Deviant Dames: Researching Celluloid Transgressions Gary Handman Call Her Savage Dir. John Francis Dillon, 1932

1. 1.Describe the types and sources of information available related to film studies and other media research 2. 2.Discuss how to find this stuff in the library, using print and online resources 3. Introduce a group of basic moves and features common to many online catalogs and indexes. 4. Practice using these features in selected databases. Morocco, Dir. J. Von Sternberg, 1930

Current Scholarly/In-depth Pop and fan Historical Writing About Film… Industry

Journals, Magazines, NewspapersJournals, Magazines, Newspapers ReviewsReviews Critical/ScholarlyArticlesCritical/ScholarlyArticles BooksBooks Web Sites (more about this later…)Web Sites (more about this later…) Other online databasesOther online databases Sources for Film & TV Scholarship and Research Scarlet Street, Dir. Fritz Lang, 1945

Journal Articles: Reviews? Critical Writing? What’s the Diff? Reviews:   Found in popular periodicals, film periodicals, and (less often) in more scholarly journals   Web sites (fan, commercial, academic)   Assessment of aesthetic and content merits of a film   Usually cover current releases, more pop theatrical releases   Tend to be relatively short and relatively superficial (with some exceptions and depending on the publication and who’s doing the writing) Behind the Screen, Charlie Chaplin, 1916

Reviews? Critical Writing? What’s the Diff? Critical analysis:   Found in books and scholarly or film-related journals   Discuss films in:   broader historical, cultural, political, artistic context and/or   Focus on a specific aspect of a film, film genre, or filmmaker   Tend to be longer, more substantive than reviews (with some exceptions and depending on the publication and who’s doing the writing)   Often include notes, bibliographies, other scholarly apparatus Dorothy Arzner

Who’s Writing About Film?: Film studies & scholarly journals in other disciplines—eg:Film studies & scholarly journals in other disciplines—eg: Language & LitLanguage & Lit Women’s studies (representations of women and issues of gender)Women’s studies (representations of women and issues of gender) Gay/Lesbian studies (issues of masculinity and gender)Gay/Lesbian studies (issues of masculinity and gender) Area studies…etc. (noir from other countries)Area studies…etc. (noir from other countries) Critical/Scholarly Articles Sylvia Scarlett Geo. Cukor, 1935

Books Scholarly/authoritative worksScholarly/authoritative works Pop schlock and fan worksPop schlock and fan works How Do You Tell em’ apart? Author’s credentials/affiliationsAuthor’s credentials/affiliations Publisher (e.g. BFI, AFI, University Presses vs pop press)Publisher (e.g. BFI, AFI, University Presses vs pop press) Scholarly apparatus and sources: notes, bibliographies, other documentationScholarly apparatus and sources: notes, bibliographies, other documentation If they’ve been widely cited by other scholarsIf they’ve been widely cited by other scholars Rebecca A. Hitchcock, 1940

…But how do you locate this stuff? Library Catalog(s) Journal/Newspaper Indexes (article databases) Mae West

Library Catalog(s) OskiCat: UCB Library holdings only MELVYL (CDL cat): All 9 UC Campuses An inventory of what the library owns (books, journals, newspapers, media, maps, manuscripts, govt documents…etc. etc. etc. etc. Search by Author, Title, Subject Whole books and print and electronic journals, NOT what’s inside of those publications

A Hitchcock reader / edited by Marshall Deutelbaum and Leland Poague Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley- Blackwell, Location(s)Location(s): PN H58 H PN H58 H Get da Book in da Stax Call #

Articles/Reviews (how do you find this stuff?) Article databases (aka Indexes) Library subscribes to hundreds of them in all disciplinesLibrary subscribes to hundreds of them in all disciplines Can’t find what’s in the by using GoogleCan’t find what’s in the by using Google Often look/feel/behave differently from each other (proprietary products from diff commercial vendors)Often look/feel/behave differently from each other (proprietary products from diff commercial vendors) Need to come in from berkeley.edu account or use Proxy Server (more later)Need to come in from berkeley.edu account or use Proxy Server (more later) Queen Christina, R. Mamoulian, 1934

Articles/Reviews (how do you find this stuff?) Article Database (aka Indexes) Jumping Off point for Finding Online Indexes: Find Information / Articles / General Databases are often good places to start – Multidisciplinary (lots of film) Blonde Venus, J. Von Sternberg, 1932

Gary’s Desert Island Index/Article Database List No Now Playing

GH Desert Island Film Index/Article Database List No Now Playing EBSCO dbs: Academic Search Complete and others MLA Bibliography FIAF Index International Index to the Performing Arts (IIPA) Don’t forget to check databases devoted to other disciplines!

The Information Universe Remember: Not every topic has lots written about it, either in books or journal lit. --Research on very current topics --Research on radically specific topics --Research on topics off the beaten academic track or off the pop culture radar

Try it out, Sweetheart

Two possibilities: Links you to full-text in ANOTHER article databaseLinks you to full-text in ANOTHER article databaseANOTHER Or Flips you over to MELVYL so you can locate a physical copy of the journal at UCB or elsewhere.Flips you over to MELVYL so you can locate a physical copy of the journal at UCB or elsewhere.MELVYL The Letter, William Wyler, 1940

How to Begin? Before you click: THINK Formulate your search in terms of keyword and key phrases: Sex [women, love, relationships] and Death [dying, mortality, fate] in the films [cinema, movie*] of Robert Siodmak and Edward Dmytryk. The representation [reflect* portray*] of gender [sex*] and masculinity [masculin*, male, men] in film noir **** Truncation varies from db to db: * # ? emigra* = emigrant, emigrants, emigrate, emigration

Whatta ya do if nuthin’ ain’t turning up? …Or too Much? Bound Dir. Andy and Larry Wachowski, 1997

Tweak your topic: Broaden it / select a different angle Rethink your search strategy (new keywords, new concepts, etc.) Bail out completely and choose another topic

A few cautionary words about research on the Net LibraryLand The Net Google Rocks! Google Scholar google.scholar.com

a growing listing of bibliographies on various film topics and individual films compiled by MRC (includes bibs for genres, filmmakers, national cinemas, and individual film). Forty Guns Dir. Sam Fuller, 1957

Johnny Guitar Dir. Nicholas Ray, 1954

…being driven totally over the edge by your research? Call me: Gary Handman Fatal Attraction Dir. Adrian Lyne, 1987