference R 791.43 N532 The Oxford Companion to Film. Ed. Liz-Anne Bawden. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1976. Reference R 791.43 O98 Theatre: Stage to Screen to Television. William Torbert Leonard. 2 vols. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1981. Reference R 792.5 L581t See also: More Theatre: Stage to Screen to Television. Alvin H. Marill. 2 vols. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 2003. Reference R 792.9 L581t More Theatre: Stage to Screen to Television, 1993-2001. Alvin H. Marill. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2003. Reference R 792.9 L581t 1993-2001. More Theatre III: Stage to Screen to Television, since 2001. Alvin H. Marill. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2008. Reference R 792.9 L581t 2001-2007 Variety International Film Guide. London: Andre Deutsch, 1990-1996. Reference R 791.43 V299 Film Reviews For tips on finding film reviews and a list of indexes, databases, and Web sites that include film reviews, please see the Library guide How to Find Film Reviews. Books Library Catalogue Includes information about books, government documents, and journals, magazines, and newspapers in the Library. To locate films, videos, and DVDs in the Library's collection, do a keyword search for the name of the film or director and then limit your search by format "Video Materials (VHS/DVD)." To identify appropriate Library of Congress Subject Headings, start with a keyword search and then browse records. To locate works about a person, such as a director or actor, do a subject search for the person's name (last name first). Examples of other subject headings include: Documentary films Experimental films Film adaptations Film criticism Film criticism philosophy Independent filmmakers Literature Adaptations Motion picture actors and actresses Motion picture industry Motion picture producers and directors Motion picture producers and directors united states Motion pictures aesthetics Motion pictures editing Motion pictures history Motion pictures philosophy Motion pictures production and direction Motion pictures reviews Motion pictures semiotics Screenwriters Short films Women in motion pictures Search Syntax Truncation: use a dollar sign $. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Wildcard: use a question mark ?. WorldCat Indexes books, periodicals, and other materials held by libraries around the world. Search WorldCat to identify additional books on your topic and then order the books on interlibrary loan. Note: It can be helpful to identify relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings in the Library Catalogue first; you can then do a subject search in WorldCat to find additional items with these subject headings. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: insert a "w" between the words in a phrase (for example, "cold w war"). Wildcard: use a question mark ?. Articles Starting Points | Primary Indexes for Film Studies | Other Resources Starting Points Academic Search Elite (1984 to present) Indexes popular and scholarly articles in a broad range of subject areas; covers a variety of film-related periodicals, including Film Comment, The Journal of Film & Video, Literature Film Quarterly, New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film, and Sight & Sound. Also includes citations to book reviews and citations to articles in several national newspapers. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Wildcard: use a question mark ?. InfoTrac OneFile (1980 to present) Indexes popular and scholarly articles in a broad range of subject areas; covers many film-related periodicals, including American Film, Film Comment, Film Criticism, Film Culture, Film Quarterly, Literature-Film Quarterly, and The Quarterly Review of Film Studies. Also included citations to book reviews and citations to articles in several national newspapers. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Wildcard: use an exclamation point !. LexisNexis Academic (Approx. 1980 to present) Includes the full text of articles from local, national, and international newspapers, magazines, and trade journals as well as the text of newswires, patents, legal documents, and transcripts of radio and television broadcasts. Search Tips: Use the "Guided News" search option. Try several types of searches: For "News Category," choose "General News"; from the "News Source" drop-down menu, choose "Major Papers." Enter relevant keywords and choose an appropriate date range. For "News Category," choose "Arts & Sports News"; from the "News Source" drop-down menu, choose "Book, Movie, Music, & Play Reviews" or "Entertainment News." Enter relevant keywords and choose an appropriate date range. From the "Academic Search Forms" list (upper left-hand corner of the screen), choose "Business. Then select "Industry & Market." Enter relevant keywords, and from the "Industry" drop-down menu, choose "Arts & Entertainment." Finally, choose an appropriate date range. Search Syntax Truncation: use an exclamation point. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Wildcard: use an asterisk *. OmniFile Full Text Mega (1982 to present) Indexes articles from over 3,000 scholarly and popular periodicals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences; also includes the full text of selected articles from over 1,650 of these periodicals. