2. Cinema Without Borders: Some Strategies for Research Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library

3. Cinema Without Borders: Some Strategies for Research ReviewsReviews (journals, newspapers) Critical/ScholarlyArticlesCritical/ScholarlyArticles (journals) BooksBooks WebWeb Sites OtherOther online databases Sources for Film Scholarship and Research

4. Cinema Without BordersBooks Scholarly/authoritativeScholarly/authoritative works PopPop schlock and fan works How Do You Tell em’ apart? Author’s credentials/affiliationsAuthor’s credentials/affiliations Publisher (e.g. BFI, AFI, University Presses vs pop press)Publisher (e.g. BFI, AFI, University Presses vs pop press) Scholarly apparatus and sources: notes, bibliographies, other documentationScholarly apparatus and sources: notes, bibliographies, other documentation If they’ve been widely cited by other scholarsIf they’ve been widely cited by other scholars

5. Cinema Without BordersFound in: PopularPopular & fan journals and newspapers FilmFilm studies & scholarly journals WebWeb sites FanFan and enthusiast sites CommercialCommercial sites (e.g., studio sites, video distributors) AcademicAcademic sites REVIEWS CurrentCurrent HistoricalHistorical

6. Cinema Without Borders Found in: FilmFilm studies & scholarly journals PopularPopular & fan journals and newspapers (but only occasionally) WebWeb sites (even less occasionally…except for academic and commercial databases) Critical/Scholarly Articles CurrentCurrent HistoricalHistorical

7. Reviews: Current Use: MagazineMagazine Index (some full- text) NewsNews Index ProQuestProQuest (some full-text) Lexis/NexisLexis/Nexis MovieMovie Review Query Engine (web: full-text) FilmFilm Review Annual Cinema Without Borders

8. Reviews: Historical Use: ReadersReaders Guide NYNY Times Index (or NYT Film Reviews 1913-68) (in MRC) FilmFilm Review Index, 1882-1985 (in MRC) Index International (CDROM in Main/Moffitt Only)

9. Scholarly/Critical Writing Use: MagazineMagazine Index (1988-present) ModernModern Language Assn. Bibliography (1963-present) FilmFilm Index International (CD- ROM) Film Literature Index (Print Index in Media Center) (1977- present) ArtArt Abstracts ( & AA Retrospective) (1920s-present) PeriodicalsPeriodicals Content Index (PCI)

10. Cinema Without BordersBooks Use Pathfinder Use Pathfinder Search by Title and/or Subject KeywordTitle and/or Subject Keyword Director Name (as subject)Director Name (as subject) Movie Title (as Title and/orMovie Title (as Title and/or Subject KeywordSubject Keyword

11. How to Begin? Before you click: THINK Formulate your search in terms of: KEY WORDS and SYNOMYMS: --Looks for words anywhere in record: title, subject, abstract and full-text (if avail) PHRASES: --Looks for words in the exact order entered

12. How to Begin? Before you click: THINK Formulate your search in terms of keyword and key phrases: The representation of gender [sex*] and masculinity [masculin*, male, men] in the films [cinema, movie*] of John Woo. Border crossing [immigat*, emigrat*], and identity [role*, self], as a theme in recent films by Latino and Chicano filmmakers **** Truncation varies from db to db: * # ? emigra* = emigrant, emigrants, emigrate, emigration

13. Once You Find a Citation, How Do You Find the Article? Yo!…Hey man, use Pathfinder! Pathfinder! Or.. Some indexes provide holdings infoSome indexes provide holdings info Some indexes link to full-textSome indexes link to full-text

14. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu /MRC/FilmBibMenu.html a growing listing of bibliographies on various film topics and individual films compiled by MRC (includes bibs for genres, filmmakers, national cinemas, and individual film). Cinema Without Borders

15. …being driven totally psycho by your research? Call me: Gary Handman 643-8566 ghandman@library.berkeley.edu