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Research Tools for Film Studies
Use these research tools to find information related to Film Studies from sources such as scholarly articles, books and encyclopedias.
Archival Collections and Primary Source Databases
Article Databases and Indexes
Bibliographies and Subject Guides
Biographical Sources
Book and Film Review Sources
Chronologies
Dictionaries, Thesauri and Quotations
Directories
Dissertation and Thesis Sources
Encyclopedias and Almanacs
Film Credit Databases
Handbooks, Manuals and Yearbooks
Image and Sound Databases
Library and Book Catalogs
Organizations
Script and Transcript Databases
Statistics and Numeric Data
Web Gateways and Search Engines
Archival Collections and Primary Source Databases
Resources that list, or provide access to, materials typically found in archives
and used for primary source research. Examples include manuscripts, diaries,
letters, first-hand accounts or documentary sources on a subject, person, event
or issue.
Article Databases and Indexes
Listings of articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, etc. Many include abstracts (article summaries). Some include, or link to, the full text of articles.
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Article
Databases for Film Studies
- Print Indexes for Film Studies:
- Film Literature Index, 1973, later issues UNBOUND
Media Center PN1993.99.F53 Library has: 1973(1)-2002(30)
Doe Reference PN1993.99.F53 Library has: BOUND 1973(1)-1996(24), later issues UNBOUND
Covers 150 film and television periodicals from 30 countries indexed from cover to cover. 200 other periodicals selectively indexed for articles on film and television. Periodicals range from scholarly, critical, technical to popular, including film/TV journals, and other titles in the fields of literature, rhetoric, popular culture, cultural theory. 1973-present.
Bibliographies and Subject
Guides
Lists of materials in any format (books, articles, videos, web sites, etc.)
organized around a common theme or topic.
- Online Bibliographies
Bibliographies of books, articles, and videos on film-related topics in the UCB Library collection
- Online Videographies
Topical listings of documentary and fiction films (on video) in the UC Berkeley Media Resources Center
Biographical Sources
Information about people, including biographical dictionaries, profiles of
people or "Who's Whos", personal narratives, and other resources with significant
biographical information.
- Electronic Resource Finder
- Print Resources
- Doyle, Billy H. The Ultimate Directory of Film Technicians: a Necrology of Dates and Places of Births and Deaths of More Than 9,000 Producers, screenwriters, Composers, Cinematographers, Art Directors, Costume Designers, Choreographers, Executives, and Publicists. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1999.
Main Stack PN1998.2.D688 1999
- Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies. Leslie Halliwell;
edited by John Walker. 14th ed. New York: Harper Resource, c2001.
UCB Media Ctr PN1993.45 .H3 2001
Brief entries cover personal names of actors, directors, writers, and cinematographers, plus a few screen characters. Entries include film themes, styles, technique, and subjects. Use this for short-fact reference and biographical material.
- International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers. 4th ed. Detroit: St. James Press, c2000.
Doe Reference PN1997.8.I58 2000
Moffitt Reference PN1997.8.I58 2000
- Thomson, David. The New Biographical Dictionary of Film. 4th ed. New York: Knopf, 2002.
Media Center PN1998.2.T49 2002
- Tibbetts, John C. The Encyclopedia of Filmmakers. New York : Facts on File, c2002.
Doe Reference PN1998.2.T53 2002
Book and Film Review Sources
Listings of book and film reviews in journals, magazines, newspapers, etc.
included in article databases and indexes, book review indexes, or review journals.
- Electronic Resource Finder
- Print Resources
- Film Review Annual.
Media Center PN1995.F55 Library has: 1982-2001
Doe Reference PN1995.F55 Library has: BOUND 1981-2001-
Reviews of selected films from 1982 to the present taken from a broad range of periodicals
- Film Review Index. Edited by Patricia K. Hanson, Hanson and Stephen L. Hanson
Media Center PN1995.F54 1986 Library has: v. 1-2
Doe Reference N1995.F54 1986 Library has: v. 1-2
Cites reviews to over 7000 feature films between 1914 and 1986 in both popular and trade journals. Cites reviews to over 7000 feature films between 1914 and 1986.
- The Kael Index: A Guide to a Movie Critic's Work, 1954-1991
Main Stack PN1998.3.K34.S63 1993
- Magills' Cinema Annual.
