Finding Information for

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Finding Information for Film Studies
364 by Denis Lacroix French/Spanish Librarian
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Session Outline

• Finding Basic Research Information and Subject
  Guides
• Finding Books by author, subject, title, numbers
• Boolean, Truncation, and Advanced Searching
• Finding Articles in Periodicals using Databases
• RefWorks
• Scholarly vs. Popular sources

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The Research Question
Film Indexes Online
Film TV Literature Index
Academic Search Premier
What is the influence of culture or identity on
Akira Kurosawas films?
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Finding Basic Research Tools

• Subject Guides
• Click on the Subject tab on the Library home
  page.
• Find Film and Media in the A-Z list of Specific
  Subjects and click on Go to Subject Page.
• On the right-hand side, click on
• a course guide of your choice
• Recommended Web Sites

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Useful Reference Resources

• The anime encyclopedia a guide to Japanese
  animation since 1917 NC 1766 J3 C53 2001 Rf
• International index to film periodicals PN
  1993 A1 I62 Ruth Ref. Aux.
• The film studies dictionary - PN 1993.45 B49
  2001 Ruth. Ref.
• International dictionary of films and filmmakers
  PN 1993.45 I625 Ruth. Ref.
• The complete film dictionary PN 1993.45 K82
  1997 Ruth. Ref.
• The international film industry a historical
  dictionary PN 1993.45 S632 1989
• Filmmaker's dictionary PN 1993.45 S56 2000
  Ruth. Ref.
• Encyclopedia of Chinese film - PN 1993.5 C4 Z53
  1998 Ref.
• Encyclopedia of Indian cinema - PN 1993.5 I8 R35
  1999 folio Ruth. Ref.
• The Japanese filmography - PN 1993.5 J3 G35 1996
  Ref.
• Film study an analytical bibliography PN
  1994 M268 v.1-v.4 Ruth Ref.
• The encyclopedia of underground movies - PN
  1995.9 E96 H35 2004 Ruth. Ref.
• Encyclopedia of film themes, settings and series
  - PN 1997.8 A76 2001 Ruth. Ref.
• The new biographical dictionary of film - PN
  1998 A2 T48 2004 Ruth. Ref
• The complete index to world film since 1895 - PN
  1998 G63 2003 Ruth. Ref.
• The International film index, 1895-1990 PN
  1998 I614 1991 folio
• The dictionary of Korean film directors - PN
  1998.2 H357 2004
• Directory of Indian film-makers and films - PN
  1998.2 N37 1994 Ruth. Ref

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Finding Basic Research Tools

• Subject Headings search in the Catalogue
• Motion pictures Dictionaries
• Motion pictures Encyclopedias
• Motion pictures Asia
• Motion pictures Korea (South)
• Motion pictures Social aspects Japan
• Animation (Cinematography) Japan
• Animated films Japan
• Women in motion pictures

Change country name accordingly
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Books vs. Periodical Articles

• Books are a good place to start for
• an author or subject that is well-known and not
  too recent
• background information on your topic and for help
  in refining your search
• Check book bibliographies for references to
  other books and articles
• Use the NEOS Libraries Catalogue to find books

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Finding Books

• By author
• By title
• By subject

• Request or place a hold on a book

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Advanced Searching

• Finding books about a topic
• Think of variant or similar terms and click
  Advanced Search
• Use Boolean operators, e.g. and, or
• Use truncation symbols ?
• Finding Reference titles in advanced search

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Advanced Searching

• Finding books about a topic
• Think of variant or similar terms for each
  subject.
• Try not to be too specific at first
• Find variant terms and subject headings from the
  catalogue records, e.g. identity, nationalism
• Be more specific if your results are too great
• Add limiters, if necessary, e.g.
• subject field, language, format, location, etc.

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Increase your results by using variant terms
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Limit your results!
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Other Limiters
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Sample Catalogue Record
If possible, add relevant catalogue subject terms
to your own search.
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Lets Practise

• How many books can you find in the NEOS
  catalogue on
• Bollywood?
• Which subject heading is used to represent
  Bollywood?

