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Library Liaison
Betsy Holmes
Contents
Introduction
Selected Reference Books
Find Full-Text Film Reviews
Indexes and Databases
Journals on the Internet
Selected Websites
Finding Videos in Geisel Library
How to Cite Your Sources
Department Website
Fine Arts Department
Fine Arts Department
Homepage
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This is a guide to selected sources of information related to Film Research in Geisel Library. It is meant as a starting point for your research. Please consult a reference librarian for additional assistance.
(located in the Library's Reference section)
These reference books provide background information and a wealth of possible topics.
Western Civilization: A Critical Guide to Documentary Films
Ref CB245 .H45
Film Choreographers and Dance Directors: An Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia,
with a History and Filmographies, 1893 through 1995
Ref GV1779 .B55
American Musical Film Song Encyclopedia
Ref ML102.M68 H57
MusicHound Soundtracks: The Essential Album Guide to Film, Television and Stage Music
Ref ML156.9 .M87
Variety International Film Guide
Ref PN1993.3 .I544
Complete Film Dictionary
Ref PN1993.45 .K66
Oxford Companion to Film
Ref PN1993.45 .O9
New Pot of Gold: Hollywood Under the Electronic Rainbow, 1980-1989
Ref PN1993.5.U6 H55 v.10
New York Times Film Reviews: A One-Volume Selection, 1913-1970
Ref PN1995 .A43
Film Noir Guide: 745 Films of the Classic Era, 1940-1959
Ref PN1995.9.F54 K43
Projecting Ethnicity and Race: An Annotated Bibliography of Studies on Imagery in
American Film
Ref PN1995.9.M56 H34
Encyclopedia of Ethnic Groups in Hollywood
Ref PN1995.9 .M85
Encyclopedia of War Movies
Ref PN 1995.9 .W3 D38
Encyclopedia of Film Themes, Settings and Series
Ref PN1997.8 .A76
Encyclopedia of Novels into Film
Ref PN1997.85 .T54
Time Out Film Guide
Ref PN1998 .T46
Contemporary North American Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide
Ref PN1998.2 .C68
New Biographical Dictionary of Film
Ref PN1998.2 .T49
American Plays and Musicals on Screen: 650 Stage Productions and their Film and
Television Adaptations
Ref PS338.M67 H57
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Academic Search Premier
To find film reviews: choose Advanced Search. Enter film title in the Find box. In the drop-down menu, select "PS Reviews & Products."
LexisNexis – How to Find Film Reviews
Step One – Select the News tab
Step Two – Next to Select Sources: Choose "Book, Movie, Music, Play, and Video Reviews"
Step Three – Enter Search Terms
New York Times
Film Reviews and Criticism. "The New York Times (1851–2003) offers full page and article images with searchable
full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue." (After 2003, the New York Times is in LexisNexis.)
See also Reviews of films in our Selected Web Sites section below.
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Search the following indexes to locate citations to and/or full-text of journal articles. If the article does not appear to be full-text
online, search for its availability using the Journal Finder. Journals listed as "in Geisel Library Paper Holdings" are shelved alphabetically by journal title on the Lower Level of the library. Many others are available full-text online by following the links provided.
Academic Search Premier
An index providing abstracts and some full-text articles on a broad range of academic areas, including Film Studies.
MLA International Bibliography
Produced by the Modern Language Association of America, the MLA Bibliography provides access to international scholarship in literature as well as languages, linguistics and folklore. Over 3,000 journal titles are indexed. Coverage is from 1963 to the present.
User Guide
Literature Resource Center
Find biographical information on authors, as well as bibliographies, plot summaries, and literary criticism of their works. This resource also provides the full text of articles from more than 100 literary journals. User Guide
JSTOR
Use this database to find articles in selected scholarly literature journals. This database is a large collection of back issues of major journals in the humanities and social sciences. Coverage is generally from the beginning of publication to within 5 years of the current issue. User Guide
Project MUSE
"Project MUSE provides online, worldwide, institutional subscription access to the full text of more than 200 scholarly journals in arts and humanities, social sciences, and mathematics."
Alternative Press Index
"Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political and social change." (1991–present).
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
This index provides citations to more than 1,300 arts and humanities journals, which include articles, bibliographies, editorials, letters, and reviews. Note the cited references feature, which may enhance your search. (1980–current)
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Bright Lights Film Journal
This popular-academic hybrid offers movie analysis, history, and commentary looks at classic and commercial, independent, and international films covering a wide range of vantage points, from the aesthetic to the political.
The Film Journal
Dedicated to serious film writing.
Framework: Journal of Cinema and Media
Focuses on international cinema.
Images: a Journal of Film and Popular Culture
Articles about movie directors and genres, comic book artists and publishers, television series and other forms of popular culture that primarily use visual means of communication. Focuses on "older" films.
indieWIRE
In-depth coverage with an emphasis on the American independent film community. Includes information on film festivals.
Kinoeye: New Perspectives on European Film
History, theory, and aesthetics of film from an international perspective.
Movie Maker: The Art and Business of Making Movies
Screening the Past
An international, refereed, electronic journal of visual media and history.
Scope
Focus on film theory.
Senses of Cinema
An online journal from Australia catering to a wide audience; it offers a searchable archives of past issues,
as well as helpful links to other Internet film resources.
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A selection of critical Web sites devoted to particular genres, directors, and reviews, etc.
General
Internet Movie Database
A database of information about movies and people involved in the making of movies. An excellent resource if you want to verify information such as who the cinematographer was on a particular film. The comments from other visitors are NOT scholarly, so don't rely on that part the site.
