Course Guides
Introduction to Film Studies (FMS001)
Winter 2009
Film Databases
- Film Literature Index (http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/fli/index.jsp)
- http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/fli/index.jsp
- Indexes 150 film and television periodicals from 30 countries cover-to-cover; 200 others selectively for articles on film and television. The freely available online version covers 1976-2001 only, while the print version covers the early 1970s and years after 2001.
- Coverage: 1976-2001
- Access: http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/fli/index.jsp (http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/fli/index.jsp)
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- Print edition with current issues available in Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Shields Library, PN1993.F484.
- IIPA Full Text: International Index to the Performing Arts [via Proquest] (http://iipaft.chadwyck.com/)
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- IIPA Full Text draws its content from more than 210 scholarly and popular performing arts periodicals, and also indexes a variety of documents such as biographical profiles, conference papers, obituaries, interviews, discographies, reviews and events. The database covers a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry-including dance, film, television, drama, theater, stagecraft, musical theater, broadcast arts, circus performance, comedy, storytelling, opera, pantomime, puppetry, magic and more. Full text contents are selective.
- Coverage: 1864-present
- Access: http://iipaft.chadwyck.com/ (http://iipaft.chadwyck.com/) VPN
- Film & Television Literature Index [via EBSCO] (http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=fah) VPN
- http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=fah
- The Film & Television Literature Index provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 300 publications.
- Access: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=fah (http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=fah) VPN
- Pacific Film Archive Library & Study Center (CineFiles) (http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/search/cinefiles)
- http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/search/cinefiles
- The library's largest and most heavily used collection comprises some 95,000 documentation files containing film reviews, press kits, and articles on filmmakers, performers, national cinemas, genres, and other topics. Some materials from the documentation files are available online through CineFiles, PFA's film document image database.
- Access: http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/search/cinefiles (http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/search/cinefiles)
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- AFI Catalog [via Proquest] (http://uclibs.org/PID/7410) VPN
- http://uclibs.org/PID/7410
- The American Film Institute (AFI) Catalog is the most authoritative resource of American film information for the years 1893 - 1971, including summaries, technical and cast information, and bibliographies.
- Coverage: 1893-1971
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/7410 (http://uclibs.org/PID/7410) VPN
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- The print version of the AFI Catalog for the years 1911-1950; 1961-1970 is available in H/SS Reference, 2nd floor Shields Library, call number PN1998.A52 (Library Use Only)
- Film Index International (http://uclibs.org/PID/44296) VPN
- http://uclibs.org/PID/44296
- Provides indexing of 115,000 films and biographical information for almost 57,000 personalities. FII also includes brief bibliographies and coverage of international film awards, as well as searchable plot summaries and full cast and crew lists.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/44296 (http://uclibs.org/PID/44296) VPN
Databases
- Modern Language Association (MLA) International Bibliography [via CSA Illumina]. (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=mla-set-c&adv=1) VPN
- http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=mla-set-c&adv=1
- The standardized historical period descriptor/heading (1700-1799)has been attached to almost 65,000 document records (for periodical articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and other types), making this data base a rather significant source for 18th century specialists focusing on literature and culture.
- Access: http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=mla-set-c&adv=1 (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=mla-set-c&adv=1) VPN
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index [via Web of Knowledge] (http://isiknowledge.com/wos) VPN
- http://isiknowledge.com/wos
- Multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. It indexes 1,100 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, as well as covering selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals.
- Coverage: 1975-present
- Access: http://isiknowledge.com/wos (http://isiknowledge.com/wos) VPN
- Academic Search Complete [via EBSCO] (http://uclibs.org/PID/126936) VPN
- http://uclibs.org/PID/126936
- The multi-disciplinary database Academic Search Complete (ASC) provides full-text access to more than 5,500 periodicals, including over 4,600 peer-reviewed journals, and indexing and abstracts for an additional 9,500 journals and 10,000 publications, including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. This scholarly collection offers coverage of information in many areas of academic study including, but not limited to: animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion & theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology and many other fields. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.