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Books vs. Periodical Articles

• Periodical articles are a good place to start if
• an authors reputation is recent or local
• you are looking for a detailed analysis(e.g. on
  Kurosawas Rashomon)
• To find articles, search periodical databases,
  which are accessible through the librarys
  website http//www.library.ualberta.ca/databases/
  index.cfm
• Databases are also browseable by
  subjecthttp//www.library.ualberta.ca/subject/in
  dex.cfm
• Scholarly versus popular journals

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Whats a Periodical?
1. Film studies/film history journals
2. Journals about movie-making
3. Trade publications
4. Newspapers
5. Popular magazines
The difference between Scholarly and Popular
Information Sourceshttp//www.library.ualberta.c
a/guides/peerreview/index.cfm
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Finding Articles in Periodicals

• The library catalogue cannot be used to find
  articles on your research topic. Instead, you
  need to search databases.
• Databases are all different
• some contain full-text articles,
• some list only citations and abstracts,
• some are interdisciplinary
• others are subject specific
• Use database Help features for searching
  assistance

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Databases for Film Studies

• General Databases Academic Search Premier, Arts
  and Humanities Citation Index, BHI British
  Humanities Index, CBCA Complete, Expanded
  Academic ASAP, Francis, Humanities Abstracts,
  Humanities International Index, IBZ, MLA
  International Bibliography, Periodicals Index
  Online, Readers Guide Abstracts.
• Specialized Databases Art Abstracts,
  Bibliography of Asian Studies,
• Film Studies Databases Communication and Mass
  Media Complete, Film Indexes Online, Film TV
  Literature Index, IMDb.

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Film TV Literature Index
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Limit your results
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Save to RefWorks
Sample Record
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Exporting your EBSCO results
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Sending your Citations to RefWorks
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Managing your E-citations with RefWorks

• RefWorks is a web-based citation manager, i.e. it
  will help you build your bibliographies for your
  papers.
• Click on RefWorks under Quick Links on the
  right-hand side of the Librarys main Web page.
• RefWorks for New Users
• RefWorks Tutorial
• Acessing RefWorks from off-campus
• Use the RefWorks group code

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Off-campus Access
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Click here!
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Place imported records into new folder
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Click on Bibliography
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Select Output Style, File Type, and Reference
Location before Creating Bibliography
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RefWorks Bibliography
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How to Export from Other Databases
Check Tip Sheets if you are unsure about
exporting from a specific database

• Mark the records you wish to export
• View marked records
• Export records from the database to RefWorks
• Click on the RefWorks link in the tool bar, OR
• Click on Save and/or Export

Example from Web of Science
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Film Indexes Online

• Contains Film Index International, which gives
  full international coverage of films and film
  personalities from over 170 countries. All eras
  of film-making are covered.
• Use this database to find information about
  films, but also bibliographic listings of
  resources relating to the films.

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Results from previous search
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Finding Periodicals in the Library

• Search the NEOS Libraries Catalogue
• Limit by Periodical Title in the drop-down menu
• Click on Starting With
• Click on the Search button
• Or
• Use the Getit Citation Linkerhttp//www.library.
  ualberta.ca/getit/citation/index.cfm
• Input all the article information into the boxes

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• Periodical Issues
• Very few (6) are now kept in Rutherford South
  2nd floor
• Shelved around the perimeter of the reading room
  and
• Organized alphabetically by title
• Most (22,000) are located either in Rutherford
  North and interfiled with books by call number,
  and/or
• Are available online.

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Lets Practise

• Using Film Television Literature Index
• Find articles on Thai identity in cinema
• Send only the peer-reviewed articles from the
  list of results to RefWorks.
• Find the following articleFamily dramas film
  and modernity in Thailand. By Hamilton,
  Annette. Screen, 1992, Vol. 33 Issue 3,
  p259-273.

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Inter-Library Loans

• When a periodical or a book is not located at the
  University of Alberta Libraries, request the
  items through ILL.
• Click on the link Request an Inter-Library loan
  on the right-hand side of the main library web
  page.
• Click on Request Material from another library
• Input your Library barcode number and pin.
• Fill in the form with as much information as you
  have.
• Check availability of document worldwide using
  the OCLC WorldCat database
• Allow 2 weeks for ILL requests

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Reference Services

• This slide show is downloadable
  athttp//www.library.ualberta.ca/subject/film/in
  dex.cfm
• Contact Librarians through IM reference, E-mail
  reference, telephone reference, or in-person at
  the reference desk http//www.library.ualberta.ca
  /askus/
• Good luck in your searches!