Fiction Into Film
A searchable list of movies (theatrical, direct to video, or made-for-TV) and TV shows (series, miniseries, or episodes of series) that were based on works of fiction (including novels, novellas, short stories, fairy tales, etc). The list is divided into three sections, listing SF, fantasy, and horror movies.
The Greatest Films
Includes interpretive and detailed plot synopses, review commentary, an unparalleled wealth of film reference material, and historical background for hundreds of classic Hollywood/American and other English-language films in the last century.
Reel Classics: the Classical Movie Site
Internet's most comprehensive site dedicated exclusively to Classic Movies.
Action
Action Web
Website dedicated to directors John Woo and Tsui Hark.
American Films
American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
(Library of Congress) Extensive and searchable online collections on different historical genres of American Motion Pictures. Includes titles such as: "Before and After the Great Earthquake and Fire: Early Films of San Francisco, 1897–1916", "Theodore Roosevelt: His Life and Times on Film", "America at Work, America at Leisure: Motion Pictures from 1894–1915", "The Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures" and more.
Animation
Anima
Chronophotographical projects, profiles of pre-cinema pioneers, optical animation toys, gif animations and links to other pages.
History of Animation
Provides information about the traditional and computer forms of animated entertainment.
Origins of American Animation – Library of Congress
The development of early American animation is represented by this collection of 21 animated films and 2 fragments, which spans the years 1900 to 1921. The films include clay, puppet, and cut-out animation, as well as pen drawings. They point to a connection between newspaper comic strips and early animated films, as represented by Keeping Up With the Joneses, Krazy Kat, and The Katzenjammer Kids. As well as showing the development of animation, these films also reveal the social attitudes of early twentieth-century America.
Asian
AsianAmericanFilm.com
Asian and Asian American films and filmmakers.
Asian Film Connections
Contemporary, culturally-significant feature films from China, India, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan are discussed.
Associations
National Film Preservation Board
Maintains the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress.
American Film Institute
Advancing and preserving the art of the moving image.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science
Professional honorary organization composed of over 6,000 motion picture craftspersons
dedicated to advancing the arts and sciences of motion pictures. Presentation of the Oscars.
American Screenwriters Association (ASA)
Organization dedicated to the promotion of and encouragement of screen writing as an art form.
Broadcast Film Critics Association
Largest film critics' organization in the United States and Canada, representing 169
television, radio and online critics. Includes the Critics' Choice Awards, reviews of
new releases, and more.
Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
Screen Actors union concerned with its members' wages and working conditions on their jobs.
Avant-Garde
Film Avant-Garde
Discusses avant-garde film makers who want to experiment with new ideas, forms, techniques, and expressions and reviews their films.
B-Movies
B-Fest.com
Interactive site for B-movie enthusiasts.
B-movie.com
News, forums, reviews, and best sellers
Cult Films
Shock Cinema
A guide for fans of bizarre and cult films and videos. Each issue as movie reviews and original poster art.
Directors
Director's Guild of America
Official association website with a searchable database.
Woody Allen
Informative site for everything Woody Allen.
Mel Brooks
Informative site for everything Mel Brooks.
Documentary Films
DocumentaryFilms.net
News and reviews of documentary films, as well as information on festivals and filmmakers.
Folkstreams.net: The Best of American Folklore Films
This website enables you to view a collection of over 100 documentaries about American folk culture. Background articles are available for each film.
Documentary Film Website Portals: Google – Yahoo
Festivals, awards, and "best of" lists
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Oscar winners, both past and present.
American Film Institute Awards
25 best films selected annually for inclusion in the National Film Registry
The Great Movies
Selected by Roger Ebert.
Cannes Film Festival Awards
Film Noir
Filmsite: Film Noir
"Film noir" refers to the dark mood of postwar American crime and detective films. This site provides a history of the genre and analyses of selected films.
Film Studies
Librarian's Index to the Internet: Motion Pictures
A portal site that lists directories and databases and subject-specific sites.
Horror
Hammer Graveyard
This website is dedicated to the Horror films of Hammer Studios, Ltd.
History–Film
American Memory @ the Library of Congress
Motion Picture Collection 1894-present.
EarlyCinema.com
Introduction to the first decade of motion pictures.
The Film 100
The 100 most influential people in the history of film.
Who's Who of Victorian Cinema
Outline of "the birth of cinema."
Martial Arts
Alive and Kicking: The Kung Fu Film is a Legend
(Bright Lights Film Journal Article.)
Philosophy–Film
Film–Philosophy
A journal and discussion salon promoting a philosophical review of cinema, Film-Philosophy combines original review articles with email response and argument.
Reviews of films
Movie Review Query Engine
Ebert & Roeper
Chicago Sun Times Online–Roger Ebert
Filmcritic.com
Rotten Tomatoes
Silent Film
Silent Era: The Silent Film Website
Reviews and listings of historical collections of silent-era film.
Silent Film Bookshelf
Silent Movies
Includes Silent Ladies & Gents, Slapstick, Arbucklemania, and more.
silent–movies.org
The Silent Western
Academic site, "Early Movie Myths of the American West."
Women and Film
Women in the Director's Chair
Women in Cinema: A Reference Guide
Writers–Official Websites
Writers Guild of America
Billy Wilder
Sergio Leone
Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Marc Caro
Spike Lee
David Lynch
Alfred Hitchcock
Ridley Scott
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See the library's How To Cite Your Sources guide for resources on how to properly cite research materials. Always confirm the style required by your instructor.
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