Library
Resources for Film & Media Studies
Books &
Journals | Videos | Archives
Scholarly, Popular & Web Sources | Other
Links
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Books
Use Tripod to locate
film books and journals owned by the tri-colleges.
Some possible subject headings for books:
Journals
Motion
Pictures Periodicals This subject search in Tripod will produce
a list of all film journals for the three colleges. This will also
display ejournals.
To locate
articles and reviews in these periodicals,
use the databases and print indexes listed here.
More ejournals
Bright Lights Film Journal
Images: A Journal of Film and Popular Culture
Film-Philosophy
Framework: The Journal of Cinema and Media
Senses of Cinema e-journal links
Scope
Videos:
All Tri-College videos/DVDs
are listed in Tripod.
To find videos by a director, try an "author/creator" search for the
director's name.
To find DVDs only, do a "genre" search for "dvd."
Videos
may be borrowed from other tri-college libraries by using the REQUEST
button in Tripod . Requested videos may be picked up at your Circulation
desk, usually within 24 hours.
Students
and staff may borrow videos for four days.
Faculty may borrow videos for seven days.
Students and staff are limited to borrowing three videos at a time.
- Tri-College
New Videos are included in the weekly New Books list. You can
customize
the page to alert you about new videos, via email or RSS.
Looking
for a video for class use or programming? For purchase requests, contact
Media Studies Librarian Arleen Zimmerle. Here are some suggested
video distributors.
Evaluating Your Sources: Scholarly, Popular and Web
Scholarly journals are written by and for experts in a field. The articles tend to be long and contain many citations and footnotes. Popular magazines are written for a more general audience, and authors tend to be journalists or staff writers. The articles usually don't provide footnotes or detailed citations. Webpages can be authored by anyone and may not be screened for accuracy.
Scholarly Journals vs. Popular Magazine Articles (USTA Library)
This page compares the two types of publications on several levels, including language, structure of articles, editorial procedures, and credits.
Evaluating Information Found on the Internet (Johns Hopkins University Library) Discusses the criteria by which scholars in most fields evaluate print information, and shows how the same criteria can be used to assess information found on the Internet.
Other
useful links:
Online Archives | Women in Film |
Selected
Distributors| Local Film Festivals/Groups
Internet
Movie Database Very comprehensive database with info on 250,000
films and over 900,000 cast and crew. Also includes info on television
movies and series. See the Search Tips page for help.
Select "external reviews" for reviews of current films.
Movie
Review Query Engine Current reviews for over 25,000 films. Updated
regularly.
Variety
Current film reviews, including documentary and television reviews.
Current film industry info. For older reviews, see Lexis-Nexis (Full text, Jul.
1993-)or Proquest
Research Library ( Full text 2000-)
MetaCritic.com
Screensite
Multiple resources for film and TV scholarship
The
Society for Cinema & Media Studies professional organization composed of
college and university educators, filmmakers, historians, critics, scholars,
and others concerned with the study of the moving image.
CineMedia
Directory of film and media websites
I
Saw It On TV Want to purchase something you've seen on broadcast
or cable tv? Look here for sources.
Docuseek
Search site for independent, documentary, educational and social issue
video and films.Search by title or subject for films distributed by
Bullfrog Films, First Run/Icarus Films, New Day Films, Fanlight Productions
and Frameline.
UC
Berkeley Media Library great collection of film studies links
Popcorn
Q lesbian and gay film info
Black
Film Center / Archive
E-server's
Asian American Filmography
Asian
Educational Media Service
E-server's
Hispanic Experience Filmography
DVD
Regions Map
Widescreen-O-Rama!
How
Video Formatting Works!
Internet
Moving Images Archive This collection contains movies that the Prelinger
Archives has digitized (about 956 now online) and donated to
the Internet Archive. The films focus mainly on everyday life, culture,
industry, and institutions in North America in the 20th century.
American
Memory search the film collections of the Library of Congress
Living
Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign commercials, 1952-2004
Archives
USA: no clips online, but a searchable directory of repositories
and collections of primary source material.
Moving Images Collections :
documents moving image collections around the world through a catalog of titles and directory of repositories.
Women
Make Movies & their
film facts
Women's Audio Visuals in English: UW-Madison Libraries
MadCat:Women's
International Film Festival
joanie
4 jackie alternative distribution system for women moviemakers
International
Women's Media Foundation
Women's
Film & Video Groups
Black Lily Film & Music Festival
Power Up
Cinewoman NY
New York Women in Film and Television
Women Directors: UC Berkeley Media Resources Center
Philadelphia
Film Festival
Philadelphia
International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Film @ International
House
Scribe
Video Center
Secret
Cinema
Bryn
Mawr Film Institute
Penn Cinema Studies Events
Ritz
Theaters
Villanova
Cultural Film and Lecture Series
Black Lily Film & Music Festival
Ambrose
Video Publishing documentary and broadcast programs; includes BBC
Shakespeare, arts and sciences series
Arab
Film Distribution their purpose is to make the "Arab point of view"
as accessible as possible, offers both feature films and documentaries
ARD:
The Anthropology Review Database is an extensive, searchable
database of reviews of anthropological resources, including video materials.
ArtMattan
Productions distributes films that focus on the human experience
of black people in Africa, the Caribbean, North and South America and
Europe.
Asian
Educational Media Service helps educators find and use media
materials (including documentary films, feature films, CD-ROMs, and
slide units) for teaching about the cultures and peoples of Asia.
Bullfrog
Films the leading US publisher of independently-produced, environmental
videos. Also distributes world-famous performing arts programs from
Rhombus Media.
California
Newsreel distributing cutting
edge social interest documentaries on the study of race and diversity,
African American life and history and African feature films and documentaries.
Center for Asian American Media nearly 200 titles constitutes the world's largest collection of Asian Pacific American films and videos for educational distribution.
Cinema
Guild distributes over 800 videos from around the world on arts,
sciences, social sciences and world cultures.
DocuSeek
Film and Video Finder searchable site for independent documentary,
social issue, and educational videos available in the U.S. and Canada.
Allows you to simultaneously search several leading film distributors'
complete collections. Includes Bullfrog, Direct Cinema, Fanlight, FirstRun,
Frameline, New Day and Women Make Movies.
Fanlight
Productions focusing on health care, aging, disabilities,
mental health
Filmakers
Library psychology, sociology, anthropology, women's
studies, multicultural issues.
Icarus Films
H-Net
Multimedia Reviews an online scholarly review journal on print multimedia
resources, published online via discussion networks and the H-Net website.
Human Rights Video Project
Media
Rigts.org helps media makers, educators, librarians, nonprofits,
and activists use documentaries to encourage action and inspire dialogue
on contemporary social issues.
National
Film Board of Canada
New
Day Films social issues
Women
Make Movies
Viewing
Race comprehensive resource on the topic of race,
includes film database
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