Research Guide for Film and Media Studies 150PG: Topics in Film Genre: Ponographic Film, Spring 2008
Your Assignment: To write an individual research paper 8-10 pages in length.
Selected Reference Materials
The following is a selection of some of the reference books from the UCSB Libraries that might help you
further analyze your topic.
- Pornography &
Sexual Representation:A Reference Guide (an Electronic Book).
(Use Off-Campus Log-In when not in the library)
- The Encyclopedia of Censorship
/Main Library Z657 .G73 2005 [Regular Loan]
- Intellectual freedom: a reference handbook
/Reference KF4770.Z9 H3 1992
- Feminists, Pornography and the Law: An Annotated Bibliography, 1970-1986
/Reference Z7164.P84 S45 1987
- Pornography and Sexual Representation
/Reference HQ472.U6 S56 2001 v.1-3
- Studies in Human Sexuality: A Selected Guide
/ Reference Z7164.S42 F73 1987
/ Andelson Collection HQ21 .F73 1995 [Regular Loan]
- Prostitution: a guide to sources, 1960-1990
/Reference Z7164.P95 P76 1992
- Pornography and sexual representation: a reference guide
/Reference HQ472.U6 S56 2001
- Feminists, pornography & the law: an annotated bibliography of conflict, 1970-1986
/Reference Z7164.P84 S45 1987
- Pornography and censorship
/Reference Z7164.S66 C65 no.7
- The Continuum complete international encyclopedia of Sexuality
/Reference HQ21 .I68 2004
- Encyclopedia of homosexuality /
/Reference DA175 .H56 2002
- The Greenwood guide to American popular culture
/Reference E169.1 .G7555 2002 v.3
- The Oxford guide to film studies
/Reference PN1995 .O93 1998
- Forbidden films : censorship histories of 125 motion pictures
/Reference PN1995.62 .S67 2001
- Sourcebook on pornography
/Reference HQ471 .O83 1989
- Pornography in America : a reference handbook
/Reference HQ471 .S59 2000
Online sources
Selected open source websites
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 sources related to Film Studies
Newspapers Online
- NewsBank -- Access World News
- 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)
Primary and Archival Sources
Additional Primary Sources...
There are also a couple of websites that have digitized primary source material for this time period. Select Accunet/AP Multimedia for
images. Proquest Historical Newspapers
Some of these same web resources also have secondary sources. For the ones that are subscription-based,
you will need to use the Proxy Server proxy server.
Finding books
Use Pegasus to find books on your topic. You can search by title, author, subject or keywords.
The UCSB catalog will also tell you if the library has a book on your topic.
The catalog record contains the call number, location,and availability of the
library materials. You will need this to get the items you want in the library.
Use the MELYVL catalog if you cannot find the materials you need in the UCSB library owns or the book
you want is checked out.MELVYL is the catalog of all UC libraries.
Remember that it takes 3-5 days to request materials from other UC libraries.
Search Strategies
When available use the advance search function since this gives you all the
search options available in Pegasus, Melvyl, and each
database. 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. "stag films",
" burlesque","porn flicks".)
- Use OR to combine terms when either one will
do: nudie cutie movies or erotic movies
- Use AND to force the results to have both
terms: obscenity laws AND pornography
- Most databases let you truncate by using a symbol to get other letters:
erotic* gets you erotic, eroticisim , eroticized, and eroticization.
- The truncation symbol can be a *, ?, ! or other symbols depending on the database
Accessing Articles Online
The UC-elinks record will indicate if the journal article is available online or in print.
If the article is not available online, you will need to get the Call
Number and location in order to find the copy of the
journal in the library.
For example:
- Search Type: "Journal Title Begins with ..." Criticism
Main Lib P1 .C74
- Search Type: "Journal Title Begins with..." French cultural studies
Main Lib DC415 .F74
Ask for Help!
Remember to ASK FOR HELP when you need it. You can find a reference librarian at the Main Reference Desk during the week,
weekends and even on holidays. For reference help please call (805) 893.3133.
Chimene Tucker: ctucker@library.ucsb.edu.