Media Center PN1993.45.M33 Library has: BOUND 1982-2003
Main Stack PN1993.45.M33 Library has: BOUND 1982-2004 Shelved: Latest year (2004) in Doe Reference
Reviews of selected films from 1981 to the present.
- The New York Times Film Reviews: 1913-1968
Media Center PN1995.N4 Library has: v. 6 (1913/1968) Index
Doe Reference PN1995.N4 Library has: BOUND 1913/1968-1995/96-1999/00
Index to film reviews found in the New York Times from 1913 to 1968.
- Retrospective Index to Film Periodicals, 1930-1971.
Media Center PN1994.A12.B38
Doe Reference PN1994.A12.B38
- Variety Film Reviews, 1907-1984. 18 vols.
Doe Reference PN1993.V36 Library has: BOUND 1907/20(1)-1995/96(24) CUMULATIVE INDEXES: 1907/20(1)-1983/84(18)
Comprehensive and complete reproductions of original reviews printed in Variety. Indexes to titles, 1907-1980 (v. 16) and 1981-84 (v. 18).
Chronologies
Resources that arrange events in time.
- Online Resources
- Media History Project
- Magic Machines : A History of the Moving Image
- Print Resources
- Chronicle of the Cinema.
Directed by Catherine Legrand; Robyn Karney, editor in chief. London; New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1995.
UCB Main PN1993.5 .C5 1995
- Cinema Year by Year, 1894-2000. Editor in chief, Robyn Karney. American ed. London; New York: Dorling Kindersley, 2000.
UCB Morrison PN1993.5.A1 C56 2000
- Haun, Harry. The Cinematic Century: An Intimate Diary of America's Affair with the Movies. New York: Applause, c2000.
UCB Main PN1993.5.U6 H38 2000
Dictionaries, Thesauri, and Quotations
General and subject specific dictionaries in any language, dual language dictionaries,
thesauri, dictionaries of quotations, and acronym lists.
- Electronic Resource Finder
- Print Resources
- Basic Film Terms: A Visual Dictionary. [Videotape]
Santa Monica, Calif.: Pyramid Films, 1970.
Media Resources Center VIDEO/C 2094
- Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory. Edited by Roberta E. Pearson and Philip Simpson. London; New York: Routledge, 2001.
UCB Doe Reference PN1993.45 .C75 2001
UCB Media Center PN1993.45 .C75 2001
- Case, Christopher. The Ultimate Movie Thesaurus. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1996.
UCB Media Center UCB Media Ctr PN1998 .C323 1996
- Dictionary of Film Terms: The Aesthetic Companion to Film Analysis. Beaver, Frank Eugene. New York: Twayne Publishers; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, 1994.
Doe Reference TR847 .B43 1994
- Blandford, Steven, et al.The Film Studies Dictionary. London: Arnold; New York: Co-published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press, 2001.
UCB Doe Reference PN1993.45 .B49 2001
UCB Media Center PN1993.45 .B49 2001
- Konigsberg, Ira. The Complete Film Dictionary.
2nd ed. New York: Penguin Reference, 1997.
Doe Reference PN1993.45 .K66 1997
- Mercer, John
Glossary of Film Terms. Houston: University
Film Association, 1979. Series title: Monograph / University Film Association;
no. 2.
Doe Reference TR886 .M4 1979
Directories
Alphabetical or subject listings containing names, addresses, and identifying
data of persons, organizations, publications, web sites, etc.
- Electronic Resource Finder
- Print Resources
- Film Directors: A Complete Guide. Los Angeles, CA: Lone Eagle Pub., 1999.
Los Angeles, CA: Lone Eagle Pub., 1999.
Main Stack PN1998.A2 F46 1999
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Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide. New
York, N.Y.: Plume, c1992--.
Media Center PN1993.L46
Moffitt Reference PN1993.L46
- World Directory of Moving Image and Sound Archives. Munchen;
New Providence: K.G. Saur, 1993.
Media Resources Center TS2301.A7 W68 1993
Dissertation and Thesis Sources
Sources for locating masters theses and doctoral dissertations.
Encyclopedias and Almanacs
General or subject-specific encyclopedias, almanacs, and other collections
of factual information.
- Electronic Resource Finder
- Print Resources
- Encyclopedia of Film Directors in the United States
of America and Europe. Edited by Alfred Krautz. Munchen; New Providence :
K.G. Saur, 1993
Main Stack PN1998.E49 1993
- Encyclopedia of Film Themes, Settings, and Series. Richard B. Armstrong and Mary Willems Armstrong. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland,
2001.
