Selected Reference Materials

• The New York Times encyclopedia of film, 1896-1979
  Reference PN1993.45 .N4 1984
• Directors and their films: a comprehensive reference, 1895-1990
  Reference PN1998 .B85 1993 
• The American Film Institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the United States
  Reference PN1998 .A57 
• The motion picture guide
  ReferencePN1995 .N346 1985
• An International Film Index, 2 vols
  Reference PN1998 G543 1986
• International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 4 vols
  Reference PN1997.8 I58 2000
• Within our gates: ethnicity in American feature films, 1911-1960
  Reference PN1995.9.M56 W58 1997
• Treasures from the Film Archives: A Catalogue of Short Silent Fiction Films Held by FIAF Archives
  Reference PN1995.75 M335 1988 1999
• A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors & Actresses
  Reference PN1995.9.W4 K33 2002
• Encyclopedia of Early Cinema
  Reference PN1993.45 .E53 2005
• History of the American Cinema
  Reference PN1993.5.U6 H55
• The History of the Cinema 1895-1940: Handlist of Titles
  Reference PN1993.5.A1 H5542 1989
• Motion Picture Guide
  Reference PN1995 N346 1985
• Film Research: A Critical Bibliography with Annotations and Essays
  Reference Z5784 M9 B897
• Index to Critical Reviews in British and American Periodicals
  Reference Z5784 M9 F5
• A Guide to Critical Reviews
  Reference Z 5781 S16 1984
• The Film Audience: An International Bibliography
  Reference Z5784 M9 A87
• Motion Picture Directors: A Bibliography of Magazine and Periodical Articles, 1900-1972
  Reference Z5784 M9 S34
• The British Film Catalogue, 1895-1985
  Reference PN1998 G543 1986
• The American Film Institute Catalogue of Feature Films, 1911-1920, 1921-1930, 1931-1940, and 1961-1970
  Reference PN1998 A57

Primary Sources

Primary sources of information present data that has not been analyzed or interpreted in any way; these are original research, eyewitness accounts, and creative works from the time period, usually presented in their original form and serve to help interpret an event. Examples: newspaper articles, speeches, diaries, personal narratives, interviews, photographs, interviews, internet communications or other forms of correspondence, sets of data, patents, conference proceedings, autobiographies, government records and congressional hearings.

Items available only on the UCSB campus are labeled UCSB. Current UCSB students faculty and staff may obtain access off campus by using the campus proxy server. Additional Primary Sources...

Department of Special Collections

Subject Guides to Collections
• African American Collections
• Asian/Pacific American Collections
• Chicano/Lation Collections
• Film and Television Collections
• Historical Sound Recordings

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Finding Journal Articles

To access these databases from off campus, you must go through the Off-Campus Log-In. From the Library's home page, select RESEARCH then ARTICLE INDEXES & DATABASES to access the following databases.


Selected databases:

Locating Reviews


• American Film Institute (AFI) Catalog
• Expanded Academic
• Film Index International
• Reader's Guide Retrospective

  Locating Critical Analysis
  

• MLA International Bibliography(1881-present)
• International Index to the Performing Arts Full Text
• Periodicals Index Online
• Social Science Database via CSA

  Additional Databases
  

• Index to Film Periodicals
• America History and Life
• Historical Abstracts
• Project Muse
• PsychInfo
• JSTOR

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Newspapers Online

• Historical Newspapers Online
• Los Angeles Times (Current:1985-present)
• Los Angeles Times (historical: 1881-1976)
• New York Times (Current:1999-present)
• New York Times (historical: 1857-1999)
• Wall Street Jounnal historical (1889-1986)

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Documents


All of UCSB’s microformat resources are located in the Government Information Center (1st floor North) These selected periodicals are held for the years listed in microformat:

• Chicago Defender (1909-1999)
  Microfilm E185.5 C45
• Dramatic Mirror (1879-1922
  Microfilm PN 2001 D73
• Film Daily Yearbook (1918-1969)
  Microfilm PN 1993.3 F53
• Motion Picture Classic (1915-1931)
  Microfilm PN 1993 M4
• Moving Picture World (1907-1927)
  Microfilm PN 1993 M88
• Variety
  Microfilm AP1 V35

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Search Strategies
When available use the advance search function since this gives you all the search options available for searching article databases, Pegasus and Melvyl. You will need to think about the terms you will use, how to combine them, and more importantly, the time period.
• Use the " " to search a specific phrase as it appears on the document, (e.g. "hollywood ten", " motion picture producers","screenwriters".)
• Use OR to combine terms when either one will do: motion picture or cinema
• Use AND to force the results to have both terms: sound AND motion pictures
• Most databases let you truncate by using a symbol to get other letters: cultur* gets you cultural , culture, culturalise... film*, gets you film, films, filmart, filmmaking....
• The truncation symbol can be a *, ?, ! or other symbols depending on the database

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Accessing Articles Online


The UC-elinks record will indicate in what format these titles electronic or print copy. If the article is not available electronically, you will need to get the Call Number and location in order to find the particular periodical in the library.

For example:
• Search Type: "Journal Title Begins with ..." Film History      Main Lib PN 1993 F56
• Search Type: "Journal Title Begins with..." Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television      Main Lib PN1993.5 A1 H54

Use Pegasus to find books on your topic. The UCSB catalog will also tell you if the library has a subscription to the journals you need. More importantly the catalog record contains the call number, location,and availability of the journals, books and other library materials. You will need these data to track down the items you want in the library.