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Film and Media Studies
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These are suggestions for you to begin Film and Media Studies research at the Davidson Library.
If the information on this guide is not sufficient, ask a reference librarian at the
1st Floor Reference Desk for help or consult with the Film and Media Studies Collection manager
(name and phone number are listed at the beginning of this guide).
FINDING BOOKS
USE PEGASUS, The Davidson Library Online Catalog
This is where you will find books and journals in the Davidson Library
http://pegasus.library.ucsb.edu/F
USE the California Digital Library (CDL),
the online catalog for the University of California
to find books and journals at other University of California campus libraries
http:www.cdlib.org/
The subject headings for film and Film and Media Studies material vary; however, most can be found under the general term
"motion pictures" as a subject, key word or title word search.
You can also try using words such as these in your searches:
| film directors (or a specific film personality) |
film criticism |
| Western films (or horror films, spy films, etc.) |
film noir |
| cinematography |
experimental films
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FINDING JOURNAL & MAGAZINE ARTICLES
USE THE INFOSURF Homepage; Indexes and Databasesto access these databases:
http://www.library.ucsb.edu
Select one of these databases:
Expanded Academic ASAP Index to Film Periodicals
National Newspaper Index MLA
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
AFI Catalog on InfoSurf (1893-1970 except 1951-60) http://www.library.ucsb.edu/eresources/databases/
Film Index International on CD-ROM (1930 to 1998; some major pre 1930 films); no longer published
DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS
| Complete Film Dictionary, 2nd ed. |
Ref PN1993.45 K66 1997 |
| Critical Dictionary of Film and Television History |
Ref PN1993.45 A5 C75 2001 |
| Oxford History of World Cinema. |
Ref PN1993.5 A1 O96 1996 |
| The Film Encyclopedia, 4th ed. |
Ref PN1993.45 K34 2001 |
| Film Studies Dictionary |
Ref PN1993.A5 B49 2001 |
| Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. |
Ref PN1993.5 U6 1998 |
| International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 4th ed. |
Ref PN1997.8 I58 2000 |
| New York Times Encyclopedia of Film, 1896-1979. |
Ref PN1993.45 N4 1984 |
HANDBOOKS, GUIDES AND DIRECTORIES
| Halliwell's Film and Video Guide. (Latest edition) |
Ref PN1993.45 H28 1999 |
| History of the American Cinema v. 1-6; 8-10 |
Ref PN1993.5 U6 H55 |
| International Motion Picture Almanac. [1937-](Latest edition) |
Ref PN1993.3 I5 |
| Motion Picture Scripts & Union List (Latest Edition) |
Ref Z5784 M9 U55 |
| Time Out Film Guide 8th ed. |
Ref PN1995.T56 2000 |
| Variety International Film Guide. Latest edition |
Ref PN1993.3 I45 |
| Women Filmmakers and Their Films |
Ref PN1998.2 W66 1998 |
PRINT INDEXES AND ABSTRACTS
| Film Literature Index. 1973- |
Ref Z5784 M9 F53 |
| Film Review Index. 1882-1985 2 vols. |
Ref Z5784 M9 F513 1986 |
| International Film Index. |
Ref PN1998 .G62 1991 |
| International Index to Film Periodicals. 1972- |
Ref Z5784 M9 I49 1996 |
| Review of the Arts: Film and Television. 1980- |
Ref PN1995 F453 |
| The Film Index v.1-3 |
Ref Z Z5784 M9 W75 1966 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
| Film Study: an Analytical Bibliography |
Ref Z5784 M9 M34 1990 |
| Film and TV Scripts in the UCSB Library. |
Ref Z5784 M9 C6385 1992 |
| The Macmillan Film Bibliography. |
Ref Z5784 M9 R423 1982 |
PLOT SUMMARIES
| Magill's Cinema Annual. 1982- |
Ref PN1993.3 M34 |
| Magill's Survey of Cinema: English Language Films, 1st Series |
Ref PN1993.45 M3 |
| Magill's Survey of Cinema: English Language Films 2nd Series |
Ref PN1993.45 M32 |
| Magill's Survey of Cinema: Foreign Language Films |
Ref PN1993.45 M34 |
| Magill's Survey of Cinema: Silent Films |
Ref PN1993.45 M33 |
COLLECTIONS OF CRITICISM
| Film Review Annual. 1981 to the present. |
Ref PN1995 F4595 |
| The New York Times Film Reviews. 1913 to the present. |
Ref PN1995 N4 |
| Variety Film Reviews. 1907 + |
Ref PN1993 V36 |
PRESS COLLECTIONS
| Cinema Pressbooks, 1920-1940
(Located on Microfiche) |
Micro PN 1993.5 U6 P74 1991 |
| Cinema Pressbooks from the original studio collections |
Micro PN1993.5 U6 C56 1988 |
Located on microfilm. Guides to both collections are housed in the Microform Guide Area
Special Collectionsalso has a Press Kit Collection - see http://nico.library.ucsb.edu/film.html |
FILMOGRAPHIES
American Film Institute Catalog. Ref PN1998 A57 Also on InfoSurf in the Indexes and Databases List
British Film Institute Catalogue (Known as Film Index International) on CD-ROM.
Ceased Pub. in 1998. Also at the Information Desk.
Direct questions to the Collection Manager: Patrick José Dawson 893-5380
This webpage was created by: Bruce Machado 893-4560
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