Doe Reference PN1997.8 .A762 2001
Moffitt Reference PN1997.8 .A762 2001
- Fernett, Gene American Film Studios: An Historical Encyclopedia
Main PN1993.5.U6 F45 1988
Moffitt PN1993.5.U6 F45 1988
- Katz, Ephraim.
The Film Encyclopedia. 4th ed. New York:
Harper Perennial, c2001. UCB Doe Reference PN1993.45 .K34 2001
UCB Media Ctr PN1993.45 .K34 2001
- Magills' Survey of Cinema.
Provides essay-length reviews of roughly 3,000 films. "Consists of several distinct parts: English language films are covered in two A-Z series, the first of four volumes published in 1980 and the second in six volumes published in 1981; silent films comprise three volumes (1982), foreign language films eight volumes (1985), and current films are covered in Magill's Cinema Annual, which began in 1982 and serves as a continuing update to the set. Articles on each film include a plot summary, critical notes on directing, acting, screen writing, cinematography, and the film's place in the history of its genre.
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English Language Film:
Media Center PN1995.M3 Library has: 1-4
Doe Reference PN1995.M3 V.1-4 (C1980); second series PN1995.M32 V.1-6 (1981)
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Foreign Language Film:
Media Center PN1995.M335 1985 Library has: v. 1-8
Doe Reference PN1993.45.M34 1985 Library has: v. 1-8 (c1985)
- Silent Film:
Media Center PN1995.M34 1982 Library has: v.1-3
Doe Reference PN1997.8.M3 Library has: V.1-3 (1982)
- The New York Times Encyclopedia of Film.
Media Center PN1993.45.N4 1984
Library has: v. 1-13 (c1984)Index: vol. 13.
Facsimiles of articles appearing in the New York Times 1896-1979 dealing with motion pictures, the motion picture industry, and motion picture personalities. An invaluable source of primary source material on the history of American film.
- Slide, Anthony.
The American Film Industry: A Historical Dictionary. New
York: Greenwood Press, 1986.
Main Stack PN1993.5.U6.S5391 1986
- Vincendeau, Ginette. Encyclopedia of European
Cinema. New York, NY : Facts on File, c1995.
Doe Reference P 29 .E48 1994
Media Resources Center PN1993.5.E8 V56 1995
Main Reference PN1993.5.E8 V56 1995
Film Credit Databases
Online databases containing credits and other information about international film and video works.
Handbooks, Manuals and Yearbooks
Collections of information designed to help practitioners in a specific field
or profession, or in the case of yearbooks, to provide annually cumulated information in brief descriptive and statistic form.
- Print Resources
- Handbook of American Film Genres. Edited by
Wes D. Gehring. 1988.
UCB Doe Reference PN1993.5.U6 H3351 1988
UCB Main PN1993.5.U6 H3351 1988
UCB Moffitt Reference PN1993.5.U6 H3351 1988
A collection of 19 substantive essays on major American film genres. Each essay includes valuable selected filmography. Although somewhat dated, this is still a valuable basic reference work.
- The Oxford Companion to Film. Edited by Liz-Anne
Bawden. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976.
Main Stack PN1993.45.O9
Music PN1993.45.O9 Ref
Moffitt PN1993.45.O9
Doe Reference PN1993.45.O88
- The Oxford Guide to Film Studies. Edited by
John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press,
1998.
Media Resources Center PN1995.O93 1998
Main Stack PN1995.O93 1998
Image and Sound Databases
Listings of material in audio or video format, photographs, paintings, or other visual materials. Some of these sources include or link to the actual items.
Library and Book Catalogs
Listings of books and other items belonging to a particular library or, as with union catalogs, a group of libraries, and usually containing information on the location and subject classification of each item. This category also includes national bibliographies, or lists of all books published in a particular country.
Organizations
Listings of subject-related associations, learned societies, or professional
organizations.
Script and Transcript Databases
Resources that provide the full-text of screenplays, teleplays, radio scripts, and stage plays.
Statistics and Numeric Data
Resources that provide tables of numerical information, or listings indicating where such information can be found.
Web Gateways and Search Engines
Broad, subject-related sites and subject-specific search engines available without restriction on the World Wide Web.
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