FMST 211 workshop - What we will do How to prepare an annotated bibliography How to find documents (using a citation) How to check if a magazine is available at Concordia Libraries How to search library online tools Some paper resources to consider

Assignment Annotated Bibliography (3-4 pages) Due – Oct. 6th at 8 pm …. present an annotated bibliography, for an argumentative paper on the topic the reception of a film of your choice which premiered before Jan. 1, You will need to select a film. It’s not terribly important which film, so long as there’s a “decent” amount of writing available about it

Film Example: Way Down East by DW Griffith

Annotated Bibliography In your own words: describe the content of the source and mention why the source is useful Help and How to Page

Bibliography: MLA Style Agate, James. “Art and the Film.” Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art 134 (1922): Proquest. Web. 17 Sep “Down Came the Storm.” The Washington Post Jan 30, 1921: 52. Proquest. Web. 17 Sep “Griffith in interview discusses British row over ‘Way Down East’.” Variety Nov 25, 1921: 2. Proquest. Web. 17 Sep Smith, Lee. “How Griffith shot the ice stuff.” American Cinematographer Dec 1, 1925: 5. Media History Digital Library. Web. 17 Sep Elements in a bibliography: Author name. Title of the article. Title of magazine or newspaper (italicized) Date Volume number Page numbers Format (paper, web). Database name. Date accessed.

Find out if Concordia Libraries has a magazine by checking CLUES Journal Title search Citation: “Way down East.” The Moving Picture World Nov 13, 1920: 224. Microfilm. Search for the Journal Title & check to see if dates available – also check the page number. The Moving Picture World

CLUES – classic catalogue Make an article delivery request to receive a free scan of the article

Example of scan

Searching online databases & resources Double check spellings For unique names, use just last name – eisenstein For names and titles that are also common phrases, use “quotation marks” – “curtain pole” Try different spellings of names – charles chaplin or charlie chaplin

Searching online databases & resources Use date limits if available – Limit to date range for the few years after film premiered. Check for other ways to limit lists of results if you have too many

Proquest Databases Choose all databases Set date limits – usually a range of 2 years after release

Film Review Index lists references to articles about films

Search Media History Digital Library Set date limits Set collection & title limits if necessary How to check for information to include in bibliography Get bibliographic information from actual page

Reprints of early articles: Some articles are sometime reprinted in more recent publications (books, articles, etc.) Selected Film Criticism in the course reserves room for FMST 211includes a number of reprints from early magazines and newspapers. (Available in the Course Reserves room.)