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2 Looking for Hitch: A (Not So) Frenzied Strategy for Research Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library

3 Looking for Hitch ReviewsReviews (journals, newspapers) Critical/ScholarlyCritical/Scholarly Articles (journals) BooksBooks WebWeb Sites OtherOther online databases

4 Looking for Hitch... Books 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

5 Looking for Hitch... REVIEWS CurrentCurrent HistoricalHistorical 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

6 Looking for Hitch… Critical/Scholarly Articles CurrentCurrent HistoricalHistorical FilmFilm studies & scholarly journals PopularPopular & fan journals and newspapers (only occasionally) WebWeb sites (even (even less occasionally…except for academic and commercial databases)

7 Looking for Hitch... Use Pathfinder Use PathfinderBooks

8 Looking for Hitch... 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 Looking for Hitch... Reviews: Current Use: MagazineMagazine Index (MELVYL) MELVYL NewsNews Index Index (MELVYL) MELVYL ProQuest ProQuest (Library Web; some full-text) Lexis/NexisLexis/Nexis (Library Web; some full-text) MovieMovie Review Query Engine (web: full-text) FilmFilm Review Annual

10 Looking for Hitch... Reviews: Scholarly/Critical Use: MagazineMagazine Index Index (MELVYL) MELVYL ModernModern Language Assn. (MLA) Bibliography Bibliography (MELVYL) FilmFilm Index International (CD- ROM) Literature Index (Media Center) America:America: History & Life (Library Web) PeriodicalsPeriodicals Content Index (PCI) (Library Web)

11 Looking for Hitch... Once You Find a Citation, How Do You Find the Article? Mother would have wanted me to use Pathfinder! Pathfinder!

12 Why Didn’t He Give Us Paper Handouts About All This Stuff???? www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/reviewtable4.html www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/hitchcockbib.html

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


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