Library Resources for Film & Media Studies
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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
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.
- Public Performance Rights: Library videos with public performance rights can be found searching Tripod by keyword for public performance, and limiting to video.
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.
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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-)
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
E-server's Asian American Filmography
Asian Educational Media Service
E-server's Hispanic Experience Filmography
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
Black Lily Film & Music Festival
New York Women in Film and Television
Women Directors: UC Berkeley Media Resources Center
Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
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.
H-Net Multimedia Reviews an online scholarly review journal on print multimedia resources, published online via discussion networks and the H-Net website.
Media Rigts.org helps media makers, educators, librarians, nonprofits, and activists use documentaries to encourage action and inspire dialogue on contemporary social issues.
New Day Films social issues
Viewing Race comprehensive resource on the topic of race, includes film database
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