Some Strategies for Finding Film Reviews

Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library

Scholarly Pop Current Historical Fan Writing About Film…

Journals, Magazines, NewspapersJournals, Magazines, Newspapers ReviewsReviews Critical/ScholarlyArticlesCritical/ScholarlyArticles BooksBooks Web SitesWeb Sites Other online databasesOther online databases Sources for Film & TV Scholarship and Research

Found in: Popular & fan journals and newspapers (print & online)Popular & fan journals and newspapers (print & online) Film studies & scholarly journals (print & online)Film studies & scholarly journals (print & online) Web sitesWeb sites Fan and enthusiast sitesFan and enthusiast sites Commercial sites (e.g., studio sites, video distributors)Commercial sites (e.g., studio sites, video distributors) Academic sitesAcademic sites REVIEWS Current Current Historical Historical

Found in: Film studies & scholarly journals (print & online)Film studies & scholarly journals (print & online) Popular & fan journals and newspapers (but only occasionally)Popular & fan journals and newspapers (but only occasionally) Web sites (even less occasionally…except for academic and commercial databases)Web sites (even less occasionally…except for academic and commercial databases) Critical/Scholarly Articles Current Current Historical Historical

How do you locate this stuff? vFilm-related (not many) vGeneral news vLiterary vOther disciplines: e.g. Women’s Studies, American Studies, Ethnic Studies Jumping Off point for Finding Online Indexes: Online & Print Indexes and Abstracts

How to Look em’ Up Search Using title of work (as a phrase)Search Using title of work (as a phrase) You can also include directorYou can also include director Try using and reviewTry using and review e.g. Moulin Rouge and review or Moulin Rouge and Luhrmann and reviewe.g. Moulin Rouge and review or Moulin Rouge and Luhrmann and review

Once You Find a Citation, How Do You Find the Article? Some indexes provide holdings infoSome indexes provide holdings info Some indexes link to full-textSome indexes link to full-text The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 through (Review) Stephen Banfield. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television June 1999 v19 i2 p267(2) View text and retrieval choices (858 words) Use Pathfinder Use Pathfinder

edu/MRC/FilmBibMenu.html Bibliographies on various film topics and individual films compiled by MRC (includes bibs for genres, filmmakers, national cinemas, and individual film). Film Reviews and Criticism

The databases I just talked about?

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