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. Readers' Guide Abstracts (1890 to present) Indexes articles in popular periodicals; also includes citations to book and film reviews. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. Primary Indexes for Film Studies Film Indexes Online (1893 to present) Contains both Film Index International (FII) and The American Film Institute Catalog (AFI). Includes full production and cast information for films from over 170 countries as well as plot summaries, production notes, and citations to reviews, criticism, and articles on film and film personalities. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: automatic. Film Literature Index (1973-2001) Indexes articles, film reviews, and book reviews from over 300 film and television periodicals; international in scope. Note: Information from 2002 to the present is only available in the print version of Film Literature Index, which is shelved in the Reference Index Area at call number R 050 F4873. Other Resources that Cover Film Studies America: History and Life (Prehistory to present [historical time period covered]; 1964 to present [publication date of articles and books indexed]) Indexes scholarly articles, review of scholarly books, and doctoral dissertations on U.S. and Canadian history. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Wildcard: use a question mark ?. Time period searches: search by decade or century only. To search for a decade, use the format xxxxD (example: 1940D). To search for a range of decades, use the format xxxxD xxxxD or the format xxxxD OR xxxxD. Note: For more than five decades, search by century (see below). To search for a century, use the format xxxxH (example: 1900H). To search for a range of centuries, use the format xxxxH xxxxH. Art Abstracts (1929 to present). Indexes over 370 periodicals, including journals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. Subjects covered include art history, archaeology, architecture, decorative art, film, folk art, graphic art, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, museology, photography, and sculpture. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) (1973 to present) Includes citations to journal articles, books, conference proceedings, essays, exhibition catalogues, and other materials on the history of art in Europe and North America from antiquity to the present. BHA covers both the fine and the decorative arts. Contains records from RILA (International Repertory of the Literature of Art) and RAA (Repertoire d'Art et d'Archeologie). Note: BHA uses Library of Congress Subject Headings. Search Syntax Truncation: use a question mark ?. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Contemporary Women's Issues (1992 to present) Indexes popular articles, scholarly articles, books, newsletters, and reports on all aspects of women's studies, including gender, sociology, education, political science, and health. Search Syntax Truncation: automatic. Phrase searching: automatic. Humanities Abstracts (1907 to present [publication date of articles indexed]) Indexes journal articles and some book reviews on all humanities subjects, including history, classics, art, archeology, literature, philosophy, and religion. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. JSTOR Includes pdf copies of scholarly articles from a core collection of journals; also includes book reviews. Note: JSTOR does not contain articles from the most recent 3-5 years. Search Syntax Truncation: use a plus sign +. Phrase searching: automatic. MLA International Bibliography (1963 to present). Indexes journal articles, books, and doctoral dissertations in the fields of English, American, European, Asian, African, and Latin American linguistics, modern languages and literatures, film studies, and folklore. Note: To locate articles from earlier time periods, consult the MLA International Bibliography, 1925-1962 (Reference R 016.4 M16m). Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: use a question mark ?. PCI: Periodical Contents Index (c. 1770-1995 [publication date of articles indexed]) Indexes journal and magazine articles as well as book reviews in a broad array of humanities, social sciences, and science subjects. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: automatic. Project Muse Includes pdf and HTML copies of journal articles published by university and scholarly presses. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Women Studies Abstracts Reference Index Area R 050 W872 (1972 to present) Indexes popular articles, scholarly articles, and books on all aspects of women's studies, including history, education, gender, literature, religion, and art. Using RefWorks Need help managing your references? Try RefWorks! You can use it to organize your citations, keep track of your notes on books and articles, and generate bibliographies. Find out more; consult our guide on Using RefWorks. Connect to RefWorks Tips & Further Help How to Narrow or Broaden your Search How to Identify a Scholarly Article How to Find Book Reviews How to Find Film Reviews How to Search the Web: Tools & Tips How to Evaluate Web Resources Research Planner (pdf document) Research Log (pdf document)

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