WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources

with Vanya MurrayFilm Studies Librarian

Oxford University Library Servicesvanya.murray@ouls.ox.ac.uk

WISER Humanities:

Information Resources for

Film Studies

WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources

Finding primary and critical materials for Film Studies

Films: locating DVDs and videos in Oxford Books, e-books, reference works and dissertations:

subject searching on OLIS, Taylor and Francis e-books, [ASLIB] Index to Theses and Dissertation Abstracts

Scholarly articles: using periodical indexes (MLA) and databases (LION and Film Indexes International) to locate journal articles

Film reviews: professional and scholarly reviews (Lexis-Nexis)

Screenplays and scripts Searching the WWW for film history and criticism

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Locating DVDs and videos in Oxford

Use WebLearn to find out about film collections across the University:

http://www.weblearn.ox.ac.uk/site/human/modlang/eurocine/resources/

Search for films on OLIS by title initially e.g.

t=jules et jim videorecording

tw=jules videorecording

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Locating film books on OLIS using LC subject headings

Motion pictures--History Motion pictures--Germany--History Motion pictures--History and criticism Motion pictures, French--Criticism and interpretation Motion pictures, American--History and criticism Historical films--History and criticism Silent films--Japan--History and criticism Motion picture plays--History and criticism Film criticism Hitchcock, Alfred 1899- --Criticism and interpretation Motion pictures--Spain--Chronology Cinematography

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E-books and Dissertations

Taylor and Francis Online e-book Library, via OxLIP. Available 24 hours a day; two hour time limit; searchable by keyword; option to print 5%. Do an initial keyword search on ‘film’ or ‘cinema’ to find relevant titles.

[ASLIB] Index to Theses (Great Britain and Ireland) and Dissertation Abstracts (USA), available via OxLIP. Cover more than 1.5 million doctoral dissertations and masters theses, with abstracts and some with 24 page previews.

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Scholarly Articles

Use OLIS to retrieve a list of journals held in Oxford (s=motion pictures – periodicals)

Use TDNET to access specific electronic journals

Use the MLA to find journal articles on a particular topic (e.g. Italian neorealism)

Use LION to find journal articles and specific information on individual directors

Use the Film Indexes Online to locate articles related to specific films and directors

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Film Reviews

Film Indexes Online [via OxLIP]

Lexis-Nexis [via OxLIP]

Internet sites e.g. Kamera.co.uk http://www.kamera.co.uk/ Movie review query engine http://www.mrqe.com/lookup

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Screenplays and scripts

Use subject headings on OLIS to locate individual screenplays e.g.

s= Motion picture plays s= Film adaptations s= Motion picture plays--Technique s= Motion picture authorship s= Storyboards

Also do title keyword searches e.g. tw=screenplay and sense (to retrieve the screenplay for Sense and Sensibility)

British Film Institute Online Scripts: http://www.bfi.org.uk/filmtvinfo/gateway/categories/scriptsscriptwriting/online/

Yahoo Screenplay websites: http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Movies_and_Film/Screenplays

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Searching the WWW

HUMBUL Subject Gateway: http://www.humbul.ac.uk

National film organisations and professional bodies:

British Film Institute: http://www.bfi.org.uk/

Instituto Luce: http://www.luce.it/istitutoluce/index.htm

Bibliothèque du Film: http://www.bifi.fr/

Deutsches Filminstitut:

http://www.deutsches-filminstitut.de/dframe12.htm

Internet Movie Database! http://www.imdb.com/

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Charles M. Schulz, T’es le meilleur, Charlie Brown

Vanya Murray, Film Studies Librarianvanya.murray@ouls.ox.ac.uk

MLF : Wed 9-1.30 and Fri 9-5 [tel. 2-78155]EFL : Rest of the week [tel. 2-71051]

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