- Coverage: 1887-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/126936 (http://uclibs.org/PID/126936) VPN
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- Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com/)
- http://scholar.google.com/
- Google Scholar searches for scholarly literature on the web, including "peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports..from a variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities." Google Scholar also analyzes and extracts citations from online documents, so your search results may include citations to older works that are not online. Results are ordered by relevancy. Often articles cited in Google Scholar results are available to UC Davis users through electronic journal and database subscriptions that the Library has licensed and paid for. To assist you in locating print and electronic versions of cited content, the University of California has arranged UC-eLinks in Google Scholar. After setting up UC-eLinks, click on the linked "UC-elinks" phrase, which will open a window from which you can get the full-text, check the library catalog to see if we own a book or journal, or Request an article we don't own.
- Access: http://scholar.google.com/ (http://scholar.google.com/)
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- To see UCe-links from off campus, go to "Scholar Preferences" from the Google Scholar opening screen. Search for "University of California Davis" and then check "University of California, Davis (UC-eLinks)"
- Library VPN (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/services/connect/)
When off campus, log into the VPN before using Google Scholar so that you will have access to our many electronic subscriptions. - Online handout (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/files/googlescholar.pdf)
Newspapers
- New York Times via Proquest Current Newspapers (http://www.umi.com/pqdauto?COPT=U01EPTQmSU5UPTAmREJTPTcy) VPN
- http://www.umi.com/pqdauto?COPT=U01EPTQmSU5UPTAmREJTPTcy
- Current full-text of the New York Times (including the New York Times Magazine and the New York Times Book Review).
- Coverage: 1980-present
- Access: http://www.umi.com/pqdauto?COPT=U01EPTQmSU5UPTAmREJTPTcy (http://www.umi.com/pqdauto?COPT=U01EPTQmSU5UPTAmREJTPTcy) VPN
- New York Times via Proquest Historical Newspapers (http://www.umi.com/pqdauto?COPT=U01EPTQmSU5UPTAmREJTPTFBQ0Q@) VPN
- http://www.umi.com/pqdauto?COPT=U01EPTQmSU5UPTAmREJTPTFBQ0Q@
- Historical coverage of the New York Times 1851-1999, with both full page and individual article images. Searchable full text back to the first issue.
- Coverage: 1851-2002
- Access: http://www.umi.com/pqdauto?COPT=U01EPTQmSU5UPTAmREJTPTFBQ0Q@ (http://www.umi.com/pqdauto?COPT=U01EPTQmSU5UPTAmREJTPTFBQ0Q@) VPN
- Los Angeles Times via Proquest Current Newspapers (http://uclibs.org/PID/11379) VPN
- http://uclibs.org/PID/11379
- Current full-text content of the Los Angeles Times.
- Coverage: 1985-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/11379 (http://uclibs.org/PID/11379) VPN
- Los Angeles Times via ProQuest Historical Newspapers (http://uclibs.org/PID/10355) VPN
- http://uclibs.org/PID/10355
- Historical coverage of the Los Angeles Times, with both full page and individual article images. Searchable full text back to the first issue in 1881.
- Coverage: 1881-1985.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/10355 (http://uclibs.org/PID/10355) VPN
Journals
- JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive (http://uclibs.org/PID/1980) VPN
- http://uclibs.org/PID/1980
- JSTOR provides Full-Text access to back files of 773 important scholarly journals in nearly 50 disciplines spanning the arts, humanities, social sciences and the sciences. Current issues are NOT included. Holdings vary by journal. JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization established with the assistance of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/1980 (http://uclibs.org/PID/1980) VPN
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- About J Stor (http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/)
Visit this page to learn about the holdings of JSTOR journals. See Harvest Library Catalog for UC Davis access to recent and current materials.
- Project Muse: Scholarly Journals Online (http://uclibs.org/PID/31861) VPN
- http://uclibs.org/PID/31861
- Project Muse provides full text access to over 300 journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences and mathematics. It is useful for searching interdisciplinary cultural studies topics. Its full-text search engine is more detailed than any other index for these journals. Coverage varies by journal.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/31861 (http://uclibs.org/PID/31861) VPN
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Connect From Off-campus
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- http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/services/connect/
- Instructions for UC Davis students, faculty, and employees to access our licensed resources from off campus.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/services/connect/ (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/services/connect/)
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